- February 28, 2025
Flagler County students were able to visit and network with colleges and universities, local businesses and government entities at the Flagler Schools College and Career Fair on Friday, Feb. 28, at the Palm Coast Community Center.
Flagler Schools students from Matanzas and Flagler Palm Coast high schools were bused to the community center in the morning to learn about some of the career and educational opportunities that are offered. From 2 to 5 p.m., the fair was open to private- and home-school students, their families and the community at large.
The fair was sponsored by the Flagler County Education Foundation.
On Flagler Radio’s Free For All Friday program, which was broadcasting live from the event, Flagler Schools Superintendent LaShakia Moore said she was thrilled to see the buses roll up for the district’s first centralized college and career fair to show the students what opportunities they have after high school.
“Some of these students are about to graduate and can work locally right now,” she said.
Ed Foundation Executive Director Teresa Rizzo said 40 to 50 colleges and universities were represented at the fair. One of the goals of the event, Moore, said was for students to see what opportunities there are locally so they may leave the area to get an education and then return to Flagler County to start a career.
The fair is an extension of Flagler Schools classroom to careers program, which the Ed Foundation helps support through a sponsorship from the United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties.
“We have a great program, but we want to extend it, we want to impact more students, because United Way expects that of us,” Rizzo said.
