Bellport High School Sophomore Earns Award From Department Of Labor

Press release from the South Country Central School District:

Oct. 23, 2022

Bellport High School sophomore Sheriyah Ballard recently earned an Outstanding Job Performance Award from the Suffolk County Department of Labor for work she completed through the department’s Summer Youth Program. She was one of 700 participants and 250 nominees to earn the award.
“I was very surprised,” said the South Country student, who spent her summer working alongside South Country School District employees at Frank P. Long Intermediate School to prepare the school’s classrooms for the new year.
Ballard had applied and was accepted to the program prior to the start of the summer and said she learned a lot on the job.
“Everyone was so nice and treated me like family,” she said. “I learned how to work as a team, budget and save money, and I was empowered as one of the few women working in this position.”
Ballard, who spends her free time working on various art projects, said if the opportunity presented itself again, she would be more than thrilled to participate.
Looking to the future, Ballard said she hopes to one day work in the medical field and follow in the footsteps of her grandmother, who was a certified nursing assistant at Stony Brook University Hospital for over 30 years.

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