Kids Career Encounter opens registration for Hillsboro summer program
Adams County families can register fourth- through eighth-graders for Southern State’s June 23-24 career encounter in Hillsboro, with $25 sessions in biology, nursing, coding and more.
Adams County families with students entering fourth through eighth grade can register now for Southern State Community College’s Kids Career Encounter, a two-day summer program built around biology, math, business, leadership and improv, health sciences and nursing, computer science, social services and mental health. The event is set for June 23 and 24 at Southern State’s Central Campus in Hillsboro, and families can choose a morning session, an afternoon session or a full day.
The program will be held at Central Campus, 100 Hobart Drive, Hillsboro, Ohio 45133, with morning sign-in at 8:30 a.m. and afternoon sign-in at 12:30 p.m. Each 90-minute session includes two career explorations, and the cost is $25 per session per student. Students who stay all day will receive lunch, giving families a low-cost way to try more than one subject area in a single visit.
The 2026 lineup is especially practical for parents trying to connect summer enrichment with real jobs. Biology will focus on science as a process and on how current biological research affects students’ lives and the future. Business will place students in the role of an adult making money decisions, including choosing a career path, earning a monthly salary and budgeting for housing, food, transportation and fun while handling surprise expenses and inflation. Computer science will cover coding basics, robots and online safety. Health sciences and nursing will introduce the work nurses do to help people stay healthy and safe, including first-aid ideas and a take-home kit. Social services will use games and activities to build empathy, communication and emotional awareness, while leadership and improv will emphasize creativity, teamwork, public speaking and original storytelling. The math session will connect numbers to everyday jobs through challenges, graphs and problem-solving. Mental health will center on interactive group activities that build empathy and communication.
Southern State has offered Kids Career Encounter in 2024 and 2025 as well, making the 2026 version part of an annual pattern of youth outreach. That fits Ohio’s Career Connections framework, which says middle-grade students should begin exploring career interests through embedded activities and planning with career information and postsecondary data. For families looking ahead, the value is straightforward: a day in Hillsboro can help a student connect school subjects with the kinds of careers that shape health care, technology, business and community services across the region.
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