PICS Organization Name
YingHua International School
Website
www.yhis.org
City/State
Kingston, New Jersey
Weekly Stipend
$450
Public Transportation Available
Yes
Housing Provided
No
Former Intern Projects
Bianca Chan '22, Irma Qavolli '21, Katie Zhou '20
Former Intern Projects
2019 (Bianca Chan '22)
Organization Description
We are a non profit private school educating students of all ethnicities from across the tri state region in a dual language immersion program of Mandarin and English partnered with the IB curriculum
Internship Description
Interns will work on the library, website, assist with summer camp, assist with main office responsibilities
Internship Qualifications
A competent responsible, energetic, enthusiastic person
- Computer literate
- Quick learner
- Self motivated and directed
Expected Start Time
9:00 am
Expected End Time
3 pm
Internship Length
8 weeks
Meets Certificate Requirement
Yes, History & Diplomacy
Could This Internship Take Place Remotely if Needed?
Yes
Additional Info
The intern can ride their bike along the tow path most of the way to our site. Or, there is a bus from downtown Princeton to Kingston. The bus stop is 1 block from our site.
Evaluation Excerpt
Everybody at YingHua was very warm and welcoming. YingHua is a Chinese immersion school, and I wasn’t sure how the environment would be given that I don’t speak Mandarin. However, staff and students were very accommodating and I was able to pick up a few phrases by the end of my internship. I slowly got to know everybody as my internship went on, and I felt integrated and included with the staff and in the general professional and social life of the organization. -- Bianca Chan '22
The internship was eye-opening for me because I never imagined or expected to see so many families who were so committed to a Mandarin Immersion education for their children. Their teaching approaches and the way they carried the idea of "learning" was extraordinary. Their message and mission definitely promotes a way of learning that incorporates systemic social change as their goal is to grow lifelong learners which definitely was an attitude that was contagious for me as an intern as well.
—Katie Zhou '20
My main task was redesigning their website. I was able to see a tangible result at the end of the internship and that was very satisfying. It was appropriately challenging, especially with no experience in website design prior to the internship. —Irma Qavolli '21