Hands On Banking Experience For High Schoolers In Pike Co.

 

Upcoming seniors from across the county spend one week at a paid internship with the First National Bank in Brundidge. In the more than five years of the summer program, each year there’s been between 15 and 20 student interns. 

 

Many come from Pike County High School’s business and finance academy. Students with high grade point averages and an interest in the banking industry are selected. 

 

The interns spend time in each department of the bank, learning everything from the bank’s history and setting up accounts, to working with customers and tellers. 

 

Adrian Fisher, an intern said, “I’m not really good with money so it taught me how to be financially stable.”

 

Armando Arroyo, an intern said, “Well the things that I have enjoyed learning the most are loans. I’ve never really had the subject of talking about loans so it is new to me. So I enjoyed learning about it.”

 

Each week of the summer the bank will have two new interns. On top of being paid, their performance during the internship goes into their overall class grade.