Intern Insights w/ Summer Intern Allie, signing in for her 1st Blog Post: Impression of Innovation Campus

​Hello, my name is Allie, a soon-to-be junior at Milpitas High School and 2024 Summer Intern with Milpitas Unified School District through the City of Milpitas' Milpitas Youth Force. I started this blog, "Intern Insights," to share my experiences while offering a student perspective throughout my internship this Summer!

June 17th was my first official day of work and I already have quite a lot to share. In my first hour here, myself and 3 other Summer interns went on a tour around the new MUSD Innovation Campus and met some of the staff in their offices along the way.  While touring the new innovation campus, I learned about the history of this location, such as it was home to Samuel Ayer High School (the only high school in Milpitas up until 1969 when Milpitas High School was built). Moreover, in order for MUSD to honor its past and celebrate its future, they incorporated signed lockers from the old Ayer campus and personalized brick engravings of alumni and community members into the new campus, which encompasses the District offices, Calaveras Hills High School, Milpitas HS Extension and Milpitas Adult Education. Phase 1 was completed in August 2023; Phase 2 is scheduled for completion before the start of the 2024-25 school year; and Phase 3 is in the works as well.

Other than just the welcoming, positive and modern atmosphere of the Innovation campus, all the staff here were just amazing too. I am so excited to share snippets of my interactions with them through this blog as I continue my internship here. For now, I’ll leave you with one more thing: If you haven’t checked out the innovation campus yet, you can learn more here or swing by and see the campus for yourself. The campus truly does speak for itself with all its open layout and modernized feel. 

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