Abigail Dehay, an 11th grade student in the KEYS High School Independent Study program, has begun a job with a San Bernardino law firm. She had previously worked as an intern, but had done so well she was offered a paid position with J. Patrick Ragan Law Office, which practices corporate and business law, usually dealing with the incorporation of businesses and their legal upkeep.
“My line of interest lies in legal work,” she said. “This was a really great achievement for me, coming from a high school student who has a large interest in becoming a lawyer.”
Abigail’s duties have included greeting clients, bookkeeping, updating corporate files and sorting discover correspondence between lawyers.
She worked for a full day twice weekly, and upon completion of her internship was offered a job.
Abigail attended the Mosaic program for middle school before coming to KEYS. She chose KEYS over traditional high school, she said, because “It felt like I went to class and did pointless work to keep me busy, like crosswords and color worksheets. Here I do work that is necessary to help me learn, boycotting the ‘busy-work’ I received in traditional high school.”
Her favorite subject is English, she said, “because I love to write, debate and read.” Other interests include travel and going to concerts.
