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Azayah Pugh-Cook – Elementary Education Internship

I am interning at the New Holland Elementary School in the Elanco School District with the sixth-grade teacher, Diane Haines. I work with one class for over two hours a day helping with mostly math. This has proved to be a great learning experience for me, as I want to become a teacher in the…

Hallie Butler – Elementary Education Internship

I have the best internship located at Blue Ball Elementary School in Mrs. Schultz 5th grade classroom. My job duties include assisting Mrs. Schultz in directing students, teaching small group lessons, helping with the craft club, and reading aloud. I have already grown from my experience with the students by learning from mistakes and adjusting…

Elle Hallquist – Secondary Education Internship

During the current fall semester of the 2019-2020 school year, I have been given the privilege to do an internship in the educational field. I work directly with one of the teachers at the Eastern Lancaster County School District (Garden Spot). My mentor is Ms. Rachel Stern, a science teacher who presently teaches Forensics, Advanced Placement…

Elizabeth Charles – Secondary Education Internship

My internship is at Garden Spot High School in the Social Studies department. I am interning in Mrs. Schneider’s Civics and Government class. I wanted to do this internship because I felt that it would be very beneficial in helping me prepare for the future. I want to be a high school history teacher once…

Brady Conroy – Physical Education Internship

My name is Brady and I am a physical education intern at Brecknock Elementary. When I first started this internship I didn’t know what was going to be in store for my duties and projects. I later found that my mentor, Stacy Jackson, was very flexible with me and what I was going to do…

Ian Blankley – Elementary Education Internship

In the second semester of this school year, I started an internship at Blue Ball Elementary School. Last semester I was an intern at Brecknock Elementary. The jump from the two buildings has been eye-opening to observe the differences and similarities between two different elementary schools within the same district. Having two internship experiences have…

Kelly Trego – English Education Internship

My name is Kelly Trego and this semester I have been interning at Garden Spot High School with Mr. Weidman’s ninth grade English class. I was given the privilege to experience the teaching profession with a kind and hard-working group of students. Since I started high school, I felt the calling to pursue a career…

Ellie Loose – Elementary Education Internship

Hello, my name is Ellie Loose. I have been an intern at Blue Ball Elementary for the entirety of the year so far. I work in Mr. Lewis’s sixth-grade classroom for the last two hours of their school day. I am in the classroom every day with the exception of Thursdays because it is my…

Paige Kemper – Elementary Education Internship

My name is Paige Kemper and I intern at Brecknock Elementary School and Garden Spot High School. On Monday and Wednesday I intern at Brecknock Elementary in Mrs. Smoker’s emotional support class and on Tuesday and Thursday I intern at Garden Spot with Mrs. Hull’s life skills class. I spend about an hour and a…

Sylar Mohler – Elementary Education Internship

My name is Skylar Mohler and I am currently interning at New Holland Elementary School. My mentor is Meghan Esslinger, a first-grade teacher at New Holland Elementary. I have been in this internship all year long, which is such a privilege. I arrive at my internship at 10:30 am. I am able to do this…

Alyssa Gehr – Education Internship

My name is Alyssa Gehr and I am currently interning at the middle school with my mentor, Mr. Martin, a middle school gym and health teacher. I assist Mr. Martin in middle school gym, boy’s health class, and with the autistic support gym class. Being with so many different students allows many opportunities for me….

Anastasia Mercer – Education Internship

My name is Anastasia Mercer, I’m a senior at Garden Spot High School, and I am currently an intern at New Holland Elementary. Every day at 10:30, I leave school to go to New Holland Elementary to help Mrs. Karen Peters with her kindergarten students. I started interning when the second semester started on January…

Ethan Horning – Education Internship

My name is Ethan Horning and I am a senior at Garden Spot High School. For my internship, I assist Mark Leaman in the history department. He teaches Keystone American History and Contemporary Global Issues. For the block in which I intern, he teaches Keystone American History to 9th-grade students. This class focuses on American…

Elaine Mast – Education Internship

My name is Lainey Mast and I have been offered the invaluable opportunity to intern right here at Garden Spot High School during my senior year. I spend my days with Mrs. Geib, the current principles of science and forensics teacher in the high school. My internship has prepared me for my future in many…

Meghan Gehr – Education Internship

My name is Meghan Gehr and I am currently an intern at Garden Spot High School. I spend my days interning Julie Groft, a gym teacher here at Garden Spot. I begin my day with Mrs. Groft at 1:15 where I meet her either in her classroom or in the gym hallway. The first five…

Brooke Weinhold – Internship

In my senior year of high school, I was given the opportunity to intern Mrs. Burke, a Middle School Gym and Health teacher at Garden Spot Middle School. Throughout my middle school and high school career, I’ve always had a strong interest in furthering my education in the health field. However, I was never completely…

Nathan Kindt – Internship

I am enlisted in an internship with the wise and paternal, Neil Weidman, at his place of work which is the ELANCO High School known as Garden Spot. I am basically a student teacher where my main duties include keeping things clean (clerical duties), grading, participating in class lectures, as well as doing simple tasks…

Skylar Mohler – Internship

My name is Skylar Mohler and I am currently interning at New Holland Elementary School. My mentor is Meghan Esslinger, a first grade teacher at New Holland Elementary. I arrive at my internship most days at 12:45. I go over my prepared materials for math class and then leave to pick up the kiddos at…

Willoh Robbins – Internship

For the 2017 Fall semester, I chose to take the open block in my schedule to intern for a German teacher here at Garden Spot High School as a means of exploring different career paths and improving my German skills. When I applied, I clarified that it didn’t matter to me which of German teachers…

Kelly Martin – Internship

This year I am a student intern for Mr. Miller, a high school math teacher at Garden Spot High School. I am a senior at Garden Spot and had Mr. Miller as a teacher when I was in 9th grade. I loved the way that he taught and I loved his class. When I decided…