*A community presenter talks with students at the Career Day Fair.*

Helen Keller Middle School students took some time to think about their futures at a Career Fair with the help of professionals in a variety of fields.

During the event held on Tuesday, more than 30 different professionals from the community talked to students about their careers.

Students heard from a variety of different professionals, including an orthopedic surgeon, a pediatric gastroenterologist, a musician, an attorney, an accountant, a professional photographer and a real estate agent. Easton Courier’s Rick Falco spoke to students about his long career as a photographer, filmmaker and journalist, and as the president of Vision Project. First Selectman David Bindelglass spoke to students about his career as an orthopedic surgeon.

Bindelglass told students he was an oddity because at their age he knew he wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon. But it was people he met along the way that inspired him to pursue his passion.

“You take little pieces of the people you meet. I had great mentors. There are little things like this growing up that I still remember had an effect on me,” Bindelglass said.

*Rick Falco from the Easton Courier gives a presentation to students at the Career Fair.*

“Whenever you bring the learning that extends to their lives outside these four walls in this building, then learning becomes more meaningful. When they go back to class after this the things they are learning become so much more meaningful and they connect with and they actually show greater effort,” said School Principal Steven Clapp.

During the event, students rotated to a new session every 25 minutes and each professional gave a presentation.

“All these people who spent hours here talking about how their dreams came true and the hard work and dedication they had to put in for that is really inspiring for our students to keep going and to know their why. When you know your why, you never give up,” said Assistant Principal Annie Mohr.

Students chose the top three presentations that they wanted to attend, then were also set up to visit three different careers booths that the student may not have thought about.

“This helps students as they advance to high school and possibly college or post secondary training,” said Sara Terry, a school counselor. “It gets their thought process rolling on college and career development in a fun way.”