by Maureen Santiago
I am so proud of our students. Not only are they excelling at school and in their internships, they recently helped us welcome some visitors for a tour of our school and served as an inspiration to us all, describing how their experiences have opened up new possibilities for them. Their joy was contagious.
I’m a career and technical education teacher at Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Mass., and it is my privilege to support the LHS Innovation Pathways Program and teach students who inspire me every day. I’m also grateful to my union for championing CTE. During the tour, AFT President Randi Weingarten and Jessica Tang, AFT Massachusetts president and an AFT vice president, listened intently to our students, really taking in the power of hands-on learning so they can spread the word and advocate for it more widely.
The internship allows us to really experience what we want to do before we go into the real world.
Student Arislerdy Fernandez described how she greets patients, logs them into the medical office where she interns and checks their clinical records, working directly with healthcare professionals. “The internship allows us to really experience what we want to do before we go into the real world,” she says.
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