Crabbing, last class and our top 10 High School Interns for the summer!

Hey everyone! Sorry this blog will encompass the whole last month, but a lot has been happening! Our last class, second interviews, choosing our top 10 interns and getting ready for our first summer training class!

The April class was a lot of fun! We started off the day with animal and plant interpretive presentations throughout the Aquarium. Then we worked on interview skills to get everyone ready for their last interviews. Then we headed out to the salt marsh! Both classes were able to catch some crabs and other animals out at the Pitt Street Bridge in Mount Pleasant. After reading all about a salt marsh habitat, we were able to spend time in one and were able to see dolphins, different types of birds and crabs. The intern trainees learned how to distinguish male blue crabs from female blue crabs, how to identify various species of marsh birds and some relished eating sea lettuce! Back at the aquarium, we participated in the last Jeopardy, completed the post-tests (which everyone improved upon), and scheduled 2^nd interviews.

Everyone did so well in their second interviews and took everything that they learned from the last training class and brought in their revised resumes and cover letters. After…we had to make an extremely tough decision: picking the ten students to become paid summer interns. We want to say that this was one of the hardest decisions we have ever made. This year was so difficult because everyone worked really hard, participated in the classes, and wanted this internship! Thanks to all for working so hard and showing how much you have learned. We hope you never forget these training classes and that this experience will help you in the future! (Pics below...)

Group A below

 Group B below