This semester, JCIDC is excited to have Seymour High School senior Parker Thompson on staff as an intern.
Through the school’s Work Based Learning program, he will spend part of each weekday working in our office for the second semester after spending the first semester at Valeo in Seymour.
He will see how we work with local industries and promote development, and he also will learn how the Workforce Partnership works with local schools and the community to offer programs for students. We already have discussed potential projects for Parker so he will be able to take ownership of them and take that experience with him as he moves forward in life.
Parker said he wants to learn about what JCIDC does and how the organization interacts with companies around Jackson County.
“Indiana University is where I think I’m going to go, and I believe I want to do something business management-related, and I think this could confirm or deny it,” he said.
Parker is a three-sport athlete at SHS, and after graduation, he plans to study business management and get accepted into the IU Kelley School of Business.
“My dad, he has been a part of that for his entire life. That’s what he majored in, so I thought that sounded interesting,” Parker said of choosing a college major.
In terms of choosing a college, he said, “I’ve always been an IU fan. Bloomington, it’s a great city. I went to IU games. It’s just a cool campus.”
Parker is the son of Matt and Kara Thompson. He has a younger brother, Dane Thompson, who is a freshman at SHS. Both brothers play tennis, basketball and baseball for the Owls.