A career-centered program in the Louisville, McComb, and Winona Municipal Separate School Districts, Mississippi, attempted to bridge the gap between the world of work and the school curriculum for students in grades 1-12. The following specific objectives were established: (1) To develop personal, social, economic and decisionmaking skills in all students, (2) to increase elementary students' awareness of the world of work, (3) to provide career orientation and exploratory experiences for junior high or middle school students, and (4) to provide job preparation in a wide variety of occupational areas for students in grades 10-14. Third-party evaluation instruments were used to assess attitudes of teachers and students concerning the career concept. Data were collected by reviewing reports, conducting visits to the career projects, reviewing instructional materials, and interviewing teachers and administrators. It was concluded that there was sufficient public and teacher acceptance demonstrated to term the career project an asset to the school districts involved. One-fifth of the report is a project summary: Goals, description, activities, and accomplishments. The third-party evaluation report, constituting the remainder of the report, contains a description of the counties, including an occupational breakdown of locale; description of the school system; background information and description of the research project, including samples of newsletters and photographs of student activities; and evaluation analysis, conclusions, and summary. (TA)