Cambridge student reflects on her internship

My name is Rode and I am originally from Haiti. I am in 11th grade at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. As part of the Enroot program, I am working at the Harrington Community School. This school is a place where elementary school kids come after school to learn and have fun. I help the teacher make sure that the kids are safe. I also help the teacher to make sure that the kids are following directions and answer questions.

The most interesting parts are playing with the kids. It's interesting because I get to know the kids and they are all very different. For example, some kids are better behaved than others. I learned how to connect with kids. I learned how to be responsible. Also, I learned how to work with teachers and staff. While I am working with them, I get to improve my communication skills. 

Mentoring at Enroot

Vanessa and Wendy build a gingerbread house together.

Hi my name is Wendy and I am a junior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin. I’m from Haiti and my mentor’s name is Vanessa, she works in finance and she likes exercising and going out to dinner with friends. The things me and my mentor have in common is we like  to shop, travelling, dance and we would also like to afford a big house in the future. I talk to my mentor about the college i would like to attend which is Yale University. And my future career which is a pediatric doctor. My favorite part about Enroot is you get to interact with new people and the people are very kind and welcoming.

Enroot Visits Glass House

My name is Sawera. I am in tenth grade in Somerville High School. I am from Pakistan.

In the Enroot program, we visit to colleges and also we visit to professional companies. It’s helps us to think about our careers; like what we want to do in our future. In Enroot, we do lots of cool stuff, such as we talk about how to apply to college, how we can get professional job, sometimes we play games for fun, we have tutors and mentors we work with them, and also we do our school work (such as writing a story or essay). We went to the “Glass House Restaurant” on December 6, 2016. The best part of this visit was when the manager was talking with us. He was talking us about how he became a manager. He started his job to clean the dishes. He work hard and studied hard to get on this position. He tell us, “He give everyone equal rights”. He didn’t care about anyone's religion and he thinks everyone’s equal.

On this visit, I learned how we can get better and better by keep trying to get better and nothing is impossible. Whatever, we want we can do it.