Pittsburgh Penguins CEO David Morehouse paints a birdhouse Tuesday at Butler Senior High School as senior Connor Bachman looks on during CEO in the Classroom Day.

Five business executives walked the halls of Butler Senior High School on Tuesday in search of a student perspective.

As they finished their last classes of the day, all five seemed to have found one. The group was in Butler for an Allegheny Conference on Community Development program called CEOs in the Classroom. About 30 chief executive officers from businesses in the Greater Pittsburgh area split into six school buildings in the region to see first-hand how education is conducted today. Each paired up with a student and spent the day as their shadow.

Butler students saw folks like Pittsburgh Penguins CEO David Morehouse heading into Latin class with Connor Bachman, an 18-year-old senior.

Morehouse and Connor did everything together. When Connor built a birdhouse in shop class, Morehouse painted its roof Penguins gold.

“I can't remember the last time I was in a high school,” Morehouse said.

The pair bonded over Connor's future plans. He wants to be a park ranger. Morehouse said he wanted to do the same when he was young.

If that doesn't work out for Connor, Morehouse said he had him covered.

“I'd hire him,” Morehouse said.

Connor was pleased: “There, I've got a back-up plan.”

Chloe Paulisick, a sophomore, paired up with D'Ann Swanson, a senior program officer at the Grable Foundation. The foundation worked with the Allegheny Conference to put on the program.

Chloe said she liked meeting someone in a good job that isn't one of the few obvious career options she sees available.

Get the whole story in Wednesday's print edition of the Butler Eagle.

Sophomore class student Chloe Paulisick is shadowed by D'Ann Swanson, a senior program officer at the Grable Foundation, during class on Tuesday at Butler Senior High School.