This is the season during which I speak to freshmen, sophomores and juniors about their summer plans, and every year I hear students complaining about the lack of high school internship opportunities. Everyone wants a summer activity that is related to their area of academic interest (because that’s what I recommend ;) ) and they can be pretty hard to come by!
It kills me to see so many great high school students (who have so much to offer!!) who are desperate to work for free and I know there are definitely organizations and companies - especially nonprofits and small businesses - who could benefit from their help.
As a result, I have helped match up high school students with opportunities throughout the years via my own personal connections, but I decided to take it one step further this year.
I put together this page of Summer 2020 High School Internships in the Greater Washington DC Area using curated posts and listings I found myself. I will continue to update it regularly over the months ahead.
However, my main objective is to use the page to match up local organizations without publicly-listed formal internship programs with high school students who are ready and willing to work. There is a link on the site where employers can enter information about any kind of academic or career-related volunteer or internship opportunity.
Please know that this does NOT need to be formal! Most of these students would be so grateful for any chance to work in an industry that’s remotely related to what they want to study - even if it’s filing or collecting mail. And they are all social media gurus, so don’t forget about that!
Each week, we will update the site and send out the updated listings to our clients and anyone else that signs up on the page. I want this to be accessible to every high school student in our area, whether they are clients of ours or not. I have no idea if this will be successful, but I’m game for trying!
If you are an adult reading this, would you consider sharing the page with your network or community group - or adding an internship listing for your own organization? The more listings we have, the more students we can help!