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Sean Berry models his favorite helmet at New Canaan Bicycles.
Sara Brindisi shows off her internship site, Dorothy Mann.
Peter Laverie works at the New Canaan Ambulance Corps, where he assists the team on runs to emergencies and accidents.
Paul Gelhaus poses by his favorite car at his internship site, New Canaan Foreign Car Service.
Maddie Kane, Katie Connor, Natalie Spruck, and David Strupp pause from their busy schedule at the New Canaan Library for a photo.
Maddie Kane and Katie Connor show off the kids section of the New Canaan Library.
Louly Kaplan, fluent french speaker, helps in the French Department at Saxe Middle School.
Krishen Adalja works for Saxe Middle School’s math department and is one of their top copy makers.
Katie Connor works in the New Canaan Library, collaborating with staff to plan library events.
Katherine Schlegel helps out at the Pet Pantry in town where she aids customers in purchasing pet supplies.
Katarina Moor helps in the music department at Saxe Middle School.
Innes McKenzie helps out at the New Canaan Nature Center, caring for animals and assisting tour groups.
Claire Perry works at Saxe Middle school and specifically with Mrs. Vitale in the English Department.
Chase Konsinski works at New Canaan’s Toddler Time held at the Congregational Church.
Callie Busch works in the vegetable garden at St. Mark’s which provides food to the New Canaan Food Pantry. Here she is seen harvesting chives.
This spring marks the sixth year of the NCHS Senior Internship Program and there are 160 students —double the amount over last year. In all, 119 unique sites host the teens, and the internships vary from oyster farming to accounting, art galleries to the New Canaan Land Trust. Scroll through the photo gallery above for a look at where many of the NCHS seniors are working.
| Graduating Year | No. Interns | Class Size | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 308 | 4% |
| 2012 | 32 | 320 | 10% |
| 2013 | 40 | 331 | 12% |
| 2014 | 72 | 318 | 23% |
| 2015 | 83 | 302 | 27% |
| 2016 | 165 | 277 | 60% |
