Manson School District Receives Nearly $180K for Internship Programs

Manson School District recently received $177,000 through the non-profit foundation The Discuren Foundation. The funding will be dispersed over the next three years to support the internship program at the high school and also expand the career readiness opportunity to the middle school level.

"Every year of high school, every student in the high school gets to go out and do a community based job internship with an agency or a business," said Matt Charlton, superintendent. "Learn what the skills are, what education, what training is needed to go into that career field."

The funding covers the program in its entirety and the school district facilitates the process, coordinates with community partners and transports the students.

"There's additional dollars to move that program down into our middle school," said Charlton.

Now middle schoolers will have a chance to gain insight into career fields, but not at the same degree as the high school students. High school students typically log 20-40 hours with the internships and the program will be scaled back to better suit the middle school level.

"In the middle school range, it'd be more like a job shadow, find out about careers a couple times in middle school so they can really continue that career readiness," said Charlton.