Sikeston Public Schools hosts Southeast Missouri Job Olympics

Sikeston High School student Janiyah Ellis completes the “bag stuffing” task in one of the heats during the Southeast Missouri Job Olympics hosted by Sikeston Public Schools Friday, March 22 at First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. (Leonna Heuring/Standard Democrat)

Sikeston High School student Janiyah Ellis completes the “bag stuffing” task in one of the heats during the Southeast Missouri Job Olympics hosted by Sikeston Public Schools Friday, March 22 at First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. About 50 high school students from Sikeston, Kelly, Bell City, Bernie and New Dawn school districts competed in the non-traditional job fair to practice their soft skills. Job Olympics is a competition developed to promote transition and employability skills for a broad spectrum of high school students from different schools throughout the region. Competitions representing real-world job and employment situations are judged by community members, business owners and professionals in education. Participants were also treated to lunch sponsored by the Sikeston Regional Chamber of Commerce.