Volunteer Opportunity!

Below are some great volunteer opportunities for High School students. They are especially great for students who are interested in working with children in an educational or medical field.

Social skills: Work with Schreiber staff to help children work on skills via fun activities and adventures- Tuesdays, March 20-May 8, 5:45-7:15pm

Respite: Assist with child care at the center so parents can have a night out!- March 23rd, 5:30-8:30pm

Fairy Garden Night: Help Schreiber families during an evening of making fairy gardens- April 11, 6:15-8:00pm

Phonathon: Help us contact past donors to help ask for their generous support. This has become one of the most successful events!- April 15-17, 5:30-8:00pm

Swim Buddies: Preschool swim buddies program provides a partner for each child to participate in a swim lesson once a month during their preschool class! The swim instructor will provide all the directors for the session- Tuesday, April 10 & Friday, April 13, 9:45-10:45am & 1:45-2:45pm.

To sign up for any of these fun volunteer events or with questions, please email Susan Fisher, the volunteer coordinator at sfisher@schreiberpediatric.org

NYU summer programs

New York University is offering summer programs for high school students. Some of the programs include: arts and media, humanities and social science, business, STEM, education ans health and college prep. For more information click or copy and paste the link below.

http://nyu.edu/highschool

Scholarship Opportunity

EPAITDM $1000 Scholarship is a great opportunity for students who are planning to attend college for a career in technology or programming. For more information on this scholarship, please visit the Penn Manor Counseling department scholarship moodle page.

Susquehanna University Summer Workshops

Susquehanna University has some outstanding week-long workshops this summer for students who want to develop their skills in an academic area while living on a college campus.

Please visit: https://www.susqu.edu/academics/summer-high-school-programs for a list of workshops Susquehanna University has to offer, the dates of the workshops, as well as an application to apply.

 

Messiah College Summer Camp Opportunities

Messiah College is hosting a number of great summer camp opportunities! Listed below are the different camps they are offering, along with the dates they will be held. For more information on each, please click the link beside each camp option.

June 24-29, 2018- Messiah College Young Filmmakers workshop. For more information please click here

June 24-28, 2018- Messiah College Psychology Camp. For more information please click here

June 24-28, 2018- Messiah College Sustainability Camp. For more information please click here

June 24-28, 2018- Messiah College Family and Consumer Science Career Exploration Camp. For more information please click here

 

FEMA Youth Preparedness Council

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that they are seeking applicants for the Youth Preparedness Council, which brings together teens from across the country who are interested and engaged in community preparedness. This is an opportunity for all students in 8-11th grade.

Students interested in applying to the Council must submit a completed application form, provide two letters of recommendation, and academic records. All applications and supporting materials must be received no later than March 18, 2018, 11:59 p.m. PT in order to be eligible

For more information and the application, please visit:  www.ready.gov/youth-preparedness-council

Internship Opportunities for Students Interested in Politics

 

The Counseling Department was sent information from the Congressional Leadership Fund to share internship opportunities for students interested in politics.  There are numerous similar opportunities  at the local, state and national level and we encourage you to seek out those that you are interested in so that you can continue to explore opportunities that broaden your horizons.

Below are some internship requirements and the application for  the group that reached out to us.

Internship-Requirnments-

CLF-Intern-Application

 

 

Respiratory Therapy Career Open House

Penn State Health, Hershey Medical Center, and St. Joseph in Reading teamed up together and are hosting a respiratory therapy career open house on February 15th, 2018 from 4:30-6:30pm. The open house will take place at Milton S. Hersey Medical Center, University fitness and conference room 302A.

All juniors and seniors who might be interested or want more information, please register for free by clicking here