Final Post

                My time here has been really fun. I am very glad that my school allows us this opportunity to experience the work place. These past few weeks have gotten rid of my unsureness with my future and it has strengthened my desire to help the environment. Now I know that that I want to take a career path that will lead down the road of environment and ecosystem conservation. Pro Peninsula has taught me that we need to help the environment. I am now much more aware to the state of the environment and how it needs to be improved. It went by much faster than I expected. Of the several task I did my favorite task was replying to the craigslist emails. I enjoyed these because they were a good break from some of the more tedious work. I am very grateful that Pro Peninsula and Gigi allowed me to intern here.

The Second Week

          

                    This experience made me want to move toward a college path that is more involved in environment conservation and protection. Before internships I was still unsure of which specific career I would want to do. Now I now that I would do something related to Pro Peninsula's focus. I think that I could see myself do something similar to my internship in the future. I would like to work with environment conservation and work in the same field as Pro Peninsula. Today I went to an elementary school that had been learning about whales and how we can help protect them. The kids have pen pal in Mexico that are also learning about the whales. I helped pass out the letters to the children. They were all very happy to receive letters. I found this experience very interesting and I enjoyed it. I really enjoy it here and I am looking forward to my next week working here.

Goodbye everyone!

Never before, in my life, have four weeks ever gone by this fast. I never thought that going off on my internship would be as interesting or fun as it was for me. Although what I've mostly done so far is office stuff, and other random tasks; what I enjoyed most during my time here were the classroom visits. Even though, I was mostly uninvolved, I really liked seeing the 5th graders, and watching them get so excited about our visits. They all seemed so excited about learning about the sea turtles, and what they could do to help them from going extinct. It was also interesting to look down sometimes on the letters I passed out as I passed them out. I have realized that I need to practice my Spanish more. I could barely understand some of the letters that these younger kids were reading.

I've learned quite a lot in the few weeks I've been here. Not only about sea turtles and what we can do to help them, but also about the whole working experience as a whole. During my whole four week internship experience, I've had a very random schedule, where I came in early on somedays, and later on other days. I've learned that it's really important to keep your schedule flexible, and to be able to come in on time. I've also noticed that there's a lot of difficulties involved in moving out of an office.

I will use the information I learned by picking up litter, recycling more, and doing what I can to promote and teach others about the importance of their actions, and the effect they have on the environment. I've also learned about the working experience as a whole, and I will try my best to improve wherever I need to improve as I slowly but surely rise in my path to a professional career.

Bye everyone,
Michael C.

First Post

I am Gabriel Parr and I am a junior at High Tech High North County. A big part of our junior year at High Tech High is internships. My favorite and best subject is biology, so naturally I would lean toward that field of work. At first I had an internship with the Wild Animal Park, but as it turns out my position there was already filled. So I chose to intern with Pro Peninsula. My teacher had recommended this to me based off of my passion for biology and life sciences. At first I wasn’t sure because I had never heard Pro Peninsula. After reading a little about them and checking out there web site, I decided that it would be a good choice. I chose to intern at Pro Peninsula because one of my interests is environment conservation and protection on wildlife. I will be with Pro Peninsula from June 1^st to June 17^th. I am very interested with the work that this organization does and the cause that they stand for. I am very glad to have the opportunity to experience the work environment first hand and to learn new things.

2nd Week of Internship/ Pro Peninsula 10th Anniversary Party

So during my second week of internship all of the staff went to Loreto, BCS, Mexico for the Conservation Science Symposium. The Conservation Science Symposium was a 3 day event in Mexico with the focus of using science to come up with concrete actions and long-term plans to conserve natural resources throughout Baja California and the Gulf of Mexico. From what I understand based off the Program, the whole event was filled with presentations and videos with some moments of fun. During the first week I made a flier/program for the videos that were supposed to be shown on the second night.

While this was happening, I stayed at home and worked on Sea Turtle Updates. I researched the turtle species that I was told to update and wrote two paragraphs using information from a previous update along with some information from what I read on the websites. I had a fun week off. I spent the rest of my time studying for my upcoming SAT, exercising and also just cleaning up my house a bit.

The Pro Peninsula 10th Anniversary Party is happening on June 23rd. During the first week of my internship, I made a flier about this party and an event page for it on our facebook page. It will happen at the Sea Rocket Bistro from 6pm-9pm, and will be awesomely fun. The suggested attire is casual and there is a suggested $10 donation for each person, there will be complimentary drinks and snacks. Yummy sustainable seafood and veggie dishes will be served by Sea Rocket Bistro. It's going to be really fun.

1st Week of Internship

This week went by really fast. I've had a lot of fun though. I like how everyday here isn't always the same. I like the variety that there is in the tasks that I'm put on. From cropping papers, to making flyers, to laminating, to passing out letters to the elementary school kids; it's all been really fun. I'm already used to the location and the workplace too, and also how the day generally works.

Before this, I've never been on any kind of public transportation by myself, and along with this internship, taking the trolley everyday to work is also a new and fun experience. Everyday there are always new and different faces on the trolley. This definitely is better than going to school. I know its only the first week but I'm looking forward to the rest of my internship here.

Day 1 of My Internship at Pro Peninsula

I am Michael Caballero, a junior at High Tech High Chula Vista. Being from the second graduating class of my school, I was somewhat surprised last year when I found out I'd have to go on an internship in order to graduate. From the end of my sophomore year to about 4 days ago, I've been nervously awaiting a solid place for my internship. I didn't feel like it was really necessary for me to go out and look for one so I didn't actually choose this place. My cohort teacher told me that this place was bio-related, and it was all about ocean conservation. I felt like this would be a better place to intern at since it also involved protecting animals and nature. I've always liked the ocean, and all of the animals that live in it. When I was younger my favorite field trips were always those going to either the Birch Aquarium or SeaWorld. I looked up this company after hearing that I'd intern with them and I saw turtles on the front page. From that time on I've been really, really excited. I'm really excited for the rest of my internship experience here.