Thanks to an investment from the Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, Licking Heights Local Schools will provide 10 high school students with on-the-job experience and technology training.
The High School Tech Internship program reimburses Ohio employers who house high school students in technology-focused positions. According to the Education Service Center of Central Ohio, “The goal of the High School Tech Internship program is to provide companies with the tech talent they need while providing students with valuable work experience at an early age.”
The interns will work with the Licking Heights district technology team, a five-person internal office that handles the day-to-day cybersecurity and technology operations of all PreK-12 schools and buildings. Interns will function as entry-level technical employees and learn in-demand skills such as data, cloud and IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, broadband/5G and advanced mobility.
Meet Licking Heights’ first class of technology interns:
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Alex Bastola, sophomore
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Brooks Girum, junior
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Albert Holland, senior
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Zoe Kubinsky, junior
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Himanshu Mandal, junior
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Alina Mangeni, sophomore
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Brent Mathias, sophomore
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Emily McCord, senior
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Lily Wahl, freshman
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Lucas Wells, sophomore
Some students, like McCord and Kubinsky, hope the internship will lead them to future opportunities in cybersecurity. After graduation, McCord will attend Ohio State University for computer science and engineering so she can become a cloud security analyst. During her internship she will help transfer the district to a cloud database.
Other students, like Mandal, plan to use their internships to gain the necessary experience for working with central Ohio companies such as Intel. Mandal is interested in chip research and production and wants to work as an engineer at Intel after his studies.
Information submitted by Licking Heights Local Schools.
This article originally appeared on Newark Advocate: Heights students get career technical training thanks to state program
