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Career Week 2026

 Career Week 2026 Homeroom Activities 

 

Monday:

Students,

Get ready - Career Week is here! 🎉

During Homeroom this week, you’ll dive into career exploration by taking a Career Interest Survey and then hopping aboard the HMS Career Bus 🚌 for virtual field trips using your chromebooks to check out a variety of careers. Thanks to our amazing PTA, you will be given earbuds to use on your virtual trips so make sure to bring them along with your chromebooks to class every day this week! Your Homeroom teacher will pass them out today.

ASB has also planned some fun dress-up days - check them out below and join the fun! 🎉👕🎶

On Friday, which is a minimum day, we won’t need to hit the road as Career Day speakers 🎤will be coming to you! They’ll visit your classrooms to share information about their careers and the paths they took to get there. Be ready to meet some interesting speakers and don’t be shy -ask questions!

Let’s hit the road and explore your future! 🚀


After you get your new earbuds, Watch this 3-minute video


Our Career Week Spirit Dress-Up Days are as follows: 

SCHOOL DRESS CODE STILL APPLIES

  • Monday: “Learning is Chill” - Beanie Day 

  • Tuesday: “College Pride” - College Sweatshirt Day! 

  • Wednesday: “Your Future Is Up To You”  -  Wear Blue 

  • Thursday: “Your future is Bright” Dress for Success 

  • Friday: “Show School Spirit”  Wear your HMS gear or Red

 
 

Tuesday:

 

The Holland Career Interest Personality Inventory

Watch Video - Click Here


When you're done, attend the Career Party below to see what your unique Career Interest Code is by writing your answers on a separate piece of paper. This is for your own personal use. You do not have to turn anything in. 

Have fun learning about yourself at the party!


 

 

 

Wednesday:

 

Career Tour Stops

 

 

Thursday:

 

Career Tour Stops

 

Friday:


It’s Career Day! 

Today, guest speakers will be visiting your classrooms to talk about their careers and how they got started. This is a great chance to ask questions, learn about different paths, and get inspired - so don’t forget to say thank you to our volunteer speakers!


Click here for a 4-min video introduction to this fun day 



If you would like to take additional HMS Virtual Career Tours, click on any of the links below! 


Visit and tour an Amazon Fulfillment Center looking at careers in pharmacy including research, engineering, coding, and robotics.

 

Take a tour inside Amazon Music and explore all the careers in the music industry from production to marketing, computer science, music law and project management.

 

Take a tour in an Amazon Fulfillment Center to explore all the careers in engineering, design, robotics, coding and distribution.

 

We will take a tour to explore the wonderful careers in the deep space industry

We had a great CAREER DAY for our middle schoolers as they explored careers on February 13, 2026!
 
THANK YOU to our Diverse Career Speakers:
         
Maryam Brown    CEO of SoCalGas
Marytza Reyes Attorney/Lawyer
Brian Lugo Physician/Surgeon
Michelle Huynh Executive Vice President at Fox Entertainment
Tiffany Mai CEO insurance company
Sean Daugherty Fire Captain - LA County Fire
Mark Schmidt Portfolio Manager
Tai-Wei Wu Baby ICU doctor/ clinician scientist/ clinical professor
Lorenzo Guidolin Managing Director
Hannah Luo Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Medicine and Psychology
Roger Lai Emergency Medicine Doctor
Shawn Batten Senior Counsel - Dine Brands (parent of Applebee's and IHOP)
Kathy Cherico Creative Director at Omnicom
David Eldringhoff Medical Doctor / Orthopedic Surgeon
Patrik Gabikian Physician/Neurosurgeon
Trevor Wong Entrepreneur
Nick Kwan Medical Director / Physician
Jeremy Chang Financial Advisor
Mark Barr Head Coach/ COO South Pasadena
QING HUANG Accountant
Joshua Sung Enterprise Software Consultant
Stephen Brown Lawyer/Lobbyist/Political Strategist/Energy Consultant
Janie Heinrich MobilityDog.Org CEO
Ivy Lee Keltner Dermatologist, Health Tech Advisor
Magnus Kwan Software Engineer
Azzie Carr Surgeon (thyroid)
Leila Khorasani Parent / Surgeon
Ayesha Kashif Dentist DDS
Heather Jones Attorney
Erin Sato Supervisory Secret Service Special Agent
Michael Villalobos Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court
Sam Stranger 911 EMT
John Heringer Special Agent, FBI
     
THANK YOU to our Hospitality Room Volunteers:
 
Melissa Kehoe
Helen Cheig
Sharon Lu-Morris
Mei Wun Wong
Alan Gao

A special thank you to Ruby Khalili and Audrey McCarthy, HMS Career Day Chairs; Mrs. Gonzalez, HMS Career Week Coordinator; the SMUSD Tech Support Department staff; Mr. Cabaci, HMS Site Tech Support,  Mrs. HazlettMrs. Cota, our PTA President, Ryan Zanotti; and the HMS ASB and WEB students for escorting presenters to their assignments.

We truly appreciate your time, dedication, and teamwork in making Career Day and Career Week such a success for our students.