Page 10 - Catholic Memorial Annual Report 2019-20

Internships Thank you to the following companies
who participated in the 2019-2020 pilot
internship program, providing 11 seniors
with invaluable experience and skills.

ARIES INDUSTRIES
CUSTOM COMPUTER

SERVICES
DEDICATED COMPUTING
HUSCO INTERNATIONAL
INPRO ARCHITECTURAL

PRODUCTS
NEOCOIL
OCONOMOWOC
MANUFACTURING

SPX
WISCO ALLOYS INC.

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C atholic Memorial partnered with ten engineers and to apply what they learned in the
area companies to pilot an internship classroom in a real-world work environment.
program that would provide hands-on “Students developed skills and life lessons
work experience to 11 seniors enrolled in that will ensure their success in careers of the
the Engineering Design and Development 2 future,” said Mary Petrie ’76, CMH Innovative
course, part of CMH’s STEM curriculum and its & Entrepreneurship Dept. Chair and PLTW
nationally certified Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Instructor. The internship program will expand in
program. The internships provided students the 2020-21 to include the IB Business
opportunity to work side-by-side with professional HL class.

“THIS EXPERIENCE WILL HELP ME IN PILOT INTERNSHIP
EVERYTHING I DO IN THE FUTURE. PROGRAM
I’VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT MY
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, PLTW EDD2
TO BE A SPONGE AND ABSORB AS MUCH Engineering Class
AS POSSIBLE, TO ASK QUESTIONS
AND COMMUNICATE MORE. THIS WAS 11 Seniors
POSSIBLY A DECIDING FACTOR IN MY 10 Partner
ACCEPTANCE TO MY DREAM SCHOOL.” Companies

– CHRYS STRINGFELLOW ’20, INTERN AT

NEOCOIL IN PEWAUKEE

10 Catholic Memorial High School