Seniors shadow careers at COOL Week

Seniors participated in COOL Week Feb. 18-22. Check back to read feature stories on what students did.

Kunal Gupta

He toured facilities containing Dell’s technology. The servers- the key to the company. He even got to learn how they work. During COOL Week, although he didn’t shadow anyone, senior Kunal Gupta toured Dell and its facilities and was told what Dell actually does. “We got to look at how they build them and implement them,” Gupta said. “We got to see a mobile data center which was a portable...

Ryan Anderson

Miguel Blanco, Staff Reporter

When thinking of a company where cubicles are shunned, where open format board meetings and where cooperation between employees is of the utmost importance, a first guess might point to Silicon Valley. However, senior Ryan Anderson was able to experience the advantages of working in an innovative company first hand in Round Rock when he visited Dell along with other Leander ISD students for COOL Week. Anderson...

Jennifer Walker

Xanatha Dowden, Staff Reporter

As fresh booklets flew through the machines, a group of seniors walked around the printing facilities at Community Impact Newspaper. Senior Jennifer Walker shadowed graphic designers at Community Impact Newspaper during COOL Week. “I’ve wanted to go into graphic design since I was in fifth grade,” Walker said. “I knew I wanted to shadow a graphic designer for COOL Week.” Jennifer got...