Some of the more than 1,000 kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District arrive at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana for its annual KinderCaminata event on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers will various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march through the campus chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District stop to check out the skeleton at the Santa Ana College Medical Assisting booth in Santa Ana during the annual KinderCaminata event at Santa Ana College on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers will various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march through the campus chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
More than 1,000 kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District march through the campus of Santa Ana College in Santa Ana chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, during its annual KinderCaminata event on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers visited various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Some of the more than 1,000 kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District arrive at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana for its annual KinderCaminata event on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers will various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march through the campus chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District color a human figure while at a table at the Santa Ana College Medical Assisting booth in Santa Ana during the annual KinderCaminata event at Santa Ana College on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers will various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march through the campus chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
More than 1,000 kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District march through the campus of Santa Ana College in Santa Ana chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, during its annual KinderCaminata event on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers visited various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District stop to listen to Sandy Pantoja, center, from OC Animal Care at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana during its annual KinderCaminata event on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers will various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march through the campus chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Some of the more than 1,000 kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District arrive at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana for its annual KinderCaminata event on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers will various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march through the campus chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District speak into the loadspeaker of a California Highway Patrol vehicle as CHP Public Information Officer Anselmo Templado holds the microphone during the annual KinderCaminata event at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers will various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march through the campus chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
More than 1,000 kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District march through the campus of Santa Ana College in Santa Ana chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, during its annual KinderCaminata event on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers visited various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kindergarten students from the Santa Ana Unified School District stop to visit with the mascot from Cal State Fullerton as they arrive at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana for its annual KinderCaminata event on Friday, March 25, 2022. The students along with their teachers will various booths to explore future college and career paths and play games and have fun along the way. Following the career fair, the students went on a march through the campus chanting, Sí, se puede, yes, you can, which ended with a lunch and entertainment on the football field. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Medical assistant might be a hard job for a youngster to put their mind around, but coloring in the parts of a human body and being able to reach out and move the arms and legs of a skeleton puts it in a perspective they get.
That’s what Santa Ana College’s KinderCaminata is about, getting the youngest of students thinking about future career paths and college opportunities in a way they can get excited about and have a little fun with.
More than 1,000 Santa Ana Unified School District kindergartners were on campus Friday, visiting career stations introducing them to nursing, theater arts and a whole host of other futures with hands on exhibits and demonstrations to pique their interest.
Following their exploration of careers, the kindergartners marched through campus, chanting “Sí, se puede, Yes, you can,” on their way to lunch and a show.
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