“Girl power” reigned supreme on the Wenatchee Valley College campus Tuesday afternoon, as the fourth-annual Pizza, Pop & Power Tools event took center stage there.
The middle school field experience involved every 8th grade female student in the Wenatchee School District (WSD) and is designed to expose its young participants to a variety of career options which have traditionally been filled largely by males. “It’s all about getting them hands on with careers they may not have thought about or where women are non-traditional on those pathways,” said WSD communications director Diana Haglund. The event offered seven hands-on learning stations for the students, including those which gave an inside look at what it’s like to be a firefighter, a utility lineperson, an auto mechanic, a welder, a machinist, and a heavy equipment operator.