Internships

The High School of Art & Design (and its predecessor the High School of Industrial Arts) has been training the next generation of art professionals  for 75 years. Famous graduates Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein and Amy Heckerling are part of a remarkable roster of artists, designers and scholars who have shaped the visual arts. Art & Design has invested heavily in digital technologies and is training the next generation of art professionals with the equipment they will be using in industry.  We have just begun our Work Based Learning Internship program with a certified coordinator, Mr. Merritt. 
 
Our programs include:

• Digital Photography
• Film
• Fashion Design
• Cartooning & Animation
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Virtual Enterprise
• Architecture

We are looking to place our Junior and Senior students in internships that utilize the skills they are learning in school with leading firms that will give them real world experience in their young careers.  Contact Mr Merritt: Imerrit@schools.nyc.gov, telephone 212-752-4340.

Far Rockaway alumna Nanayaa Serwaa describes how she connected to a research internship in the Radiology Department at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. --Ed
 
Born and raised in Ghana, West Africa, my family and I immigrated to Chicago, Illinois when I was ten years old. In Chicago, we moved around a great deal so I attended many different schools. In all, I attended four middle schools and three high schools. After attending Plainfield Central High School and Plainfield North High School in Illinois, we made our biggest move yet in 2006 to New York because of my dad’s job. I then attended Far Rockaway High School as a junior and joined the nursing club the following year.
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I’ve never had such an educational work experience! I learned about cancer and its mechanisms, tissue culture, different cell lines, data analysis, and more.
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It’s All About the Kids! Founded in 1997 by entrepreneur Andrew Rasiej, MOUSE began as a volunteer-driven project aimed at servicing schools with particular needs, specifically with technology accommodations. Thirteen years later, Mouse has become a leading innovative program preparing students with industry skills and a familiarity with cutting-edge technology. Mouse has been incorporated within schools all throughout New York City, providing student opportunity

Norman Thomas alumna Chavon Mack describes her own success with internship and how she's paying it forward with a new crop of students.  --Ed.

I believe that Work-based Learning (formerly LEARN) is a significant program for today's youth. In 2002, I was a LEARN participant from Norman Thomas High School. I've been greatly influenced by the program, and was fortunate enough as a junior in high school to gain work experience in a potential field of my choice. That experience opened many doors for me that I didn't think were possible, coming from a low income family. I became an invaluable intern to the office of Info Edge, Inc. Info Edge, Inc. is a design resource library company that works with architects, interior designers and furniture professionals. It also runs a design industry web site called SpecSimple.com.

A new agreement signed between the New York City Department of Education and the New York City College of Technology (City Tech) will allow students entering the tenth grade this past September at William E. Grady CTE High School to apply their course work towards an Associates Degree in Custodial Engineering...