Internships

Every spring, Rowland Hall highlights upcoming summer internships in our annual Only at Rowland Hall publication. Since that feature, this year’s program grew, adding three new opportunities for students in summer 2025.

This year, 24 Rowland Hall students and recent graduates participated in 15 internship experiences. These opportunities, made possible by generous community partners, allowed participants to explore careers of interest and enjoy real-world experiences in a variety of professional fields:

• Bakery Maison Hector (international food service)
• House of Eos (digital content creation)
• Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project (language preservation)
• McNeill Von Maack (law)
• People's Health Clinic (marketing)
• Redemption Holding Company (business and entrepreneurship)
• Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District (land stewardship)
• The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (biomechanics and human performance)
• The University of Utah (conservation biology)
• The University of Utah, Drakos Clinical and Research Team (cardiac recovery)
• The University of Utah (isotope geochemistry)
• The University of Utah, Williams Lab (neurobiology and anatomy)
• The University of Utah, Zelikowsky Lab (neurobiology of social states)
• The University of Utah (neuroscience and molecular biology)
• Waldorf Astoria (finance)

Over the weeks, interns engaged in many exciting tasks, strengthening skills like communication, writing, and mathematical calculation, and trying out brand-new ones: data mapping, financial analytics, MATLAB coding, arbitrator vetting, and even practicing surgical techniques on rats. Whatever they took on, students reported that their time in the Upper School greatly prepared them to thrive as interns. For instance, senior Sophia Hijjawi, who created a website wireframe during her internship at the Mayan Languages Preservation Project, said her computer science courses were instrumental to her success.

“I learned about the theoretical power of cooperation in computer science in both AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A,” Sophia wrote. “Practicing this skill in the classroom was an amazing first glance at the real world of programming and equipped me with the skills I needed to effectively communicate with team members and work towards collaborative solutions during this internship.”

Across the board, mentors reported that the Rowland Hall interns were professional, courteous, curious, organized, prepared, hardworking, and responsible.

The interns also made an impression on their mentors, who across the board reported that they were professional, courteous, curious, organized, prepared, hardworking, and responsible— one even likened a rising senior’s performance to that of an undergraduate.

“The Rowland Hall interns were a pleasure to work with,” wrote Flora Ye, a neurobiology researcher at the University of Utah’s Williams Lab, who mentored five of the school’s interns this summer. “They were not only polite and respectful but also remarkably quick learners who mastered new concepts with ease. Their genuine passion was evident, and their overall performance exceeded our expectations.”

Congratulations to all of our interns on a successful summer, and a big thank you to the community partners who make these transformative experiences possible. We look forward to seeing how the program continues to grow in summer 2026.

Internships

When families are looking for a new school, there are lots of areas to consider. What’s the community like? Is it easy to make friends? How do the students feel about their teachers?

While parents and caregivers often lead the way when it comes to a school search, kids also have a say in school choice, which is why three fifth-grade interns decide to create a resource just for them.

Nicky C., Kyeran G., and Nora S. are three of the 50 interns participating in this year’s 5-I Fifth-Grade Internship Program. These three students, assigned to the school’s marketing and communications team, expressed interest in writing opportunities. So when they were asked if they wanted to create a blog post that would help Lower School–aged kids and their families as they navigated the admission process, they jumped at the chance.

When the interns were asked if they wanted to create a blog post that would help Lower School–aged kids and their families as they navigated the admission process, they jumped at the chance.

To kick off the project, the group first brainstormed the things they think make Rowland Hall special. All three have attended the school for years (Nicky started in kindergarten, Kyeran in 4PreK, and Nora in 3PreK), so they have firsthand knowledge of the Lower School experience. The kids then narrowed their list down to the areas they thought prospective students would be most interested in, like making friends, recess, and activities. Each wrote a first draft on a handful of topics, then combined their contributions in a single post, which they edited together.

“I thought it was awesome,” said Nicky about the writing process. Kyeran agreed, noting, “It was really cool to collaborate and share our ideas.”

The group also enjoyed the chance to learn more about writing for a specific audience, self-editing, and the best ways to structure a post for search engine optimization (which is important so that even more people can find your school). They said they enjoyed the entire experience.

“It’s fun that it was step by step, not a rushed process,” said Nora. “It was something to look forward to.”

And with their first project under their belts, the marketing interns are excited for a new challenge. This week, they began thinking about what they can share with the community next.

Read the students’ blog post, “7 Reasons to Choose Rowland Hall, as Shared by Three Fifth Graders,” now available on the admission page. (And be sure to share it with anyone you know who’s considering Rowland Hall.)

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