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Madeira’s Co-Curriculum program continues to afford its students great opportunities to gain real-world experience. With today’s Mod Schedule allowing a full five-
SOPHIE FOULADI ’19 NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR)
week block dedicated to
Sopie interned with the Arts Desk at NPR. She
the internship, students
helped select books, albums, and films for the
are able to participate in the day-to-day rhythm of an office, as well as take on substantive projects
NPR team to review. One of her most important moments was being interviewed on air about a multi-generational music piece. “I was working with reporter Sydney Madden on a piece about the song ‘No Scrubs’ by TLC for the 20th anni-
from start to finish. The
versary of the song. They wanted to interview a
exposure, experience, and
wide group of people from several generations to
confidence gained are
see the different interpretations of the song. They
invaluable to the educa-
interviewed Candy from TLC, a few local DJs, and
tion of every Madeira girl.
then they asked to interview me. I represented the
Here are a few Co-Curric-
to talk about how the song’s message is still as
ulum stories from recent
relevant today as it always was.”
senior placements.
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younger generation, and I was honored to be able
