Spring Excursion Week

Spring Excursion Week was a blast. Students went on different trips throughout the city. Pictured above are students at NOLA Akido.

Excursion Week

NET students take several excursions to sites around New Orleans to dig deeper into the ideas and concepts learned in the classroom. Pictured above are students at the WWII Museum and Delgado Community College.

Ashira gets ready to start assisting at Abeona House Daycare!

Ashira likes working with children, especially babies. She is reading up on the Reggio Emilia approac, which is the philosophy adopted by the daycare center. In order to prepare Ashira is doing research and reading the staff and parent manuals so she can learn all she can to fit in well at her internship.

Terrylyn starts grooming!

Terrylyn loves working with animals. She will be working with her mentor, Mr. Hookfin at McFaith Pet Supply and learning how to groom dogs of all sizes. She is excited about learning this new skills because it is a great business and she gets to work with animals and their owners.

Jules starts not 1 but 2 internships!

Jules is interested in farming and agriculture and is thinking about going to school for botany. He is starting 2 internships after the Mardi Gras break. One morning a week he'll be volunteering with the Horticulture department at Audubon Zoo and one afternoon a week he'll be volunteering with Edible School Yard at Green Charter School.

Kenisha starts her internship at Chateau De Notre Dame!

Kenisha wants to be a Registered Nurse. She had her first day volunteering at Chateau De Notre Dame today and worked with several of the residents. She was able to speak with the nurses on staff and help  engage the residents in different activities to keep them feeling good and healthy.

Dwayne starts his internship at YRNO offices!

Dwayne has always been interested in Non-Profit management and he will get a chance to learn all about it while working with Will and Brian at Youth Rebuilding New Orleans offices. Dwayne has had non-prof experience while working with a summer program teaching young children to use computers. This will expose him to a new business model and hopefully give him a chance to really see the inner workings of a successful business designed to help teachers in this city purchase affordable homes so that they can remain in New Orleans.

He will have a specific job description based on his previous experience working with technology, which will include Social Media, Marketing and Internship promotions.