On Tuesday, June 14 the members of the DHS Senior Internship Committee, along with the school’s administration, faculty, and staff, will welcome the public to the school gymnasium for the seventh annual Senior Internship Fair.

The event will begin at 12:30 p.m., and it will feature individual and group presentations done by those Class of 2016 seniors who participated in the Senior Internship Program this spring.

As always for this event, underclassmen will be there along with faculty members, parents, and representatives of the many sites that generously took on DHS seniors as interns.

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— an announcement from Darien High School

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This year, with the highest participation rate in seven years, 326 members of the Class of 2016 participated in the program, most of them interning at local sites in Darien and Fairfield County, while a few interned in New York City.

Program participants are required to work at least 25 unpaid hours per week for the five weeks of the internship experience.

About the DHS Senior Internship Program

The DHS Senior Internship Program seeks to provide seniors with workplace experience, opportunities for career exploration, and an initial stage of transition from high school into “the real world.”

Its mission is to enable participants to apply their personal excellence through active, collaborative, and creative thinking; individual growth; and development of the skills and integrity necessary to become productive members of society outside the boundaries of their formal educational program.