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Internship Opportunity for High School Students (Canada College Upward Bound). Apply Now!

Canada College Upward Bound is looking for high school students interested in becoming leaders and going to college. The program and services are geared to assist low-income and first-generation college students prepare for college. Students must be freshmen, sophomores, or juniors in Fall 2013. The summer program runs at Cañada College starting June 17th and ends on July 31st. It runs like a regular summer school and students can get up to 7.5 units of high school credit and is completely free.  They can come and do a presentation in your classroom or program.

For more information, please read the attached flier or click directly to: www.canadacollege.edu/upwardbound

Click here for the prescreening application due by April 15, 2013:  Prescreening Application

High School Summer Internship Opportunity: $10.55/Hour

The 2013 Metropolitan Transportation Commission High School Summer Internship Program is now open and accepting student applications online. Approximately 38 internships will be available throughout the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The pay rate is $10.55 per hour. Each internship will last up to a maximum of 250 hours. Students may work full-time or part-time, for up to 10 weeks, between June 19 and August 30, 2013.

The purpose of the program is to:

* promote interest in transportation as a potential career;
* help students understand the role of transportation agencies in the community, county and region;
* provide skill-building and enrichment opportunities during all phases of the program; and
* provide assistance to our partner transportation agencies.

Interested tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students are invited to apply now.
APPLICATION PROCESS

1. Complete online application.
2. Attach to the application a page that describes in your own words a transportation prob­lem in your community and explains what you think could be done to resolve the matter.
3. Also attach one letter of recommendation from a teacher, principal, counselor, religious leader or employer (two letters are required if GPA is below 2.8).

Program requirements and information:
http://www.mtc.ca.gov/jobs/high_school/

Listing of the internship opportunities and application form:
http://jobs.mtc.ca.gov/InternshipOpportunities/jobinternship.html < http://jobs.mtc.ca.gov/jobopp.html >
< http://www.mtc.ca.gov/jobs/high_school/2011/High-school_interns_2010.pdf >
< http://jobs.mtc.ca.gov/jobopp.html >

Deadline for students to apply: February 28, 2013

Click below to view the flyer:  MTC 2013 HS Flyer