JOB CORPS Students work overtime assisting in lake clean up at Jenny Wiley State Park. Students form the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Security & Protective Services Class worked the week of March 13th going out on boats to clean up debris from the lake shore at Jenny Wiley...
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Carl D.Perkins Job Corps students attend Womens Symposium
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students along with a large crowd of local businesses and community members from throughout eastern Kentucky gathered to share ideas on how to achieve professional success during the 18th Annual Big Sandy Women’s Business Symposium held at...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center has big turn out for College/Career day
Carl D. Perkins hosted its annual Spring College/Career day on March 2, 2017. This year the center had forty-five employers and colleges attend the event, along with over three-hundred fifty local high school students. Companies and Universities in attendance were:...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps graduate comes back to motivate others during College/Career Day
Carl d. Perkins graduate comes back to motivate others during College/Career Day Perkins graduate 20 year old Tyler Williams from Weeksbury, KY had a different role during his visit on 3/2/17. Tyler a Perkins student from August, 2015 to October 2016, hadn’t been back...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps has partnership with Golden Corral
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center has new partnership with Golden Corral in Pikeville, KY. Golden Corral will be opening its doors in late March, with ten of Perkins Culinary students working. As part of the centers Work Based Learning and Leisure Time Employment...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center honors Finance Clerk Megan Harless
Congratulations to Megan Harless, finance clerk at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps for three years, who is the center's Employee of the Month. Harless is always willing to help other departments and goes above and beyond her normal job duties. "It's so rewarding being a...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Security & Protective Services students hired by Core Civic
Three will work at Tennessee correctional facility. Core Civic, a national leader in high quality corrections and detention management, has hired three Carl D. Perkins Job Corps graduates. Perkins students Ikyra Waters, 21, from Louisville, KY; Paul Rader, 18, from...
Volunteers receive plaque from Appalachian Hospice Care
Volunteers receive plaque from Appalachian Hospice Care Charly Sholty, volunteer coordinator for Appalachian Hospice Care, recently presented students from Carl D. Perkins Job Corps with a plaque of appreciation for their assistance with Appalachian Hospice Care's...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Culinary students work legislative ‘Meet & Greet’ event
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Culinary Arts students recently prepared and served refreshments for the Regional Kentucky Chamber Legislative Meet and Greet. State senators and representatives from the region attended, and guests were updated about the Kentucky Chamber's...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Centers Fundraising campaign supports services for Kentucky kids
The Student Government Association along with Y2Y student ambassadors and staff of the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center recently held a center-wide fundraising campaign in honor of giving back to others. The campaign, one of several "Day of Service" projects the...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center 5th in the Nation
Congratulations to Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center, which is now ranked 5th in the nation in the Outcome Measurement System. The OMS ranks the quality and effectiveness of programs at Job Corps centers across the nation. A true testament to the hard work and...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Students give their skills and time to support community
Students from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center's Carpentry Class honored Martin Luther King Jr. a bit early when they performed a week of service Jan. 9-14 at Fitzpatrick Baptist Church in Prestonsburg, KY. Students Ismael Perez, Brandon Harless, Austin Justice...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps attends KY Chamber Banquet
January 5, 2017 Business Community Liaisons Jimmie Wilson, Carl D. Perkins Job Corps , Karen Robinson, Muhlenberg Job Corps, Nyra Seyrs, Earl C. Clemons, Jannette Sweeney Whitney M. Young along with KY Outreach & Admissions Amber Haag, Chris Turley, and Shannon...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps helps young man find career
Donte Ashley Newman 23 of Lakeland Florida, enrolled in the Perkins Job Corps Center in March 2014 to pursue the Security & Protective Services (SPS) Trade. Donte said he came to job corps to find a career and that he did. While at Perkins Donte worked hard and...
Carl D. Perkins sends students off for break with a holiday dinner
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center gave their students a Holiday Dinner with all the trimmings and good old St. Nick himself. Students enjoyed a nice dinner while staff served each table, Holiday tunes played throughout the cafeteria, while Santa visited and talked with...
Carl D. Perkins has Kindness Day
The Perkins staff also had hot chocolate and candy canes for students after they shopped. This was in part of a special day of kindness that was held on center Monday December 13th. Positive notes were displayed throughout the center, and staff and students alike did...
Carl D. Perkins holds last graduation of 2016
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps celebrated the accomplishments of 23 new graduates during the center’s last commencement of 2016, held on Dec, 2. Graduation speaker Staff Sergeant Davin S. Ericson spoke about the opportunities available to the new graduates, and stressed...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Renews Partnership with University of Pikeville
Carl D. Perkins renewed partnership with the university of Pikeville. On Tuesday November 29, 2016 students began Work based Learning internship at the University of Pikeville, in Pikeville, KY. Seven Culinary students will work Monday –Thursday in the cafeteria...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Has New Work Based Learning Partnership
Carl D. Perkins is proud to announce the new WBL partnership with the Floyd County Sheriff’s Department. Students from the Perkins Advanced Training Security & Protective Services Program and Office Administration program began the internship on Wednesday...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps help families in need
Tuesday December 6, students didn't work on reading or math skills in Ms. Debora Osborne's and Betty Bartlett's class, they learned about doing for others expecting nothing in return. Students worked for several days for the First United Methodist Church in...