It's good for junior and senior high students to engage in more kinesthetic activities by getting off campus into urban or rural environments. Internships connects education with real-world experience, demonstrating to students that the knowledge they acquire in the classroom is applicable to the outside world and can be useful in their future careers. We’ve seen students show much more interest in their academic work after starting an internship. They find the experience motivating, illustrative, and engaging.

Internships provide students with the opportunity to build mentoring and trusting relationships with adults in their community. This is particularly helpful at a stage in their lives when they are perched on the threshold of becoming adults themselves and will soon need to be able to relate to other adults in a mutually respectful and productive way.

Internships give students an opportunity to contribute to their community. This develops their understanding of how altruism can work in their daily lives. And lastly, through these important explorations, students become familiar with a variety of career options before they make a life-altering choice for their post-secondary education.