Multiple schools in the Kern High School District are heading to New York for the upcoming Virtual Enterprise Conference, but for one teacher, the trip represents something much more than competition. For Mia Polston, it’s a full-circle moment years in the making.
Polston attended Centennial High School in 2020 and was part of a Virtual Enterprise team that qualified for nationals in New York. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the conference was canceled along with her opportunity to compete on the national stage.
Now, just a few years later, Polston has returned to the program, this time as a teacher at Ridgeview High School. She’s leading not one, but two teams to New York…