PAUSD Internships

PAUSD offers a range of internship opportunities for our students as these opportunities provide for students a safe, supportive work experience to develop their career readiness and job skills during high school. All internships offered within the PAUSD WEEP (Work Experience Educational Program) include job oversight from the Work Experience teacher, Rachael Kaci. See links below for more information:

The Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Solar and Astrophysics Center has been collaborating for four decades with our district to provide a Science Work Experience Program in a research environment. Please visit our PAUSD Work Experience page for details on how to apply to this program.

The purpose of the League is to Make Democracy Work®, therefore, LWVPalo Alto Chapter partnered with the Work Experience program to increase Civic Education & Engagement: Our nascent project to partner the League with PAUSD high schools has completed its first school year with a bang! The Club members "Showcase about Civics Engagement 101" on May 14; the publication of an article about the Club in the Barron Park Spring newsletter; and the completion of a community panel discussion in mid-February regarding bridge-building learnings from the award winning documentary the "Reunited States". We look forward to expanding our club with members from both Paly & Gunn to develop civic related projects for students to earn the State Seal of Civic Engagement*.

*State Seal has not yet been adopted by PAUSD, but information from the state can be found here.

In collaboration with the Paly Athletics department, internships are available for PAUSD students to participate in paid or unpaid opportunities supporting our programs. Follow the underlined hyperlinks for more information:

Equipment Manager - support a team with equipment management, includes traveling

Academic support - tutor athletes via the ARC to earn service hours

Concessions sales desk - may be paid, unpaid, or fundraise for your team

Ticket Sales - on-site door checks to earn service hours

Videographer - paid position to support a team's development through videotaping

Sports Media Intern - promote & market our local teams on social media platforms

Social Media Developer & Website coordinator - paid position to highlight our programs

Sports Medicine Intern - be a mentee of the athletic trainer to support student athletes

In collaboration with the Gunn Athletics department, internships are available for PAUSD students to participate in paid or unpaid opportunities supporting our programs. Follow the underlined hyperlinks for more information:

Sports Medicine Intern - be a mentee of the athletic trainer to support student athletes

The PAUSD CCE Dept. has partnered with rising Paly senior Annika Viswesh who created Jobs of Tomorrow(JoT) in 2018 which is a career education program for middle and high school students who are underrepresented in STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math). The mission of the program is to encourage underrepresented students to consider careers in STEM and see themselves as future leaders in these fields. There are many ways to get involved, please follow this link to sign-up.