A real world welcome

AUBURN - It was a textbook case of taking intangibles and making them real.

For four days, 120 middle school students from Cayuga County and Skaneateles experienced what is was like to not only be book smart but to be savvy at sampling a career.

The eighth annual Career Connection camp held recently at the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES Area Occupation Center in conjunction with Partnership for Results threw students into real world subjects such as cosmetology, culinary creations and house anatomy. Participating students were able to artfully apply makeup, combine ingredients into an entree and wire an outlet into a wall.