Vela Summer Student Internship Paper

I am writing to express my interest in the teaching internship for Vela Summer Scholars Program. As a first-year student interested in teaching, I joined Ed Pros at Amherst College, which is where I first heard about the Vela Scholars Program. I was drawn to Vela’s focus on exploratory learning and emphasis on strengthening connections to the community. At Amherst, from volunteering as an ESL conversation partner at the Jones Library to becoming a music tutor for the Wildwood Elementary band, I am eager to become more involved in the community at Amherst. Vela would be an ideal place to connect with middle school students at Amherst Regional Middle School and explore teaching.

During high school, I tutored my classmates in math. After working