 The Bemidji Area School District is looking to grow their Career Academies Program. They hosted their first annual Champions Meeting today to gain support from the community. The meeting served as an opportunity for current and potential partners of the Career Academies to get involved further in the program. Over 50 industry leaders from the area were in attendance. The Career Academies already has 12 different fields high school students can participate in. They're looking to add at least four more options. So right now I know for sure we're going to add law enforcement and fire rescue, culinary arts, agriculture working with Stitsworth meets. We're hoping we're actually working with Bar 209 with our culinary arts program. Possibly cosmetology, textiles, and you know we posture on Mortuary Sciences as well. The Career Academies is always looking for new business partners those interested can contact the school district. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.