The Global Internship Experience

“Don’t limit a child to your learning, for he was born in another time.
-	Rabindranath Tagore”

“The Sandusky City Schools is a school district of approximately 3400 students, and obviously we’re located right here in Sandusky, Ohio. We believe that our work is designed around our transformation plan, which is focused on providing every single student with the opportunity to be prepared to compete on a global environment. At the end of the day, our vision for each student is to believe in themselves, and to accomplish anything."

“The transformation plan that we put together in the spring of 2014 dealt the twelve pillars of success. With those twelves pillars drives everything that we do within the district on a daily basis. Within those twelve pillars they deal with academics, anything in academics to transportation, to food service, to global awareness to adult education.” 

“We have outstanding students in the Sandusky City Schools and we’re very proud of their accomplishments. It’s our responsibility as a school district to make sure that these students are educated to the best of our abilities and so that they are globally ready for the real world.”

“At the beginning of their freshman year, students will have the opportunity to take a global perspectives course. This semester long course exposes students to a number of topics on a global level. Beginning sophomore year, students will be able to take an increased amount of electives that will prepare them for the decision of choosing a major, one of eleven, for college and career readiness. These majors, students will start working on actually as freshman will include a number of exploratory classes in the S.T.E.A.M. field. S.T.E.A.M. stands for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.”

“It’s important that parents and community members in Sandusky, understand the importance of S.T.E.A.M.. According to research, about sixty percent of all jobs in the world will have a S.T.E.A.M. related focus, and in the Sandusky City Schools, we’re preparing students in the PreK through 12 to focus on these critical areas for jobs and opportunities but most importantly, to realize the students dreams.”

“The global experience for our students is very relative to the college and career readiness attitudes of our graduating seniors and we work with them, so that by their sophomore year they will be choosing a major, and by their senior year, taking that major on the road into an internship experience.”

“This will allow them to get into an experience and a lot of different opportunities within our community and outside of our community and possibly even overseas.”

“First and foremost, we want our students to be prepared for college and careers. So, this opportunity exposes students to a wide variety of career choices that they can participate in, make a living with as they graduate college or as they step into the workforce right out of high school.”

“So as they progress 7th, 8th, 9th, and into 10th and 11th, they’re going to decide what they want to do with their lives as they reach a senior status they will make a choice as to what internship they would like to do and with what company, and whether that’s locally, globally, or via the internet.”

“Experience is the teacher of all things. 
-	Julius Caesar”

“I think Sandusky City Schools having the internship program really helps to differentiate the program not only within the community but within the region to provide our students who go through it with a holistic look at everything that is available to them for a career path. It helps them make decisions up front of where they decide that they want to put their efforts but also introduces them to so many different options, that they can make that decision. In a health care institution at Firelands Regional Medical Center, when we look at employees who come here, we look at people with a broad background and with a lot of experience that have really been able to see a lot of different things because when they come in and work for us, and start their career, they’re going to be a better employee.”

“Well the internship program, we’re really looking forward to it because it’ll give us an opportunity to meet young people and help them decide whether they want to become writers or journalists in the news room, whether they want to get into our sales force and learn about that or circulation management and the learn opportunities but we’re also recruiting for the future, looking for students who will go to college and become journalists and start right here at the register, so we’re really looking forward to it.”

“As an ESOP company, employee owned Janotta and Herner would be able to test drive this young person to see their potential for future employment. It would also benefit them because they would be exposed to our company and I would consider that a win-win situation.”

“The Sandusky State Theatre couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with the Sandusky High School in their new program for students to be able to earn credit with actually working hands-on in the field of their chosen career path so students are going to be able to be a part of the decision making process by learning all of the different factors and variables that go into making concerts, live theater events for the community.”

“I came here in the afternoons, I went to school in the mornings, came here as a clerk typist in the sales department and when I graduated high school, they kept me on. During that time then I held many different positions. Sales coordinator, sales support, assistant to the sales director, assistant to the general manager, and now here I am in human resources.”

“Recently I’ve noticed the new sense of pride with the Sandusky Schools and being a proud Blue Streak Alumni, im excited about the new programs that are being offered, and just the energy associated with the school.”

“It all started with an internship with Sandusky High School.”

“I’m really excited about our S.T.E.A.M. work in the district and I want all of our business leaders and community members to understand that when they get interns that they are going to be working in a lot of different areas, science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. It’s going to be really dynamic because it’s going to prepare you students and students yet to come for dynamic opportunities for jobs and to really have a chance to do things that you really want to do in your lives, and to do this in high school, really is unique, it really positions us like no other district in the area, and I’m hopeful that when you folks realize what it is that you want to do, that you will be able to do it right here in the Sandusky City Schools.”