Skyler Porcaro
By Kierra Larsen, Golden Eagle Globe   Skyler Porcaro, sophomore, is one of Maple Mountain’s April students of the month. Skyler was nominated by his math teacher, Mr. Thomas Marker and his Foreign Language teacher, Mr. Brad Burtenshaw. Skyler’s favorite subject is math, he says, “Because it has always been easy for me.” In five years, Skyler sees himself going on a LDS mission and attending BYU.

Senior Brooke Bishop interned at Spanish Oaks Elementary as a second grade student teacher. Brooke assisted the teacher and taught an art project once a week. Brooke said she is still very interested in this line of work after the internship. Brooke said that one of the funniest experiences she had during the internship was when she had to test all the children and they were excited to test.   Brooke recommends internships to people so that they can have a good sample run to see if they like the career they are pursuing. She plans on attending SUU and going into elementary ed.

Golden Eagle Zach Wyler has been actively involved at Wing Enterprises lately, interning as an accountant. Zach wanted to experiment in this field because he enjoys the, “idea of being an accountant.”  As an intern, Zach enters customer purchases and billing information. During his time at Wing, Zach experienced what working as an accountant was like. He said, “There was a great atmosphere on the site."

Jonathan Seiter was one of the guest speakers this Spring at Springville High and Maple Mountain High school’s Window on the Workplace seminar. Mr. Seiter is a recruiter for ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City.    He spoke to the students about the importance of an education, and what types of jobs were available at ARUP.  Students were interested to hear about how to enter the fields of Medical Technology and Pathology.    Mr.

Maple Mountain student Alysa Skousen has had a chance to work with some very special kids. Alysa interns at Spanish Oaks Elementary with the special-education preschool. She has the opportunity to help, teach, and entertain children in need.  Alysa decided to try this line of work after helping with the peer tutor class last year and decided that her love for the class and for children pointed to this type of work.