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This year's Take Your Child to Work Day was held on Friday, February 17, 2017. Take Your Child to Work Day is an initiative that gives students in Grades 8-9 the opportunity to go to work with their parents or relatives for the day to get first hand experiences of business management and operations. Two companies participated in the initiative: Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Vision 2030. JPS hosted Herbert Morrison Technical and Cornwall College at their Bogue Power Plant in Montego Bay. The students were given a tour of the plant and learnt how it was managed and operated. Vision 2030 hosted Meadowbrook High School for the day. The students were engaged in structured activities and presentations such writing goals in line with the National Development Plan for Vision 2030.

The National Careers Week (NCW) Regional Fora was held on Thursday, February 16, 2017 in each of the six Ministry of Education, Youth and Information (MoEYI) regions. At each forum the students were engaged in structured presentations that focused on teaching them the importance of making wise educational and career decisions. The students were also engaged in a number of competitions including several entrepreneurship competitions and a poster competition. The entrepreneurship competitions required the students to do business pitches and booth displays whereas the poster competition required students to select a theme for National Careers Week 2018 and design a poster illustrating the theme.

 

The Road to Success Innovation Camp was hosted on Friday, February 24, 2017 at the Hope Zoo located in Kingston. The camp hosted approximately 200 students from four schools: Mt. Alvernia High, Cornwall College, Hampton School and St. Hugh's High School. The camp was led by Scotiabank volunteers and Junior Achievement (JA) Jamaica staff members who engaged the students in intense strategic innovation challenges primarily around the banking sector. The Mt Alvernia High team emerged as the winners and were awarded tablets. Second place went to Hampton School and the team received Bluetooth speakers. Third place was awarded to St. Hugh's High School and the team received power banks . 

The team from Mt. Alvernia High will move on to represent Jamaica in the Regional Innovation Challenge where they will compete against fourteen (14) other countries: Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic and Dominica.