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Danvers High highlights senior FALCON internship program as pathway to careers
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Danvers High School reported that its senior FALCON internship program placed most seniors in real‑world positions, including paid placements, and is expanding networking and capstone options while facing transportation and funding limits.
Danvers High School outlined results and next steps for its senior FALCON internship program, saying the multiweek placements give seniors workplace experience and sometimes lead directly to jobs.
The program director, Karen Robinson, said the internships are designed to “offer students real world opportunities that prepare them for life after graduation,” and described a typical placement schedule in which seniors work about 25 hours a week in April and May, adapting hours for Advanced Placement schedules.
Robinson said the program maintains a database of roughly 500 placements, requires weekly check‑ins with a coordinator and a final supervisor evaluation, and…
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