Letter Of Intent

Hello,

My name is Kevin Gillie, and I am a junior at High Tech High North County. Welcome to the internship page of my digital portfolio. At High Tech High, we are all about project based learning, where we will do a larger project after studying something, instead of a major test. As another part of my schools philosophy of acquiring workplace skills in a real-world environment, I am required to complete an in-depth immersion of an internship.

It would really be an exciting thing to be able to provide my experience in your place of work. I have accomplished many things over the course of my high school years, and I have a lot to offer. I have much experience with Macintosh computers, since we use them daily at school, and also Windows computers as well, since I have one of my own. I am very familiar with Photoshop, and also the program Final Cut Pro. Using programs like the whole Microsoft Word suite, including powerpoint, excel, and programs like that, has made me very familiar with those programs as well.

Aside from those skills listed above, I also am a very big people’s person. I love talking with people and making things right if there is a problem. I love taking charge and also being a leader. I will do whatever it takes to fully understand something if I don’t get it, and I also know what I can handle. Being a student at High Tech High has taught me a lot about who I am, academically, and also in the sense of finding out what I can do, and what I am capable of. I have also done some community service, which is beneficial in different ways. I have been a volunteer at a local food bank, so I have worked with people before, and also done some kitchen help. I also volunteered at a coffee cart, making some various coffee drinks and also working with money. I have that experience of counting money and things along those lines, and working with customers. Not only that, but I can make a mean cappuccino.

I really have always been interested with architecture, and how there are so many different styles, and how you can be so unique with whatever you’re designing. Usually when I see a building that is very different, or has some style of architecture that I’ve never seen before, I will take time to look especially close at it. On my own, I’ve searched for some of the different types of architecture, and the different places around the world with the various types of architecture. It’s a dream of mine to travel to places like Paris, Rome, Prauge, in the Czech Republic, and Dubai, to personally see, and immerse myself in the amazing and different types of architecture in those places.

The coming internship will entail a three-week full time immersion at your work site. It would begin on May 24th and end three weeks later, on June 11th. I am truly so excited, and I really am interested in one day becoming an architect.

If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact my internship advisors Anne Gloag, Jen Howard, or Matt Leader at agloag@hightechhigh.org, jhoward@higtechhigh.org, or mleader@hightechhigh.org

I really would be honored to work for you, and I am excited and ready to start. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Thank you,

Kevin Gillie

(760)703-8519

kgillie@hightechhigh.org