Senior Year Internship: Horizon Program
The Horizon Senior Internship program matches seniors with month-long projects and programs that represent the variety of interests and passions of the class. Internships are created at schools, hospitals, and many businesses (see list).
Click below to view a list of companies that participated in the 2018-19 Horizon Senior Internship Program.
Matthew worked at the Nakavango Conservation Program near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Nakavango is an "intense protective zone" for the critically endangered black rhino. The focus at Nakavango is on conservation management, African wildlife, important conservation issues and sustainable community development.
For this Horizon project at Brush Creek Ranch, Brett rode some new horses that were purchased in New Mexico to determine how well they had been trained and if they were suitable for guests at the ranch or if the horses need more training.
Kate shadowed the headmaster of Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, Mr. Alfred (Rik) Dugan, as part of her Horizon project. Kate's experience is focused on learning about educational leadership.
For Hope's Horizon project, she worked at the Pen Ryn School as a teacher’s aide. The school is Nursery through eighth-grade and she got a chance to work with every grade level! In this photo, Hope is working with a kindergarten class.
Bo Hartpence tackled many different types of business jobs at the Philadelphia Phillies for his Horizon project. Some aspects he explored are sales, advertisement, and promotion.
Mina completed her Horizon project at Drexel University’s Center for Functional Fabrics. She worked with a PhD student to analyze data that they collected using a touch-sensitive fabric. She also got to work on one of the Center’s many garment knitting machines called the X Machine made by the company Shima Seiki.
