Sunshine Gardens Elementary School students were excited to meet local businesses and community organizations at school as part of the school's first ever career day event on May 3, 2024.
"It was like a big show-and-tell event," said Sunshine Gardens Elementary School Principal Leticia Gonzalez. "I'm so glad the students had the opportunity to experience this, and that the community was wiling to share their time with our kids."
Students had the chance to get an up close look at a fire truck and ambulance, while collecting stamps by asking questions of individuals representing a variety of organizations located in the school's multi-purpose room including:
- Bread Basket Bakery
- City of South San Francisco
- Costume Designer Roger Presa
- Fluor Engineering and Construction
- NBC Bay Area Assignment Desk Editor Alejandra Villasenor
- Peninsula Human Society & SPCA
- San Mateo County Community College District
- San Mateo County Office of Education
- San Mateo County Union Community Alliance
- San Mateo Joint Apprenticeship and Training Center (SMJATC)
- Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104
- Skyline College
- South San Francisco Fire Department
- South San Francisco Unified School District
- Swinerton Construction Company
Cosplayer Roger Presa may have received the most curious questions from students.
Presa whose three children attend transitional kindergarten (TK) at Sunshine Gardens brought in a 10-foot tall costume of Autobot leader Optimus Prime and a nine-foot costume of Autobot scout Bumblebee that he has designed and worn to various comic book conventions around the country.