Hannah's teachers at Aviara Oaks Elementary School inspired her, she wants to be a teacher. Daniella would like to be a translator, perhaps for the FBI or the United Nations. Reece is interested in golf and would like to work for the TaylorMade Golf Co. Other students are looking to work at biomed, engineering, and other businesses in the Carlsbad area over their summer vacations. These young people, totaling 160 juniors at Carlsbad High School, are seeking out summer internships through CHS's Intern Academy.
The Intern Academy provides students with an introduction to the fields of their choice. It gives them a chance to meet and work with professionals in their careers of interest and to try their hand at meaningful career-related tasks. The students often earn valuable letters of recommendation for job resumes and college applications. Under the direction of CHS teachers Jeff Brandmeyer and Paige DeCino, students receive high school credit while gaining "on the job" experience and developing the academic and social skills necessary to compete in the global economy.
Students begin the process by completing an application, a resume, and a cover letter, and selecting companies where they are interested in interning. Next, they prepare for their "job interviews" by participating in mock interviews with local business and community leaders and elected officials.
These volunteer interviewers give students real-life, helpful guidance on successful job interviewing.
"I always recommend that you are prepared with a good, positive statement of your goals and strong points," Carlsbad's Chief of Police Gary Morrison told Mia, a junior soccer player at CHS. "Be a problem solver. Give me some specific examples of how you have improved. You can use soccer as an illustration. 'This is why you need me in your company.'"
"Tell the interviewer what you know about their company," recommends CUSD Board Member Claudine Jones. "Be curious, invested in the company. Make good eye contact."
"I wish they had a program like this when I was in school," says Carlsbad Councilman Keith Blackburn, as he interviewed CHS students. "Mock interviews are great practice for the real thing."
Most of the students will begin their internships in late spring or early summer. The culmination of the Intern Academy experience is a senior project consisting of a research paper and a senior presentation designed to incorporate many of the skills students have learned in their four years at Carlsbad High School.
Intern Academy students will graduate from high school and move on to college and careers with relevant experience and information about their selected career path and with invaluable insights into the world of work.
In the words of Carlton Lund of The Lund Team, "I strongly urge businesses to get involved and consider a Carlsbad High internship! We have had four interns over the years and it has been a wonderful experience. One of those interns was Jeff Pashby, who interned with us 17 years ago and has been a leading member of The Lund Team this entire time,15 years as a full-time agent."
The Intern Academy provides students with an introduction to the fields of their choice. It gives them a chance to meet and work with professionals in their careers of interest and to try their hand at meaningful career-related tasks. The students often earn valuable letters of recommendation for job resumes and college applications. Under the direction of CHS teachers Jeff Brandmeyer and Paige DeCino, students receive high school credit while gaining "on the job" experience and developing the academic and social skills necessary to compete in the global economy.
Students begin the process by completing an application, a resume, and a cover letter, and selecting companies where they are interested in interning. Next, they prepare for their "job interviews" by participating in mock interviews with local business and community leaders and elected officials.
These volunteer interviewers give students real-life, helpful guidance on successful job interviewing.
"I always recommend that you are prepared with a good, positive statement of your goals and strong points," Carlsbad's Chief of Police Gary Morrison told Mia, a junior soccer player at CHS. "Be a problem solver. Give me some specific examples of how you have improved. You can use soccer as an illustration. 'This is why you need me in your company.'"
"Tell the interviewer what you know about their company," recommends CUSD Board Member Claudine Jones. "Be curious, invested in the company. Make good eye contact."
"I wish they had a program like this when I was in school," says Carlsbad Councilman Keith Blackburn, as he interviewed CHS students. "Mock interviews are great practice for the real thing."
Most of the students will begin their internships in late spring or early summer. The culmination of the Intern Academy experience is a senior project consisting of a research paper and a senior presentation designed to incorporate many of the skills students have learned in their four years at Carlsbad High School.
Intern Academy students will graduate from high school and move on to college and careers with relevant experience and information about their selected career path and with invaluable insights into the world of work.
In the words of Carlton Lund of The Lund Team, "I strongly urge businesses to get involved and consider a Carlsbad High internship! We have had four interns over the years and it has been a wonderful experience. One of those interns was Jeff Pashby, who interned with us 17 years ago and has been a leading member of The Lund Team this entire time,15 years as a full-time agent."