Cyrus Daroowalla completed a 7-week internship from June to August 2014 at Carroll County Public Schools (CCPS) under the supervision of Nancy Codner in the purchasing department. He also assisted other departments including finance, food services, budget, payroll, internal audit, and human resources. As part of his internship, Cyrus separated purchase orders, checked cash receipts and timecards, used Excel and financial programs, and assisted with projects in internal audit and food services. He learned how to work in a professional environment and use financial systems. Cyrus enjoyed developing relationships with employees and would recommend the internship experience to others.

1. Created by Cyrus M. Daroowalla
June 2014- August 2014

2. Internship basics
 Worked at CCPS for 7 weeks
 Ms. Nancy G. Codner; Supervisor of
Purchasing
 Main department was purchasing
 Also worked for finance, food services,
budget, payroll, internal audit, and Human
Resources (H.R.) departments

3. Staff/Heads of different
departments
 Ms. Nancy G. Codner (Supervisor of
Purchasing)
 Mr. Christopher J. Hartlove (Chief Financial
Officer)
 Mr. Kenneth E. Keith (Supervisor of
Finance)
 Ms. Karen R. Sarno (Supervisor of Food
Services)

4. Main responsibilities
 Separated and filed purchase orders
 Added up and checked cash receipts for school
reports
 Checked/filed CCPS employees’ timecards
 Used Excel to enter important info./create
spreadsheets
 Used financial programs like E-Finance plus and
Newton to enter information into system

5. Additional highlights/activities
 Went to Winters Mill High School for
meeting for all CCPS employees
 Went to Pre-Bid meeting in July
 Went to Board of Education meeting in
August

6. Significant projects and tasks
Internal Audit
 Checked if there were two signatures on
each deposit slip for all 43 schools in CCPS
Food Services
 Registered all 700 students at CCCTC to
eat lunch as student at CCCTC

7. What I learned during my
internship experience
 How to work in a real world environment
 How to file purchase orders
 How to use financial systems to enter
important data/info.

8. What I will miss/remember about
internship experience
 Working with employees that I have
developed a good relationship with during
internship
 Using financial systems to enter data
 Going out to lunch with employees
 Having my own big desk to do my work at!

9. Would I recommend friends,
family, etc. to work at CCPS?
Absolutely!
Employees treat you like family
Very understanding/compassionate
towards you
Unique experience

10. Questions, concerns, comments…?