Monday, June 18, 2012 - 4:30pm
Summer intern program for students
Updated Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 4:08pm
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High school students met at a New Castle business Monday to celebrate the start of a new intern program that will give them a taste of the working world.
Eight seniors from William Penn High School were selected to spend their summer at Delaware Business Systems, a small company that provides technology services to local stores and restaurants.
Intern Anncileta Gitau says she hopes the experience will give her a leg up when she applies to college next fall - and when she looks for jobs in the future.
"That will help me with a lot more than just college, but also finding better jobs as well. I think it will put me ahead of the game better, because most people, they don't have this kind of opportunity.".
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The students will learn about sales and administration, and do hands-on work with the technology itself.
Gitau prepared for the internship through DECA - a program at William Penn that gets students ready for the business world.
"DECA really helped me a lot. And I'm taking business management as well, so that helped a lot too."
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The program runs through the summer. In the fall, students can continue their jobs for school credit.
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