1. Summer internships in Washington, DC
2. Educational resources from thinkfinity.org
3. New Mexico Forestry Camp
Internships in Congresswoman Wilson's Washington, DC Office
Congresswoman Wilson is looking for interns for her Washington, DC office this summer!
Qualified candidates will be college students or graduates with an interest in politics and the legislative process. Interns will be responsible for maintaining general front office duties including answering phones, conducting and scheduling tours of the Capitol, logging and writing office correspondence, and attending meetings/hearings on an as-needed basis. Applicants should have excellent communications skills, a friendly and professional demeanor, and a desire to learn the legislative process first hand.
If you are interested in applying for an internship in Washington, DC, please email your resume and cover letter to capitolhillinterncoordinator@gmail.com.
Temporary housing for interns is also available in DC. Check out www.internsdc.com for more information about summer intern housing.
Thinkfinity.org
Although there may only be a few months of school left, these final months can be the most crucial time for students to create a strong foundation before moving on to the next grade level. One of the most innovative educational websites is thinkfinity.org.
Thinkfinity.org is a great resources for students, parents, and teachers alike. Parents can use it to reinforce what their children are learning at school through fun online exercises, and teachers can access innovative lesson plans to keep their students engaged and focused.
What is Thinkfinity.org?
Thinkfinity.org is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's Literacy, Education and Technology initiatives. Our goal is to improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training.
This free, comprehensive digital learning platform is built upon the merger of two acclaimed programs Verizon MarcoPolo and the Thinkfinity Literacy Network.
National Content Partners
Thinkfinity.org draws upon the strength of many Content Partners, who produce a wealth of discipline-specific, standards-based educational resources:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
International Reading Association
National Center for Family Literacy
National Council on Economic Education
National Council of Teachers of English
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Geographic Society
ProLiteracy Worldwide
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Educational Resources
Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities, and other online resources. Thinkfinity.org also provides authoritative educational and literacy resources for students, parents and after school programs.
All of Thinkfinity.org's 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials are endorsed by the nation's leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased, and appropriate for students.
At Thinkfinity.org, you'll find primary source materials, interactive student resources and grade-specific research lists to help you tailor materials to your needs. Start exploring now!
Beyond the School Year...
Looking for a great outdoors experience this summer? Check out the New Mexico Forestry Camp!
If you are a student in New Mexico between the ages of 13 and 17 and enjoy the outdoors, then New Mexico Forestry Camp wants you! This is the seventeenth year for the camp, which will run from June 1-6.
Forestry Camp is designed to help young people learn about our forests. Campers work with foresters to measure trees, wildlife biologists to track wildlife, archaeologists to study the past, and other natural resource specialists to gain hands-on understanding of the uses of our forests. The camp is located at the Rancho del Chaparral Girl Scout Camp in the Jemez Mountains near Cuba.
Through an application process, campers are chosen to represent a cross-section of New Mexico students. You can find the applications at their website, www.nmforestrycamp.org. Applications for this summer are due April 18.
The camp is sponsored by the Cuba Soil & Water Conservation District and co-sponsored by more than a dozen federal and state natural resource agencies and non-profit organizations with a natural resource orientation. You can find out more about the forestry camp by clicking here.
Happy Trails!
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