WHS Career Fair 2026

By Dylan Cyr '26

On Wednesday, April 8, Wethersfield High School hosted its annual career fair, featuring roughly 60 businesses that set up in Gym A, ready to begin networking. Every year, Mark Danaher works diligently to reach out to different businesses and set up this incredible event. With the straight eight schedule, all four grades were given 30 minutes to meet with companies and learn about many different careers.


The goal of these career fairs is to network with and learn more about different industries so that when students are ready to join the workforce, they are able to build important connections and relationships with others in the industry. Our WHS career fair does exactly that. Each featured business made an extraordinary effort to welcome students and help them feel comfortable and confident in an otherwise stressful environment.


When it was my turn to explore the gym floor, I wanted to get input from different companies, asking them what their goal is and why they enjoy coming to the career fair. To start off, I first talked to Jennifer Morgenthau from Jennifer Morgenthau Architect.

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"Honestly our goal is to educate students about really what an architect is," Morgenthau said.


She later continued, "I’m also here to tell students about the Student Design Competition that the HBRA puts on once a year".


For the students who may be into architecture and had the chance to talk to her, they had the opportunity to talk face to face with one of the judges of the HBRA competition. I also had the chance to talk to a representative at SLAM Collaborative.
"We really want to let people know about the profession of architecture which seems to be a little bit abstract at the high school level," they said.


Later on, I asked these companies what their favorite part about being in the career fair was. Kyle Lentini from Downes Construction said, "My favorite thing is just being able to give back a little bit".


My final interview was with the Construction Education Center, where a representative said, "This is one of my favorite career fairs to go to in the entire state. I love coming here and talking to the Wethersfield students because they all bring a level of energy and enthusiasm that you don’t see at every career fair".


Now, even though all of my interviews are from companies related to construction or architecture, they—along with every other company that came on Wednesday—follow the same agenda: reaching out to the youth to spark inspiration and bring attention to careers they may not have thought about otherwise. The career fair is a great chance for students to explore their options while giving companies the opportunity to give back to the community.