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Eighth-grade girls from St. Gregory�s and Maryville Middle school participated in a job shadowing experience March 19.

This is the 16th year the event has been sponsored by the Maryville branch of the American Association of University Women. Job Shadow Day started as a response to an AAUW-sponsored study and report titled �Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America.� One of the missions of AAUW is to promote lifetime education and self-improvement for girls and women. �Job shadowing is an opportunity to encourage young women in our area to pursue as much education and training as possible,� said Bridget Brown, the event�s co-chairwoman. �It also influences young women to think about their futures and to take steps to accomplish their career goals.� The 54 eighth-graders were matched with a professional woman in the community based on student essays about careers they would like to learn more about.


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