Bachelor of Educational Studies UMSL

Spring '23 BES Capstone Intern Amal Al-Zadjali had a fantastic time completing her internship with Adventure Club. Amal interned with them from her first to last internship, during which she completed her special projects. Her final special project was creating the Experience Calendar for February, March, April, and May. These experiences include STEM, creative arts, life skills, long-term projects, enrichment, and group play. A big shoutout to my site supervisor, Jeneen Rasch, for helping me not only complete this internship but for helping me grow. To learn more about Adventure Club, please visit: https://www.rsdmo.org/Page/5765


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In spring 2023, Finn Nardie Warner's capstone Internship was at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. For his special project, he took pictures of the popular spots at the Ulysses S. Grant site but only posted a small portion of the image on social media, where he encouraged viewers to guess what it was part of. He hopes the interactive social media posts will spark interest and bring new people to the site. Additionally, these posts educate the community about Ulysses S. Grant without having them visit the site. Finn hopes these posts will encourage people to learn more about our past and visit the site. Finn wants to thank his supervisor, Julie Northrip.
https://www.nps.gov/ulsg/index.htm


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BES Spring 23 Capstone Intern Vernic Windham interned with Express Home Care. Her special project allowed her to execute a plan, implement, and host a 5-hour mandatory training per the State of Missouri, aligning with the service standards. Diane Shelton provided ample support as site supervisor and now partner. Learn more at http://expressihc.net/.


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BES Spring 23 Capstone Intern Jessyca Stephney had a wonderful internship with ArrowPoint Elementary. Her special internship project involved helping a classroom with behavioral problems have a calming corner where the students can recuperate if they feel overwhelmed. The other special project consisted of a more specialized area of interest where she observed the reading teacher for 15-20 minutes, took notes, and then individually helped students in the classroom. This gave her a great experience in becoming a future reading teacher while also supplying the children with a fresh face and an excellent education.

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Lilly Boice, BES Spring 2023 Capstone Intern, had a successful Internship at Lone Dell Elementary in the Fox C-6 school district. The first special project she completed was having a door decorating contest to raise awareness for National Down Syndrome Day on March 21st every year. All the proceeds went to the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Saint Louis. The school raised a total of $553.55. Then, for her next special project, she made mini lessons teaching her fourth-grade class about social and emotional skills. She would have them fill out reflection forms that had a check-in, what they learned and how to apply the skill. Shout out to Jim Ray, the principal of Lone Dell Elementary. To learn more about Lone Dell Elementary School, visit the website at https://www.foxc6.org/domain/298


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Hunter Rice spent their final Capstone Internship at Holman Library, attached to McKendree University. Their supervisor, Debbie Houk, was incredible to work with and always encouraging, especially as they designed and implemented their Special Project, which was a survey to be filled out by library patrons to allow the library to learn more about those patrons' needs and to adjust the library and implement changes and new programs to serve our user base better. If you'd like to learn more about Holman Library, check out their webpage at www.mckendree.edu/offices/library


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BES 23 Intern Jacob Weisman has spent his Capstone internship with Confluence charter schools at South City Academy. For his special projects, he has completed a gratitude and celebratory project for his 5th-grade students, integrated music and sing-a-longs, and led movement breaks with guitar-based music. His site supervisor, Lacqweda Taylor, assisted him along the way. Find out more about South City Academy and Confluence at the website: https://sc.confluenceacademy.org/


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BES Spring 23 Capstone Intern Chuck Sliger had an extremely successful internship with Titanium Fitness. His special internship project involved creating a YouTube fitness channel with videos and organizing, creating, and executing a pickleball tournament gig at Fenton Hot Shots. A big shout out to amazing site supervisor Chuck Beckham for helping him/me complete my internship. To learn more about Titanium Fitness, please go to our website: titaniumfitnessllc.net


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BES Spring 23 Capstone intern Dominic Kues had the incredible opportunity to combine his love for teaching with his passion for cooking. He donned his chef coat and became "Chef Kues" as a surprise guest chef for his special Project at Francis Howell Middle School. A huge shoutout to Dominic's site supervisor, Mrs. Angela Canul, the school's head principal and FACS teacher, Dr. Kirsteen James, and Mrs. Julie Lonigro, for allowing Dominic this opportunity in his internship. To learn more about Francis Howell Middle and the work they do, visit https://fhms.fhsdschools.org/Links to an external site.

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BES Spring '23 Double-Capstone Intern Faith Finklestein had a successful semester instructing at a local rock climbing gym, Climb So iLL. Her special internship projects included designing and leading a group fitness class for adults and creating a training manual for summer camp counselors. Program Director and site supervisor Rob Kennedy assisted Faith in her development as an educator while she applied her knowledge in a fun and fast-paced environment. To learn more about indoor rock climbing at Climb So iLL, please visit https://climbsoill.com/


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BES Capstone Intern Noah Johnson interned with the Meramec Valley R-III school district. His special projects involved creating a social story and social story template for future use with students who have Autism Spectrum Disorder. Noah's second special project was creating a website with quick-reference materials for beginner and substitute paraprofessionals. A massive shoutout to Channa, the special education director for the Meramec Valley R-III school district. Here is a link to learn more about the school district. https://www.mvr3.k12.mo.us/Links to an external site.


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BES Spring 23 Capstone Intern Madelyn Werre had a fantastic internship at UMSL Succeed. The first project she completed was a tutoring revamp where students and tutors could connect to receive help. The second special project that she completed was a Social Peer recruitment event to help inform people about the Social Peers program and find recruits. Shout out to her site supervisor, Heather Cowan, for helping her complete her internship. To learn more about UMSL Succeed, visit this website: UMSL Succeed Program

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