CO-CURRICULUM CORNER

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 fiveweek block dedicated to the internship, students are able to participate in the day-to-day rhythm of an office, as well as take on substantive projects from start to finish. The exposure, experience, and confidence gained are invaluable to the education of every Madeira girl.

Here are a few Co-Curriculum stories from recent senior placements.

SOPHIE FOULADI ’19

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (NPR)

Sopie interned with the Arts Desk at NPR. She helped select books, albums, and films for the 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 anniversary of the song. They wanted to interview a wide group of people from several generations to see the different interpretations of the song. They interviewed Candy from TLC, a few local DJs, and then they asked to interview me. I represented the younger generation, and I was honored to be able to talk about how the song’s message is still as relevant today as it always was.”

KATHRYN FRONABARGER ’19

GEORGETOWN MEDICAL CENTER

Kathryn interned at the Glasgow Lab at Georgetown, where she studied pancreatic cancer cells in zebrafish. One of her most profound moments in the lab was successfully injecting a cancer cell into a fish. “It was a very big moment for me, knowing that I actually got tumor cells into the yolk of the fish. I felt like I was making a difference. I can’t thank Georgetown and Madeira’s Co-Curriculum program enough for providing me that fantastic opportunity and experience.”

MARY SCHILLING ’19

SAFE PASSAGE AND KEYSTONE

Mary completed a remote Co-Curriculum placement in South Carolina at two organizations, both of which deal with difficult subjects. Keystone is an organization that provides services for substance abusers and Safe Passage offers trauma services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Mary saw first hand some of the best of what these organizations can do for people, but she also saw some heart-wrenching scenes. “This was a profound internship that had so many aspects to it— education, social work, psychology—to name a few. These internships helped solidify what I want to study in the future, which is law and criminal justice.”