Teri Carty started the program in 1990, with the help of an Incentives for School Excellence grant. Since then, the Supermarket Careers program has enjoyed many successes. There have been numerous state and national awards, and several school districts have started their own programs, using Rolla as a model. But Helen Adams says the students, more than 50 percent of whom stay with their supermarket jobs, are the true measure of the program's success. That's our definition of success.
True success comes when skills learned in school can be used on the job.