<p>S1 is a rising senior, who commutes 40 minutes to his private HS and back each day. His extracurriculars include concert band, athletics 3-seasons, and community service. Between the demands of homework, his commute to and from school, civic obligations and athletic commitments 5-6 days/week - there isn’t a lot of time left for him to seek employment during the school year. With his rigorous curriculum, I really don’t want him working during the school year. </p>
<p>This summer, he’s attending several football skills camps/showcases as well as a week-long leadership seminar, making him unavailable for a regularly scheduled job. He has lined up a few project-type manual labor jobs through people he knows (coaches, my friends & relatives) … as well as on-call work at an area farm, during haying season. It’s not regular employment and is really dirty, hard work… but it is what he could find in this economy, which also supports the demands of his busy summer schedule.</p>
<p>If part time jobs are tight in your geographic area, can your daughter talk to neighbors, teachers, friends from church, etc. to offer herself up for odd jobs - baby sitting, mother’s helper, house cleaning, tutoring, giving music lessons… or any other services within her circles of interest or expertise?</p>