New York City is filled with opportunities – paid and unpaid – for our students to engage in outside of school. Listed here are organizations and programs that offer young people the chance to engage in alternative ways.
This list will be updated on an ongoing basis, so we encourage your families to check back often.
*SOF does not endorse any of these programs or organizations*
Internships and Jobs (paid and unpaid):
Aquatic Solutions:
Oscar Pineda [email protected]
First Aid, Babysitter, Lifeguard Training programs
Educating Adventures Limited (Snow Careers)
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office:
https://www.manhattanda.org/careers/internship-opportunities/
Write for:
YCteen Magazine
Wave Hill WERM program (ecology research)
Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP)
Become a Lifeguard:
https://www.nycgovparks.org/opportunities/jobs/lifeguards
BluePrint:
blueprint.hackmit.org
Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program
Activities, Clubs, and Academic Enrichment Programs:
*some may require a fee for participation
ACE Mentor Program of Greater NY (Architecture, Construction and Engineering)
American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Bank of America Student Leaders Program
Brown Science Scholars: Bridge Up Stem
CIEE Study Abroad:
https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad
Club Latinas:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/club-latinitas-open-to-all-girls-age-9-14-spring-2021-tickets-132584205929?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
Collectiv3 (Fashion and Design)
Columbia S-Prep Course:
https://www.ps.columbia.edu/education/academic-programs/additional-educational-opportunities/summer-youth-programs/middle-high-school-students/state-pre-college-enrichment-program-s-prep/how-apply
DiscNY: Ultimate Frisbee League NYC
Brooklyn Navy Yard Internships
Children’s Museum Summer Art Colony Internship
CUNY HIRES Program (Earth Systems Science & Engineering)
CUNY College Now Stem Research Academy
DOROT’s Summer Teen Internship Program
HEAF: College Quest High School Enrichment
HK Makers Lab/Harlem Biospace Hypothekids
International Center of Photography – Teen Academy
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance- Environmentor & Shore Corps Programs
Rockefeller University Lab Jumpstart
Lloyd Sherman Scholars CEYE Program
The Moth:
https://themoth.org/education
NYU ARISE Program (science & engineering)
New York Historical Society: Tech Scholars
Media Education through NYC Parks:
Keenan Houser: [email protected]
New York City Department of Design and Construction
Pace University’s Summer Scholars Institute
Rockefeller University Lab Jumpstart
Science Research Mentor Program(SRMP)
Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
The Teen Reviewers and Critics (TRaC)
Whitney Museum of Art- Teen Programs
Resource Organizations:
The Door (Counseling, SAT prep, Art programs)
Volunteer Opportunities:
The Intrepid Museum:
Julia K. Orr – [email protected]
VISIONS – Services for the Visually Impaired
