What is the summer RISE program?

[Anonymous]

Just received this in my inbox: apparently it's an month-long career opportunity for juniors and seniors in July 2022. Registration is this week.

However, I don't know what this entails. Is this a real job? Or just orientation about different careers?

If your child did this, did they find it helped them pick a course of study in college, or figure out what career they might be interested in? My junior has no clue.

I had marked out this summer for my junior to get a job, get his college short list done and perhaps essays started, maybe visit some colleges, as well as prep for the SAT, so I'm wondering if this is worth the time or not.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, forgot to include the link:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/partnerships/summer-rise/for-students.aspx

[Anonymous]

No one?

[Anonymous]

Try clicking on the menu at the top ... "What is Summer Rise?"

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/partnerships/summer-rise/#intro

[Anonymous]

DS applied for it last year and got a spot, but ultimately turned it down for another opportunity. It is a program where the student kind of shadows someone at their job. It isn’t a real job for the student. They just observe what the adults do and learn about the job. From what we understood, it didn’t sound like they get real experience, but just exposure to a job and workplace.

[Anonymous]

OP here.

I've read the entire site, PP. It doesn't tell me what RISE actually is in practice, so I was hoping posters whose children had done it might tell me more. Meaning... is it a real job, in a real work setting? It seems like it, but they hedge a lot. How much responsibility do the kids have? And how does it compare to jobs students could find by themselves or through family connections? There seem to be extra workshops. Are they useful?

[Anonymous]

Was totally disappointed by the process last summer. Complete joke. Match was not one of top three choices, ended up being an admin job that was 10 hours a week (when promised 40). The “boss” didn’t show up 2 of the first 3 times. After 3 weeks DS quit. It was complete waste of time. Get a job instead, trust me.

[Anonymous]

There’s an info session next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was totally disappointed by the process last summer. Complete joke. Match was not one of top three choices, ended up being an admin job that was 10 hours a week (when promised 40). The “boss” didn’t show up 2 of the first 3 times. After 3 weeks DS quit. It was complete waste of time. Get a job instead, trust me.

I wouldn’t assume that this is representative given COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS applied for it last year and got a spot, but ultimately turned it down for another opportunity. It is a program where the student kind of shadows someone at their job. It isn’t a real job for the student. They just observe what the adults do and learn about the job. From what we understood, it didn’t sound like they get real experience, but just exposure to a job and workplace.

I thought it might be an internship type thing, but it doesn't seem like it. This sounds really boring.

[Anonymous]

Jawando started it before he became a Councilmember.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5043

It's mean for lower income and other marginalized youth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jawando started it before he became a Councilmember.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5043

It's mean for lower income and other marginalized youth.

DCUM: If Jawando is part of it, it must be awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jawando started it before he became a Councilmember.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5043

It's mean for lower income and other marginalized youth.

sounds super boring for them, too. Shadowing is really boring unless the job is really interesting, which most are not.

An actual internship with hands on experience would've been more interesting.

[Anonymous]

Bump. Has anyone had recent experience with this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jawando started it before he became a Councilmember.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5043

It's mean for lower income and other marginalized youth.

sounds super boring for them, too. Shadowing is really boring unless the job is really interesting, which most are not.

An actual internship with hands on experience would've been more interesting.

What type of skills do you think a high schooler is bringing to the table for an "actual internship".