Career Discovery Program
Navigating Vocational Success
The Carroll Alumni Association (CHSAA) offers a Carroll Alumni Mentor Program focused on college and vocational choices. This program is a true fulfillment of our mission of bringing together Carroll alumni, administrators, and faculty/staff for the growth of current students.
- WHAT: The CHS Alumni Mentor Program provides the framework for positive relationships between local and national alumni and CHS students. These relationships will help contribute to the student's positive interactions between their school, community and family. Students will be helped to develop communication skills, as well as vocation, career and college awareness in order to make better life-long decisions and contributions. Other alumni can also seek help from Alumni Mentors if they are interested in making vocation, career or college changes.
- WHY: The mentoring program provides an excellent opportunity for students to begin looking at life after Carroll. Students will have the chance to learn from those who came before them and continued on in certain careers or educational paths. This program also offers alumni a great way to give back to the Carroll community by offering their time, talent and effort.
- WHO: All Carroll alumni are invited to be a mentor. The program provides many levels of involvement (listed below) based on the amount of time alumni can commit to the students. A mentor application is required to determine commitment level and to appropriately match a mentee. Parental approval must be received in advance for those students under age 18.
- WHEN: The committee will begin reviewing applications as they are received. Applicants will be contacted regarding next steps.
Questions? Contact the Alumni Mentoring Committee Chairperson, Betsy (Vokits) Carnevale '90, or Carroll's Director of Alumni Relations, Julie (Hemmert) Weitz '94.
Mentors provide students and fellow alumni with college- and vocation-related information, advice and support through a variety of ways:
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Alumni Job Shadow Day
Carroll juniors and seniors have the opportunity to observe and learn from alumni about a career or vocation that interests them. Alumni Job Shadow Day normally occurs on one school-selected day during the school year, typically on Parent-Teacher Conference Day in the fall. For more information, go here.
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Passing the Torch Speaker Series
Carroll students are invited to listen to Carroll alumni speak about certain careers in a classroom or virtual setting. The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for students to begin looking at life after Carroll and learn from those who came before them, giving alumni the ability to pass the torch and share their knowledge on careers and/or educational paths. For more information, go here.
Carroll Intern Academy
Carroll has partnered with The Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE) to employ a limited number of graduating or rising Carroll Seniors in companies around the area in internships. We are partnering to identify local alumni businesses interested in hosting paid students. For more information, go here.
HOSA: Health Occupations Students of America
The Medical Career Club was incorporated into the HOSA Health Occupations Students of America Chapter (Future Health Professionals) during the 2025-2026 school year. HOSA is an international organization for students who want to pursue careers in health care. It has chapters in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and multiple other countries, with a large membership base of middle school, secondary, and post-secondary students. It develops leadership and technical skills through competitions, conferences, and service projects, preparing students for college and health-related professions. For club details or meeting dates, please contact Dr. Cody Smith (Carroll Science Teacher), at csmith@carrollhs.org.
Parental approval must be received in advance for those students under age 18. Private in-home meetings are not accepted. Meetings must be held in a public place, such as a restaurant, library, workplace, conference room, or classroom when other individuals are nearby.
Prior to participating in the Job Shadow Day or any other Alumni Mentor Program activity that is not on Archbishop Carroll High School premises, students are required to have a permission slip filled out by their mentor and signed by their parent or legal guardian. The completed permission slip then needs to be submitted to the Alumni Office via email at mleaman@carrollhs.org or jweitz@carrollhs.org.