Gregory begins his internship at One Vision, One Voice!

Gregory has begun his internship at a program called One Vision, One Voice that will help prepare him to break into the music industry. He is learning new skills dealing with music production, marketing, promotion, and sales. Gegory is ALWAYS listening to music so these new experiences will definitely expand his understanding of the field. 

Marjori begins her internship at Dibert!

Maryori will be interning at Dibert School helping pursue her goal of becoming a lawyer. She knows that being organized and professional are important skills for a lawyer to have, so she will be practicing these skills at her internship. She also has an interest in being an office administrator, so she will be learning how to use the computer systems in the main office at Dibert to help make sure that things run smoothly. Using her Spanish speaking skills, she will also have an opportunity to assist a teacher in the classroom by working one-on-one with a student who is new to the U.S.A.

Joi is on her way to becoming an environmental journalist!

Joi is enrolled in the “Work with the Animals” class at Audubon Zoo. Although she has aspirations of becoming a journalist, she was very interested in volunteering at the zoo.  In her career essay she wrote, “There are many different types of journalists.  The one I am most interested in becoming is an environmental journalist. I am most interested in this because of my interest in wildlife, animals, and conservation.” Obviously her experiences at the zoo will take her one step closer to realizing her goal.

Desmond interns with Firstline Athletic Director!

Desmond Ordon is on his way to becoming an athletic coach and possibly even an athletic director. He is interning with Dean Gancarz, the director of athletics for all the Firstline schools. He will be working with Coach Gancarz over at Green Charter School learning different approaches to teaching physical education and working with young adults. Desmond went above and beyond on his interview by asking the coach if he wanted additional help with assisting with games on weekends and after school.  Maybe one day Desmond will be taking on an intern of his own.

Ronald begins volunteering at Tulane Hospital!

Ronald will be volunteering at Tulane Hospital for his internship. Although Ronald really isn’t interested in working with patients, he will be helping out with various things around the complex. Ms. Silva, the volunteer coordinator mentioned that he made quite an impression on her when he escorted his girlfriend to her interview, which is why she convinced him to try some volunteer work to get acquainted with the various jobs that go on around the hospital. 

Dwayne interns with Firstline IT department!

Dwayne also has several different careers in mind. Although he is interested in working for NOPD, he has past experience working in the IT world. He was trained and certified to teach computer skills to elementary school students and worked with a non-profit one summer to help teach.

This semester he'll be working with our Firstline's IT director Andrew West and learning about the broad field of IT to try and hone in on his interests.

Tori Rowan's Internship begins at Tulane Hospital!

Tori Rowan has many interests and is not 100 % sure about what she wants to do. She is interested in becoming a nurse but also wants to pursue a career in fashion. This week she'll be going for an orientation at Tulane Hospital in order to begin volunteering with the nurses on the hospital floors. She will also be applying to participate in District 2's Fashion Institute of New Orleans.

By the time she graduates from The NET she'll have a lot of experience in helping others to feel and look better ;)

Tyneka Works With the Animals: Audobon Zoo Internship

Tyneka is taking a class at the Audobon Zoo on Thursday mornings so that she becomes certified to work with the animals for her internship in the spring. The class is at the Zoo, where Tyneka meets with the zookeepers and learn about how to take care of the animals. This experience will definitely help her reach her goal of being a veterinarian. 

Thaddeus interns at House of Dance & Feathers

Thaddeus is working with Ronald Lewis at the House of Dance & Feathers, which is dedicated to the rich culture of Mardi Gras Indians. Thaddeus plays drums and hopes to be a musician. It is his love of Indian culture that makes this internship a perfect fit. 

Tristan interns with Carlton Rahmani on documentary projects

Tristan will be assisting Carlton Rahmani on two of his documentary projects.  Carlton and Tristan met at WDSU when The NET @ Clark was featured on the AM news. Carlton who is an editor at WDSU was impressed with Tristan’s’ remarks about his aspirations to become a journalist and quickly set up a meeting to discuss internship possibilities. Way to go Tristan!

Purple Monkey Screen Printing: Ralph & Shawn begin interning

Ralph and Shawn are doing an internship at Purple Monkey Screen-printing. Both of them will learn how to design, print and sell tee shirts. While learning the trade they will help design The NET’s new tee shirt.  The hope is that they will use their creativity and hard work to make some new designs that will impress us all.  

The NET on WDSU AM news!

Ms. Ostberg looking very professional @ WDSU

Last saturday NET student Tristan LeBlanc and Erica Stavis NET Internship Coordinator appeared on the AM news show at the WDSU studio.  They spoke about the NET program and how to become involved with our internship program. Ms. Ostberg, although not on camera was a great coach in getting them both prepared for their on-screen interview. It was a great success and Tristan did an amazing job both on screen and off. Tristan, interested in pursuing a career in journalism might have impressed the man working at the station enough to take him on as an intern!!! Good work Tristan!

Hubba Hubba Tatoos in the Bywater gets schooled by Dwayne!

 

Dwayne gets ready to share his opinion about why black ink tattoos are better than color. Patrick and his lovely wife will be mentoring Dwayne at their shop Hubba Hubba Tattoos in the Bywater. Dwayne is also developing a personal narrative project on the history of tattoos and the important role they play within certain subcultures. Hopefully he'll learn what it takes to be a tattoo artist, which is the career he is interested in pursuing.

Ariane interviewing for internship at the Public Defenders Office!

 

Tomorrow Ariane is headed to meet Johnetta Pressley who is the Media and Communications Director for Orleans Public Defender. Ariane is interested in the field of criminal justice and will be interning with Johnetta to learn more about how the system works.  Hopefully Ariane will blog soon about how the interview went.....Stay posted.

Kiante starts her internship @ Beautiful Beauties uptown!

Kiante is interested in becoming a hair stylist. She began her internship on September 21st with Octavia at Beautiful Beauty. In addition to learning about the trade she will be creating a look book of different hair styles.  I cant wait to go visit her at the salon and snap some pics of her in action!

Newton at the races!

Students explore Newtons Law of Physics in Mr. McGee's Math class using mini race cars.

Canooing at LOOP

Ms. Shezbie's new advisory tests out their rowing skills at LOOP in City Park. It was a beautiful day and everyone had a great time.  

Workin in out in the ring!

Ms. Bodet's physical education class works it out in the ring. Take a look at some footage above from Crescent City Boxing.

Visiting Xavier College

20 students visiting Xavier College last friday. It was a great experience for all involved. We visited the science, business and career departments. But of course, everyone's favorite part of the tour, the cafeteria for an awesome lunch. 

Do you have what it takes?

I think that being able to work well with others is important. You should be able to communicate with the people you’re working with so that you can stay updated with your co-workers because it wouldn’t be good if something important happened and you’re out of the  loop. It’s also important to know how to talk to each other because there’s a time and a place for everything. If you're in an office you can’t talk to someone as if you’re on the street, it just doesn’t work. Everyone needs a helping hand. Being able to lend one and receive one is very important in the business world. You have to know how to go about that.

-Ariane Brown

Do you look good?

In order to get a job you need to have a good appearance,work well with others,and be hard working. By good appearance I mean, come to work clean, smelling good and dressed  appropriately.  

Here is one good example and one bad example of how to dress appropriately for the workplace.

-Shawn Dexter

Getting Outdoors!!

Todays Ms. Bodet's advisory took a trip outdoors to the botanical garden which houses a conservatory for different types of species of plants and trees from tropical rainforests all over world, including the Amazon, Africa and Asia.

We also visited the Tropical Garden and Butterfly Walk. See photos above.

For more information go to the Botanical Gardens website.

Students get into it!

Just a few great snapshots of our students getting off to a great start in their advisories.

Hi's and Low's at LOOP!

Each advisory showed off their skills on the ropes course last week. Everyone did an amazing job and is looking forward to Septembers canoe trip.