What's a Curator? Let Our Intern Show You!

Many people ask what's a museum curator? This fall we had an intern who can now answer that question! Alexis Harris a senior in the internship program chose the career path of becoming a museum curator. She had the privileged to create her very own postcard exhibit at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum located in downtown Wichita, Kansas.

Alexis spent hundreds of hours piecing together this exhibit and it's now on display and open to the public at the museum! Below was when I visited Alexis at the beginning of November and then the last pictures are of her completed exhibit in December.

If you have the chance and never been the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum is very educational and fun to walk through, so don't miss out on the chance to swing by and look at one of our very own interns exhibits!

 
 

Interns in the News

In case you missed it this fall we had two interns who were featured in our local newspaper. Morgan Walther with Good Shepherd Hospice and Gabby Engels with Tall Grass Country Club and The Marriott. Great article! Pictured below is Morgan Walther, starting her day out at Good Shepherd Hospice.

Capping off the Semester with 17 Professional Interns

The end of the semester has now approached and we can successfully say we couldn't have had a more successful 1st year for the Andale High School internship program, and it's all because of these 17 wonderful and professional senior interns! There's no doubt that we were all a little uneasy and nervous at the beginning of the semester considering this was new and we had an idea of what we wanted it to become, but having the unknown sitting there in front of us was a little nerve racking.

I think back to when I told this group of interns that they would have to present for 15 minutes in front of an audience about their internship experience, and I think I got to see as many jaw drops and eye brow raises that a teacher could see in a semester! As the semester continued and everyone got settled into their roles at their internships, a level of professionalism and confidence began to grow inside each and ever one of the 17 interns. I began to see a group that started out in August and took the necessary steps to advance towards their soon approaching future. From resumes to mock interviews with business professionals we were able to create a level of professionalism that many of our mentors and businesses noticed!

I couldn't be more proud of this group as they've challenged themselves above and beyond and went out on a limb to try something new. I wanted to share with you three photos (when they didn't present they were allowed to wear "business ready" and when they presented they were to wear "Business Professional" without me telling you which is which can you figure out what "Business Ready" and "Business Professional" mean in attire terms), one is the first day of school and the second one is our last evening of internship presentations for the public. Not only are they a well dressed group of interns, but they've also gained real world experience that will guide them in their post-secondary future!

Pictured (Left to Right): Christian King, Cole Murray, Gabe Kuhn, Jacob Horsch, Cooper Bradbury, Zach Meyer, Aaron Kerschen, Kalista Mosher, Morgan Walther, Julie Archer, Gabby Engels, Ashley Burks, Chase Bartkoski, Alexis Harris, Kaylee Lies, Bailey Bugner and Myka Dalton.

 Pictured (Left to Right): Jacob Horsch, Cole Murray, Cooper Bradbury, Gabe Kuhn, Christian King, Aaron Kerschen, Zach Meyer, Myka Dalton, Gabby Engels, Julie Archer, Morgan Walther, Chase Bartkoski, Kaylee Lies, Ashley Burks, Bailey Bugner, Alexis Harris and Kalista Mosher.

Pictured (Back-Row, Left to Right): Kaylee Lies, Bailey Bugner, Morgan Walther, Julie Archer, Chase Bartkoski, Aaron Kerschen, Jacob Horsch, Cooper Bradbury, Gabe Kuhn.
(Front-Row, Left to Right): Gabby Engels, Ashley Burks, Myka Dalton, Alexis Harris, Kalista Mosher, Cole Murray, Christian King and Zach Meyer.

If you see these interns out and about make sure to recognize them for their hard work this semester and congratulate them on being the first graduating class of interns from Andale High School.

Go Indians!

-Mrs. Bergkamp

Four AHS Interns Land a Job

December 2nd was a sad day for our interns as they wrapped up their 12 weeks at their internship sites for the fall semester. Our interns found a place where at first was nerve racking as they were experiencing something they never had before, but quickly found a new "home" away from school that introduced them to their future careers they're looking to pursue. I know many interns walked out the doors on the last day sad to see that 12 weeks passed so quickly, and wished they had the same opportunity next semester; yet that's exactly what four interns got! 

We have had four interns who have been offered jobs to stay on at their internship sites and work after school and during the summer, an opportunity that is greatly appreciated and is very rare! These jobs were well deserving and a testament to how hard our interns worked this summer. On a side note, this wouldn't be possible without our mentors and internship sites! They have opened their daily work schedules to accommodate our students and to help them understand of what they're jobs entail giving them hands on experience which all of our interns greatly appreciated. 

In the upcoming months Gabby Engels will be working for Tall Grass Country Club where she interned for event planning. Cole Murray will start working as a Physical Therapy Tech at Advanced Physical Therapy. Jacob Horsch will continue his plumbing career and continue to work for L&B Plumbing. Lastly, but not least Zach Meyer will be working under Baughman Company for Civil Engineering this upcoming summer. 

 

Please congratulate not only these four interns, but all 17 of our interns for a great start to our program as they represented our school district in a very professional manner and I couldn't be more proud of them! 

-Mrs. Bergkamp