Many students at Tracy High have been going to work almost every day ever since school ended in May. Students like seniors Mariah Arauz-Jiron, Crista Robles, and Courtni Bradley have been working at unique jobs over summer.

“I can take orders inside, handheld outside on the little screen, inside giving out the food to people, register, do dishes, and I do fries sometimes because I’m not at that level yet,” Robles said about her role at In-N-Out Burger.

A summer job helps pay for gas and to buy things she needs. She feels the atmosphere is fun and everybody there wants to be there and do their job.

Arauz-Jiron works for a new place, Aldo’s Italian Ice and Gelato in Raley’s Shopping Center on Tracy Boulevard. Aldo’s serves Italian ice, gelato, and custard. The job will teach me “communication skills, and talk to other people, and handle business with them on a professional basis,” Arauz-Jiron said.

Aldo’s Italian Ice and Gelato opened in mid-July and is a new and very different ice cream place.

Bradley works for Pump it Up, where little kids have birthday parties, and special events. Working with kids can be difficult because of how they can change.

“When I go to college, I want to be a social worker,” Bradley said. Bradley’s role is being a party attendant, which means she helps with the party at the time and tells the kids the rules.

“I work on average about 3-5 days during the summer,” Bradley said. When she isn’t working she is a junior coach for the youth football team the Tracy Buccaneers.

“I have always wanted to work with kids, and I didn’t want to work at fast food restaurants,” Bradley said.

Having a summer job helps students earn money to buy things and to save money for college.