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SummerRise presented as a hands-on path to career exploration
Summary
Presenters described SummerRise as a work-based learning program that helps students discover careers through internships and apprenticeships; speakers said the program will reach over 6,500 students by the end of summer 2026.
Presenter said the SummerRise program is "an integral part of the learning what you wanna do and who you wanna be," and described it as an opportunity they would have valued as a student. The presenter identified themselves as a product of Montgomery County Public Schools and said the program connects students with people "who are actually doing those things."
Program advocates outlined specific elements of SummerRise: "Work based learning, internships, apprenticeships, all of that is kind of scaffolding towards, let me find out what I'm interested in, what I'm passionate about," one presenter said. They said the program lets students test career interests through direct workplace exposure. Organizers and speakers framed those experiences as foundational to both individual career decisions and longer-term community workforce development.
