College and Career Fair brings back Cape Hatteras High School graduates – The Coastland Times

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Avon Medical Clinic: Nurse Heather Gray Jennette (2004, valedictorian), Jamie Francis Fountain MD (1997, valedictorian). Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Boat Captains Johnny Fairbanks (2021) Island Time Charters and John Canning (2019) Hook Up Hatteras. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Dare County: Dustin Peele (2003) is a purchasing officer and staff member of the County Finance Department. Also at the table with him was Katelin Kight, a public relations specialist from Dare County. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Radiologist: Bailey Gray (2014) is a radiologist at the Daughters of the King Children’s Hospital. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Center of Fessenden. Ian Folb (2014) and his colleague Annelise Wilcox work at Dare County facilities in Buxton. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Volunteer Firefighters: All villages on Hatteras Island rely on volunteer firefighters. Cape Hatteras graduates and volunteers in attendance included John Conner (1995), Jeffrey Del Monte (1997) and Al Hodges (2021) with Hatteras Village Department member Moni Dove. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Hair salons. Two Cape Hatteras Secondary graduates have their own salon business. Karlene Ballance at The Salt Magnolia in Hatteras Village. Bridgette Willis Groce graduated from Cape Hatteras in 1993 and owns Bridgette Hair Salon in Manteo. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Dare Emergency Medical Services: Molly Greenwood (2019) and Naaman Ruter (2004, Citizenship Award) provide emergency medical care. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Veterinarian: Christiania Ballance Hicks (2001, North Carolina State Parks Fellow) practices in Buxton at the Coastal Animal Hospital. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

Nick Baum. Photo by Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy

The Cape Hatteras High School gymnasium was filled with opportunities for the 2022 College & Career Fair on November 17, 2022.

All the students from the Hatteras Island School marched past the displays. Middle sixth through eighth graders came first, followed by high school students.

Island, county and area businesses set up displays. Local and state government organizations posted all types of jobs, from emergency medical services to the workplace to the US Postal Service.

The US Coast Guard sent a contingent inside and a helicopter outside which landed on the sports field. A representative of the army was also present. The colleges came. And among all the exhibits, graduates from Cape Hatteras High School were talking to students about their jobs and businesses, as well as their education or training.

Some of the Cape Hatteras High School graduates present at the fair were:

Boat Captains Johnny Fairbanks (2021) Island Time Charters and John Canning (2019) Hook Up Hatteras.

Avon Medical Clinic: Nurse Heather Gray Jennette (2004, valedictorian), Jamie Francis Fountain MD (1997, valedictorian).

Dare County: Dustin Peele (2003) is a purchasing officer and staff member of the County Finance Department. Also at the table with him was Katelin Kight, a public relations specialist from Dare County.

Dare Emergency Medical Services: Molly Greenwood (2019) and Naaman Ruter (2004, Citizenship Award) provide emergency medical care

Veterinarian: Christiania Ballance Hicks (2001, North Carolina State Parks Fellow) practices in Buxton at the Coastal Animal Hospital.

Radiologist: Bailey Gray (2014) is a radiologist at the Daughters of the King Children’s Hospital.

Hair salons. Two Cape Hatteras Secondary graduates have their own salon business. Karlene Ballance at The Salt Magnolia in Hatteras Village. Bridgette Willis Groce graduated from Cape Hatteras in 1993 and owns Bridgette Hair Salon in Manteo.

Volunteer Firefighters: All villages on Hatteras Island rely on volunteer firefighters. Cape Hatteras graduates and volunteers in attendance included John Conner (1995), Jeffrey Del Monte (1997) and Al Hodges (2021) with Hatteras Village Department member Moni Dove.

Center of Fessenden. Ian Folb (2014) and his colleague Annelise Wilcox work at Dare County facilities in Buxton.

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