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2019 IT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

- LARGEST CLASS EVER!

IT’s program reached a new high in sponsorship
donations as well. Dell Computers bought one of the new
named sponsorships for $1,000 as did Net App. Wells
Fargo and The Beacon Group returned as sponsors
for the fifth straight year. IT was happy to have Office
Depot return and welcome ExtraHop and Encore as new
corporate sponsors.

IT’s program won praise earlier this year at the annual
conference of the Cooperative Education and Internship
This year sets the record for the largest class of interns Association (CEIA), and it was enthusiastically reviewed
the IT Division has ever hired. Thirty (30) high school before the District’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).
juniors and seniors reported to start work on June 17. IT’s Video recording of Mike Burke. See: https://www.youtube.
lauded success with interns led Board Member, Dr. Deb- com/embed/NeMtJYFaCzI?start=2468&end=2502
ra Robinson, Superintendent, Dr. Donald Fennoy, and
Chief Finance Officer, Mike Burke, to encourage other IT’s intern graduates often stay in touch with their
departments to institute Intern programs. The result was mentors, and it is a joy to follow their remarkable
that 23 District departments hired 43 interns to join IT’s progress. IT receives feedback from students that
30 interns and 26 in the Facilities Services Department. their training and letters of reference helped them gain
The grand total of students interns employed during the admission to choice colleges and land scholarships and
summer nearly reached 100! new jobs.

All five IT departments mentored interns this year The best-kept secret is that staff gains as much
including the newly established IT Security Department. satisfaction working with the students as they do with us!