High school freshmen in the Aurora area got a chance to learn about future career options recently during an event at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove.

Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Friday, ninth-grade students from East Aurora, West Aurora, Batavia and Kaneland high schools visited the Waubonsee campus as the city of Aurora and the Valley Education for Employment System offered the Illuminate Career Pathways expo, giving participants the chance to visit with over 150 local industry partners and experience hands-on activities connected to possible careers, event organizers said.

The first-ever event at the college allowed students who came in shifts to get a head start on what they may be interested in as far as a career choice.

Harlow Weisman of Batavia High School joined hundreds o

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