Engaging High School Students in Minnesota History through Internships

1. Continue to place diverse students, reach 85% diversity rate. We have a 73% diversity rate in all teen programs at this time for FY16. The Legacy program alone reached 50%. Two out of the four students were from diverse communities. However, we will extend this program into the summer for FY16 and anticipate an increase. 2. 30% of students go to another MNHS teen program or come from another MNHS teen program i.e. TAC, SHIP, History Day, Mentor, ACTC, College Intern, Fellows or continue to volunteer with us. For all teen programs we had a 57% crossover rate for the beginning of FY16. For the Legacy Program alone, we have four students who are new to MNHS but we anticipate some of them continuing their involvement after their experience in Spring 2016. 3. 90% feel that this program has increased their job skills or knowledge of public history. 100% of high school students in Summer 2015 said their experience increased their job skills and critical thinking and problem solving skills. We have not surveyed the spring 2016 Legacy program students yet because they have just started.