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their junior and senior year. However, these
Inc. “We provide a nontraditional, unstructured
internship opportunities are growing rapidly.
learning environment. Each day our interns
In the 2013 school year,
“I’ve had two internships: one with Boeing
are faced with real business challenges. They
Raisbeck Aviation High School
working in the engineering department that
are exposed to all aspects of our business from
received over 350 applicants
makes the refueling boom for the KC-46 air
operations, finance to manufacturing. Many of
for 100 open slots.
tanker and the other interning for the FAA’s
these topics were the intern’s first experiences.
crash investigation unit,” said Emma FinnsBeing able to have access to all operations of our
The school is named after
son, senior at Raisbeck Aviation High School.
company is extremely valuable to them.”
James Raisbeck, founder of
Finnsson is looking at a range of colleges
Raisbeck Engineering and one
linking schools and business
with the aim of entering an engineering proof the champions and donors
Raisbeck Aviation High School’s student interngram. “Both internships have helped sharpen
to the Aviation High School
ship program is only the tip of the iceberg of how
my focus and allowed me to make contacts
concept. The company makes
the school interacts with the Washington state
within the industry.”
aftermarket parts for the
aviation economy. From the very beginning, the
The student and employer relationship is
aviation industry.
school has built partnerships with the aviation
not a one-way street or solely focused on one
economy in Washington state. From world leadskill or job. Students learn important life and
ers like Boeing, Alaska Airlines and Rolls-Royce,
work skills in these internships.
“Interns from Raisbeck Aviation High School bring a willing- to smaller aviation companies like Raisbeck Engineering, Planetary
ness to learn and apply their skills to on the job projects with Resources and Hobart Machined Products to local non-profit and
one-on-one individual and team approaches to problem solving,” government agencies like The Museum of Flight and the Federal
said Rosemary Brester, president of Hobart Machined Products, Aviation Administration.
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