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Davenport West High School Volume 1, Issue 1 October 2016

The Intent of Work Experience

Work Experience should be conducted with an eye on the future of employability for Our students. Work experience is more than learning a specific work task. Students may be placed on a work site for issues and needs related to the development of social skills or other behavioral issues. The work experience gives the student an opportunity to practice social skills, functional academic skills, and communication, motor skills in different environments. A student’s performance on a particular job task may be slow or sporadic, and the “job” or task assigned may be beyond the student’s capabilities. However, the goals are documented and addressed. We must strive for improvement in the goal areas and increasing student independence and transition from High School to adulthood.

is the Quad Cities largest home and garden

center offering a wide array of services from a full

service florist and gift shop to a 5-acre nursery with the

best landscape design and installation team around.

.

Matthew Farrell Austin Schiffke

Host to our Work Experience Program employing

Matthew Farrell and Austin Schiffke

Located at: 3030 Brady St. Davenport, IA 52803

A Consignment superstore

constantly changing inventory

of great bargains on name

brand clothing and accessories

for men, women, and

children. They carry a wide

variety of housewares and

furniture at thrift store prices.

Theresa Lemen

enjoys her work experience at

Stuff Etc. Theresa has been

hired for a paid part-time

position at Stuff Etc Located

at: 3568 N. Brady St.

Davenport, IA 52806

Scott County Administration Department staffs coordinate and perform strategic

planning for the overall mission of the county. Esston Menke works in the mail/copy room of the county

office sorting mail by county office , delivering mail to county office Sherriff ,County Assessor, Clerk of

Court, etc. there are 22 departments in the county that Esston is responsible for sorting mail by

department for, he is consistent and accurate he does an AWESOME JOB!

Administrative Center

600 W. 4th St.

Davenport, Iowa 52801-1030

is an employee-owned chain of more than 240 supermarkets located

throughout the Midwestern United States in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South

Dakota and Wisconsin. Hy-Vee is host to 4 Work Experience Students at two different Hy-Vee locations.

Jordan Wentz Bradley Stout Lauren Larsen Kenny Brown

Jordan and Bradley Bag Groceries help with pricing item, customer courtesy, and general janitorial,

Check for expired dates on dairy and cheese products. Lauren and Kenny’s Responsibilities at Hy-Vee are

to bag groceries, costumer courtesy

Located on the south side of Davenport West High School,

the West Family YMCA is a beautiful, state-of-the-art, 45,000 square-foot, $5.37 million facility built in

collaboration with the Davenport Community Schools. In addition to the biggest gym in the Quad Cities,

the West Family YMCA features a 25-yard, 6 lane pool, an aerobics training center, special needs/family

locker rooms, and a racquetball court.

Kaitlyn, Jack, Eric work as a team at the YMCA their responsibility is to maintain the equipment and

locker rooms clean.

West High School is a public four year high school located in Davenport, Iowa. Their athletic

mascot is the Falcon. The school has almost 200 classes, and over 2,000 students.

These students work various jobs throughout our school in the cafeteria stocking juices, cleaning tables

recycling, and laundry for our school athletes’. Bryson Mayfield, Shawna Ricketts and Jacob Valentine

are responsible for stocking juices for the school breakfast and lunches

.

Recyclers/Laundry

Dakota Prunchak Nathan Krogman Andy Schreoder Salina Ly Corey Alexander

Anakin Weaver Spencer Speights Brandon Kopp Kevin Pilgrim Austin Richards

Amy Larsen Claire Tibbetts Jacob Valentine

COMING SOON :

West students in our program are getting training on Demanufacturing.

The Commission’s Electronic Demanufacturing Facility (EDF) provides residents and businesses

an environmentally sound disposal option for electronic waste (e-waste) such as computers and

televisions. All material is evaluated as it enters the facility to determine the next step. End-of-

life material is demanufactured into component parts. The component parts are recycled, or

shredded and then recycled. Items deemed to have additional useful life are set aside for reuse,

pending further evaluation

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

WHAT IS E-WASTE? E-waste is defined as anything with a screen or a circuit board.

Calculators Keyboards (typing and

musical) Stereo receivers

Cameras Laptops Tape recorders

Cassette recorders Monitors Televisions

CD players Mice Typewriters (electric)

Cell phones Printer cartridges (all types) VCRs

Computers (CPUs) Printers (ribbon, laser, inkjet) Video game equipment

Copiers Radios Blu-ray players

DVD players Scanners MP3 players

Employers

Host Employers are key to successful workplace experiences for our students. Work Experience

in a community job placement enables students to experience a variety of opportunities. Helps

students develop a specific job skill, provides the opportunity to learn independence, develop

social skills, problem solving, prepares students for transition from school to work, community

living and for some post-secondary education.