NEWS PHOTO EMMA BENNETT Students at Ken Sauer School dressed up Wednesday as what they'd like to be when they grow up. Ewan Magner wants to be in the military.
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Kids at Ken Sauer School dressed as what they want to be when they grow up Wednesday for Future Career Day.
Grade 4 Wyatt Nicoll came as a sports broadcaster, with a headset microphone, sports coat and a hat of his favourite baseball team, the Toronto Blue Jays.
“It’s fun, just talking about the game,” he said, adding that he’d like to be a baseball broadcaster because he enjoys playing and watching the game.
Nicoll said his favourite player on the Jays is Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Jaidyn Kinnaird said her veterinarian costume was inspired by her love of animals, particularly cats.
“I really like cats and … more than cats – I really like every animal,” she said.
Although her family doesn’t have pet cats, Kinnaird said their downstairs neighbour does and they often bring them upstairs.
“One’s super snuggly and one just likes to roam around,” she said.
Kaden Cowan dressed as a businessman, wearing dress clothes and carrying a briefcase.
He said the greatest appeal of getting into business is “being rich.”
Cowan didn’t have anything in his briefcase, but said he’ll have “papers (and) important stuff” in it when he becomes a businessman.
Jordyn Leblanc, a Grade 4 student, came to school as a professional runner.
“It’s good health to get exercise and it’s really fun to just run with your friends and family,” she said, adding that she joins her family on walks regularly, sometimes walking, sometimes running and other times riding her bike or roller blading.
“I run around the field a couple times a day (during recess).”
Some students used the opportunity to follow in their family’s footsteps with their costume.
Grade 1 student Abby Poncsak dressed as a baker.
“My mommy works in a restaurant and I thought it might be fun to do that,” she said.
“I could make something that’s really nice and tasty.”
Uwan Magner wants to be a soldier, just like his father, who’s now a veteran after retiring a couple years ago.
“It kind of runs in my family,” he said. “People really care about you because you’re someone who helps the earth a lot … making it a safer place.”
Karagyn Kroft dressed as a nurse, the profession of her mother and grandmother.
She said she’d like to be a home-care nurse, just like her mom.
“I want to help people,” said Kroft. “I just like making them feel better.”
