Milestones in Florida

Now in its seventh year, the 2011 Scripps Florida high school intern program reached a milestone 17 students, representing a dozen schools from across Palm Beach County. The high school internship is one of several K-12 programs sponsored since 2005 by more than $1 million in grants from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. In addition to their activities at the lab bench, the students attended weekly research seminars presented by Scripps Florida faculty members.

"People kept telling me how impressed they were to see this level of complexity and sophistication from high school students," said Deborah Leach-Scampavia, director of Scripps Florida education outreach.

Pictured here are the 2011 Scripps Florida "Kenan Fellow" high school student interns.