I went to Loomis Chaffee school in Windsor Locks Connecticut. I had a great time and made a lot of new friends along the way. It helped me meet my goal of learning new drills I can use with my team to help us be better at baseball. When I went to this camp I was kinda scared of not being able to make friends. I feel like I came out of my comfort zone a little and made a lot of new friends. I want to thank Mr. Pergament and the Brown family for giving me this opportunity.

     Going to California to dance with the American Ballet Theater was the experience of a lifetime. My journey started on my first solo plane ride. From the moment the wheels lifted off the tarmac, I had butterflies in my stomach from excitement and happiness. I was ready to improve as a dancer and a person. The first day at ABT started with a placement class. It was taught by Duncan Lyle, a professional dancer with ABT, and was observed by Susan Jones, head ballet mistress of ABT. I hadn’t danced in about 3 weeks so I was nervous about how I would perform. But I put aside my fear and embraced my love of dance and let it guide me through the class. I was placed in the second highest level the program offered. This was a huge achievement for me because I was dancing with some of the best dancers my age and up. 

     A usual day in the studio consisted of dancing 2 classes in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. The total amount of dancing per day was around 6 hours. Morning classes were always ballet technique and pointe classes. In the afternoon we would have at least 1 other ballet class and sometimes a supplementary class of either jazz, character, modern, mime, or nutrition. This year was the first year I had ever had a mime class. I was astounded by how placing your hand on a different part of your chest could signify 3 different things! My class learned the mime to one of my favorite parts of “Swan Lake”, when Odette the Swan Queen tells the prince her story of captivity and how she can only be freed if a man swears to love her. It was a fascinating experience and I was able to put more expression into my day to day dancing after that class by looking at my movements not as steps, but as a way to express a story and an emotion. 

     Each level had a teacher who worked with that level the most out of all the other teachers, and my main teacher was Ms. O’Callaghan.  She was one of the best teachers I’ve ever had. She had this way about her in which she was able to pick out all the things that were challenging you in dance, and connect them back to one major thing you were doing incorrectly. She told me that I wasn’t standing in my truth, meaning that I was not using my turnout muscles as much as I could, which caused me to try and compensate by slightly tilting my pelvis back. She worked with me almost every class on my turnout muscles and until I gained confidence in my natural turnout position with specific exercises and combinations. By the end of the 3 weeks, I felt I was able to stand in my truth. She told me she could see the true me as a dancer and not as a “bunhead”. Her attention to detail and dedication to improving my turnout gave me more confidence in my final performance at the summer intensive.

     For my level’s final performance, we performed the “Fan Dance” from La Bayadere. It was the most challenging dance that I have ever done due to its continuous changing of lines and intricate patterns. The dance also included papyrus fans, two rotating circles (one inside the other), and a partnering section. My level was originally worried about how the performance would go, because there wasn’t a lot of time to prepare, but once on the stage, we all came together to create a colorful and exciting piece that showed how much we loved dancing and challenging ourselves. The community that was built in just 3 weeks showed me that when people come together and share a passion, anything is possible. I was inspired and awed by the talent I saw and my love for dance has grown more than I thought it ever could. I may complete other dance intensives and find new parts of my technique to perfect, but I know that this summer was one of the best I’ll ever have and I will always hold what I learned in my heart for the rest of my life. Thank you to the Brown Family for supporting me and continuing to help me shape my future.

Health Careers Institute at Dartmouth inst just an ordinary camp, its life changing quite literally. Everyday your learning about a new career option from orthopedics, trauma surgeon, pediatrics, flight nurses, and casting. Also while attending this camp you get CPR and first aid certified by the American Red Cross. This whole camp is one big learning experience including learning how to make and present in groups a college level presentation on a medical disease or treatment that you know nothing about. Although all of this learning is fun they also let you have some free time where you can relax in the dorms or walk downtown and shop, and on the last night everyone walks into town and gets ice cream. This camp is a great push if you are thinking about anything in the medical field it will inform you and also show you other parts of the medical field that could interest you more. 

I chose to go to this camp for multiple reasons, because I was interested in the medical field but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do now i'm sure I want to go into pediatrics. I also went to this camp for a personal reason, I had never gone away from everyone I know for a whole week especially at a college campus, at first it was scary but as I made friends and saw how amazing this opportunity was I was having fun and never wanted to leave. This camp taught me about the medical field but it also showed me what the college experience is gonna be like and now it makes going to college in a few short years less scary and more exciting. I look forward to going to other medical camps and pursuing a career in the medical field. 

The Dorset Equine Rescue is an amazing place to gain some responsibility and helpful skills, if you are looking to work with horses. I have been involved with this association for almost three years and I have loved it, I am always learning something new with every horse that comes in the barn. I would recommend for any other horse or animal lovers to intern here due to the have that everyone is very nice and accommodating with your school schedule and you will never be bored.

I chose to apply for the Brown Grant because I had a free block and a job in town, I live a little ways away from school so going to the barn right after my last class allowed me to help out  for 1-2 hours a day and still be able to get money while doing something I love and being productive. Im so grateful for the fact I had the opportunity to be able to do something that would not have been offered to me if I did not go to Burr and Burton, and I hope the amount of kids to also take advantage of this expands as well. I have learned so much and doing this has helped me decide how much I would like to be involved with horses in my future. 

The Champlain Game Academy was a great place to visit to help decide weather I really want to go into the game industry for a living. For me, this was a big step in my decision making process, and I think I can say that I really want to do this for a living. The people that were at the camp all had similar interests to me, so I had some pretty cool experiences. The work that I did was fun, even during the most stressful parts of the job, and it did get stressful. The goal of the camp was to fit the four year game design program into two weeks to give people a taste of what it would be like. Obviously, they couldn't give the deep dive of info that they give throughout four years, but it did a good job of giving any participant a feel of what it would be like to take part in the program. So we did everything. I learned how to make 3-D models for games. I learned about programming, and I learned the basics of design. Team work was essential, so I really got to see how I handled working with others. I think I did a pretty good job, and I enjoyed it. Everything about this camp was enjoyable, and I will always remember this as the experience that really gave me drive to become a game designer.

     While I thought I was out of school this summer I was greatly mistaken. I started some where around June 20th and like all great wars I should be done by Christmas. The CDL course provides the Vermont CDL booklet (for you'r permit) and a 36 chapter book you have to read for the course. You can only read two chapters ahead and each chapter has an in class (open book) quiz and test on every chapter. While it's not the most exciting way to spend your Saturdays it is very educational. The book goes over everything you may encounter. This includes CDL rules and regulations for The United States of America - Mexico - and Canada (Canada differs between provinces). 

     I recommend the Stafford class to any one who will have trouble finding a truck to practice in and take for the test that will meat all of the standards so you aren't restricted to a certain type of truck. Also if you only want a class B this is the class for you. However if you want a class A this isn't for you. Stafford only offers class A classes to people 20 and older. You can do the book and go back to Stafford and upgrade you'r license to an A, but it will cost the same and take much more of your time. Over all this is a really good course, the teachers are great and they have anything you could wan't getting a CDL.

This summer I went to Kaatsbaan's "Extreme Ballet" summer intensive for three weeks. Kaatsbaan is located in Tivoli, New York, on an old horse farm. We danced 9-10 hours a day. Our daily morning classes were a two hour technique class then afterwards we would have an hour of point work. We would then have an hour lunch. After that we would have two variation classes where we would learn and work on three variations from the ballet Don Quixote, one variation from the ballet Swan Lake, and one of my teachers (Lisa Lockwood) choreographed a dance for us.

I had many amazing teachers during this time. I had three primary teachers, Lisa Lockwood, Lorin Mathis, and Martin Van Hamel. Lisa Lockwood danced with American Ballet Theater for ten years, and now she travels as a guest teacher at many great schools such as the Royal Ballet School in Denmark, the Metropolitan Opra, and Julliard to name a few. And she is a member of the faculties at Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Hispanico, Alvin Ailey, and Steps on Broadway. She was also an original member of Phantom of the Opra House with ABT. Lorin Mathis started as an apprenetice at San Fransisco Ballet, became part of the Cops de Ballet, then because a principal. he then joined Boston Ballet as part of the Corps de Ballet and later got promoted to a demi-sololist. After that he moved to Pensilvania Ballet as a soloist. Martin Van Hamel was a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and then was a principal dancer at American Ballet Theater. I also had many amazing guest teachers such as Stella Abrera who is a Principal dancer at American Ballet Theater, Kevin MacKenzie who was a former dancer at ABT and the current artistic directer at ABT (He is also Martin's Husband), Maria Karowski who is a principal at New York City Ballet and has been dancing with them since she was nine-teen years old (for twenty years), and Jesica Lang who has choreographed for famous companies all over the world.  

Overall this has been an amazing experience. I am very appreciative for all the amazing teachers and the beautiful facilities. It has taught me independence because this was the longest I have ever been away from my family (three weeks). It also showed me how it feels to be a full time ballet student. Most of all it helped me improve my strength and dancing tremendously.  

For my Brown grant this summer I worked as an IT for the schools Tech Department. I helped set up the iPad for the Success Camp students and also for the rest of the school. I helped out Mr. Morrison with getting new computer stands on his walls. This summer has been a great job experience for me. It has shown me the hardships of having a real job and also it has given me some knowledge about iPads, computers etc. So thank you Brown Family and I can not wait to have another chance to do this again.

After all my scripts were done, it was time for the meetings. This was a way for all the directors and choreographers to ask some clarifying questions. We also talked about how adapting my play to the stage there needed to be some changes. I was a little worried at first but I didn't think there would be any huge changes and that any changes they make they would have to run by me just so I know about them. The changes they wanted to make were just extra song choices and some more lines for characters. I was very hesitant at first but I learned to let the small stuff go. The only thing I had to absolutely say no to was when they wanted to add an inflatable Dinosaur costume, just in there. Thankfully, they didn't add it in the end.

Along with acting in my own play, I also got to work with with some amazing kids. I would say, I was a little skeptical with the casting choices, but they really grew on me as time went on and I couldn't imagine them played by anyone else. Most of the kids were really exited to be there but some I could tell that they're just here because their parents made them, and each one of them gave them all in there performance. For my lessons, I wanted to act more of a friend helping out more than a teacher. This was good on paper but in practice it was really hard to keep them in focus.

I will say, it was a little nerve wracking on opening night, but when curtain call came, it was pure euphoria. It was a sold out show and all the responses I got from it were positive. Everyone was saying how this was the best show Wings has ever put on and how it actually made sense. It was so positive in fact, that I managed to inspire some other kids to write their own plays, now I've got competition. This has been a wild from start to finish and I would like to thank the Brown family for sponsoring me to do this and all the directors, actors, crew members, and family member for support. With all of their help, I am glad to say "I wrote my fist play when I was 16!"

The Broadway Student Summit was an amazing experience. We got to learn about how to survive the life of a Broadway actor. We learned what it is like to learn a script, dance, and song in one day. The first day we met two professional beat-boxers. This class was about being able to express yourself and let loose, then we met a professional dance choreographer. We learned a Broadway dance. The second class we had we had chorus with a Broadway conductor, we got to meet three actors on Broadway, and we learned how to have better success in auditions. The final night we were there we got to go see Hamilton, and I can say it was the best Broadway show I have seen. I am so happy that the Brown family helped my pay for this amazing opportunity.

The NYLF of Medicine was truly amazing. I learned how to suture, basic neurological exam, how to draw blood, tagging in mass casualties, and how to do a tourniquet. But those weren't the highlights(except learning how to draw blood and suture(that was amazing)). I met Dr. Thompson, the strongest and most inspiring woman I've ever met(after my mother), her aura radiated amongst the room and was the strong, empowering woman that everyone could look up to. We also met Dr. Khayam-Bashi and her service dog named Shamzi, they showed us that anyone can do anything as she was once an economic major but then transferred to John Hopkins for Medicine without an MCAT. We also watched a live broadcast of a pancreatic cancer surgery and got 4 residents and Med-students to answer our questions. One of the bigger highlights were the people I met, they had a different view of life and carried a different aura to them than us in the East Coast. Although we only knew each other for 9 days we all became very close, and I am happy so say it changed me as throughout the program I feel happier and excited for the future. I became the speaker for the Cori group(my group) and gave a speech to the parents and attendees. I also was the director for our theatrical performance of The Cori Cycle, and our performance was GREAT. But I am most proud about the Cori group winning the kahoot about basic medical terminology and facts, and it may seem strange that I am proud of this but we were completely losing at first but ended up winning at the end. I won't and can't ever forget this experience, it was life changing and truly something that I wouldn't change a thing about.

The iD Tech course, "Program Gameplay Mechanics with Unreal Engine 4", was a fantastic experience. After getting a little bit of an orientation, meeting instructors, learning where everything is, getting your name tag and login info for the step by step course guide, etc, we jump right into it. The online course guide starts by showing us how to build a map in Unreal Engine 4 then proceeds to show us basic coding. The programming language we used was called blueprints. Basically it's a more visual way of programming. You have these boxes called "nodes" that had different functions. Then you would connect these nodes to other nodes in order to create different lines of code. It was hard getting used to at first because I am not much of a visual learner, and I was used to written code like in Game Maker Studio or Unity. But after the first couple days I got the hang of predicting what I needed to do when I was building the different mechanics, and finding the errors in my code by following the order of nodes. On the second day, we had to figure out what mechanic we were going to focus on and build a game around. For instance, a person next to me decided to make a tool like the portal gun from the famous video game series, "Portal". I decided I wanted to make a wave spawner, a box that would spawn a certain amount of enemies, then after the player eliminates all enemies, the amount of enemies spawned would automatically increase by a certain integer. So after completing half of the course guide, I decided that I learned enough and went on to find a video tutorial series that I would use to make my game. After spending a couple days following the tutorial, I realized that the tutorial series abruptly ended 2 years ago along with the channel. So I had to figure out what to do. At this point I created my own cool looking arena using downloaded assets, made a basic enemy spawner, a health bar, custom gun/ammo, ammo counter, and health pickups. So I spent the rest of the day coming up with ways to make the spawner I wanted. The instructor tried to help but we couldn't find anything. The instructor was very confused as all of my ideas made sense and should've worked. So once the final day came, we ended up editing my goal to just make a constant enemy spawner. Which I did. The game ended up being a first person shooter where you must enter the arena and fight for life. The enemies would spawn in the air, then once they land, sprint towards, trying to kill you. The objective was to get the highest score by surviving the longest time. 

This camp was incredibly fun and enlightening. I met a lot of cool kids from all over the world, played a lot of fun games, and learned a lot about game mechanics. The biggest takeaway being how important it is to find what the main game mechanic would be in your final product. In other words, it is very important to find a mechanic, develop that mechanic, then during or after that process, create an entire game around that mechanic to make something great. This camp experience will stick with me for a very long time, as this was the true kick start to my dream of becoming a video game developer. 

At Aeolus I learned how to interact with new people, now I'm not as awkward when I first meet someone. Dr. Bob and Dr. Kyle were good about explaining what they were doing as they were doing it, so I got to see what the process was. That helped me a lot with learning new things. It helped me remember what they were talking about. I learned how to do different sutures for different kinds of surgeries. Dr. Kyle showed me how to feel a heart murmur without using a stethoscope, that is my most memorable thing for me.

     For four weeks this summer I worked with the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, as a member of the Women of Wilderness Spike Crew (WOW). We lived in wilderness areas around Lake Champlain and Bennington, sleeping in tents, cooking our meals, and solving various problems and challenges that we overcame.

     For the first three weeks we worked at removing over 8,000 water chestnuts, an invasive water species, from Lake Champlain. During the last week we constructed a 2 mile trail to provide access to a river in Bennington for fishermen and boaters. The trail work was hard, but I like challenge and enjoyed it. 

     Through this experience, I learned a lot about preserving and protecting the natural environment. I also learned to identify different types of trees and plants, including poisonous varieties and foreign invasive species. Working with my crew each day and overcoming challenges,  helped me become a more confident and  stronger person. I felt mentally and physically strong when we worked as a team to get our van out of the mud.

     I hope I can work with VYCC again next summer and think I may like to study and work in the environmental field in the future. 

During my physical therapy Internship I learned a lot about the body and also how to interact with people that I didn't know at all. I worked with four different therapist all with there own way of doing things. I also did some chores like cleaning the workout area and folding the laundry. I did a lot of sitting in on patients and just listening to the therapist, its more interesting then you think . I was able to ask questions, they loved when I did that. they loved just explaining things to me and helping me understand what they are doing. they also all gave me such good advice on what to do for college and where they all went. Some of them didn't even go to school for that right off they went for something else but was so interested in therapy. This was such a great opportunity I got to see what it was like and be able to know if this is what I actually want to do. I'm not done with my internship I had to take a break but i'm doing it after school for a few hours. I was doing it for a good 4-5 hours a day before my break. I am so glad for this opportunity and I would love to do it again. 

     During my Veterinary Technician internship at Aeolus Animal Hospital and Equine Center I got to see what it was really like in the back of a veterinary office. I spent 4-5 hours a few times a week there going over things like all the different bones in a cat, dog and horses body. I learned how to calculate the correct amount of medicine to give an animal based on their weight and the sickness/pain they were having. 

     I did a lot of hands-on things like giving animals shots, grooming and bathing them, keeping them calm before a surgery or if they were nervous in the check-up room. I even learned how to suture up cuts from surgeries. Being in the surgery room and watching all kinds of different surgeries was an amazing experience and I am very grateful I got to do that. I am very excited to keep learning new things and continuing my internship at Aeolus. 

The CrossFit Level 1 Certificate Course was one of the best weekends of my life. I learned so much about health and fitness and how to create them, while being around so many people that were passionate about them as well. I not only walked away with the knowledge and ability to create health but also the passion to do so.

Having learned what CrossFit refers to as “an elegant solution to the worlds most vexing problem” puts everything in my life into place to do the big things, I have dreamed of doing to help people and this course has put me well on my way to have my own gym. I am now the closest I have ever been to being ready to open a martial arts school and CrossFit gym, and on the journey the Brown Grant has helped me with both areas and I am extremely thankful for the ability to go to this course!

This camp was a great experience for me I, thought the camp every day I took the subway into Boston I had to keep track of all of my stuff with none checking if I didn't leave anything. The camp taught me a lot about what architects do and they taught me about different materials. The location also helped me a lot because coming from fairly remote location (Vermont) I learned so much about what city life is all about. the camp also showed us around Boston, we visited the Boston Public Library, we also visited a residential building while it was still under construction for the first time ever I got look down on people from the 52 floor. This camp was a great experience to set me off on my path, because now Im much more hesitant in pursuing architecture.

     My summer of 2019 has been amazing. Working as an Internship Plumber has been an amazing experience. I have learned a lot of things and I’m still learning a lot about plumbing and heating. So far my experience has been like a lot of hands on experience. Which for me is perfect. I love being hands on because it allows me to do something rather than just get shown how to do it. But also apart of it is observing and then learning how to do the “tricks”. Which this job has helped me get better at observing and keeping the information in my head. What information I have learned so far is astonishing to me. 

     I have learned first how to expand PEX pipes. Which these pipes are what run your hot and cold water. Then I’ve learned more on putting Teflon tape around the threads on the pipe pieces. Then I've had to put Pipe Dope around the Teflon tape. These joints can be tricky because you have a blue role of Teflon tape and if the thread on a piece of pipe is near a wall you can’t get the role of tape around the thread. So you have to think outside the box. Then I’ve learned that you have to go back in forth to the workstation and to grab your tools, which gets a lot of energy out. I’ve learned a lot so far, but there is nothing like learning how to Solder. It is cool to learn how to solder because the torch is very powerful and you have to know where your torch flame is pointed or else you might burn something. You have to know your temperature so you can melt the piece of solder on the pipes. And watch out you don’t get burned because it will blister your skin. 

     The best experience doing something is this job. I’m able to do a lot more when plumbing and I know things now that people won’t ever know in their life. Also the times are perfect for work. It feels just like i’m going to a regular job and the hours I get a week fit me and my schedule. This experience is definitely awesome and I recommend it to anyone who wants to work a good and experienced job.