JOB CORPS The carpentry class at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps, taught by Jeffery Daniels, took on an unusual project to assist a group of area quilting club members who wanted a Kentucky Start quilt clock for the front of the Floyd County Extension Office. That office is home to...
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Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Y2Y holds Candlelight Vigil
On Thursday March 22, the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Youth2Youth (Y2Y) students held a Candlelight Vigil in Downtown Prestonsburg for those4 who have been affected by violence. The event was to coincide with National Youth Violence Prevention week. The students worked...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Celebrates Read Across America Day
Prestonsburg, KY March 2, 2018. Students from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center held a classroom reading event with students at Porter Elementary on March 2, 2018 to celebrate the National Education Association's Read Across America Day 2018. Perkins also held a...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center host College/Career Fair
Perkins Job Corps holds Spring College/Career Fair The rain did not keep the fifty-two employers and colleges from showing up for the Perkins Spring College/Career Day, on Thursday March 1st. This has become a yearly event at the center one in the fall and spring....
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Advanced Security graduate talks with students about his career
Perkins Advanced Security graduate Marvin Lockett, 24 years old from Louisville, KY stopped by for a visit. Lockett completed Advanced Training in Security & Protective Services in October, 2017 and went straight to training for the KY State Reformatory. Lockett...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Security Student graduates and gains employment
Perkins Security & Protective Services graduate 18 year old Marquel Hayes from Louisville, KY enrolled in Perkins on May 23, 2017 without a high school diploma and no direction. Marquel quickly began to work in his high school class and trade. He knew he wanted to...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student lands job on graduation day
Kasey Hedrick 21 years old from Mount Sterling, KY lands job the same day he graduates from the program. Thanks to Kasey's training he received at Perkins Job Corps Center and his strong work ethic. Kasey received his high school diploma and electrical trade while in...
Carl D. Perkins student leaders shadow at the KY State Captiol
Carl D. Perkins students shadowed KY Senator Johnny Ray Turner on Thursday February 1st, in Frankfort, KY. Students along with business community liaison, Jimmie Wilson. Students had the opportunity to talk with Senator Turner and his staff on the day to day...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Student gets paid Work Based Learning Job
Carl D. Perkins Security & Protective Services Student Reginald Sapp used the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to land a job at Highlands Regional Medical Center as a Security Guard. Reginald attended the interview and stated that " he knew all of the...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students attend Unity March
Students from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center attended a Unity March in honor of Martin Luther King Day on Monday January 15, 2018 in downtown Pikeville, KY. The March ended at the Pikeville United Methodist Church with several guest speakers read Dr. Kings...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Recreation Leaders help out at Community Kitchen
Recreation Leaders began the New Year by volunteering and giving back at the Ashland Community Kitchen. Students spent several hours on Saturday January 6, assisting with meals, cleaning up and just talking with the guest. The mission of the Ashland Community Kitchen...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students enjoy the holidays with help from the community
Staff members and Homemakers assist students with ornament making. The Floyd County Homemakers Club of Prestonsburg, KY was on center in December to assist students with making Christmas ornaments, stockings and cards to take home for family and friends for the...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students get special gifts from Christian Appalachian Project
Not all students are able to go home for the holiday break. Some will be stay on center during Christmas and New Years. Students received gifts from the Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) on December 21,2017. Josh Ratliff Outreach Coordinator with CAP brought all 14...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Advanced Training students train at the shooting range
Carl D. Perkins Security & Protective Services Advanced Training (AT) class spent the day training, but not in their classroom. Students spent the day at Copperhead Shooting Range in Prestonsburg, KY learning parts of the firearms, proper loading and unloading,...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students win contest using their art and writing skills
Pictured Judeler, Noel Petit, along with his winning picture receiving his certificate from Floyd County Conservation Director Mr. Tony Grubb, Ms. Celeste Barnett along with her winning picture and her certificate. Not pictured Devonte Slaughter winner with his short...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student finds success in United States Army
Former Perkins Security & Protective student Damien Ganns, completed what he needed to do at Perkins and enlisted the United States Army in August, 2017. Damien,19 years old from Redding PA enrolled at the Perkins Job Corps in November 2016. He came needing his...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students assist Christian Appalachian Project
Students from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center assisted with the Christian Appalachian Projects annual Christmas Basket Program on December 5, 2017. Students registered families, assisted with parking and directing traffic, assisting families to their car. Guest...
Carl D. Perkins read Thanksgiving stories to Head Start Students
Perkins Job Corps student Tyler Celek reads a Thanksgiving story about giving to others. On Wednesday, Nov. 15, the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps "Reading to Lead" and "Youth2Youth" student leaders, along with their reading instructor Betty Barlett, headed to the Porter...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Security Students work Gary Allen Concert
Perkins Job Corps Advanced Training Security students put their training to use while working security for the concert of country music star Gary Allan on Nov. 10, at the East Kentucky EXPO Center in Pikeville, KY. Perkins students worked the entrance of the concert,...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student finds career of his dreams
Congratulations to Carl D. Perkins Security and Protective Services student Jabori Lattimore, who through perseverance and hard work, has achieved his goal of enlisting in the military. Lattiimore is heading to Fort Jackson, SC, for basic training in the U.S. Army,...