JOB CORPS Youth2Youth student ambassadors from Carl D. Perkins Job Corps celebrated Fathers' Day a bit early when they assisted the Floyd County Housing Authority with its fourth annual celebration of Fathers and Families on June 16. Y2Y Student Ambassadors Keana Davis and...
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Carl D. Perkins Job Corps culinary students work Cincinnati Reds game
Perkins Job Corps culinary students work Cincinnati Reds gameCulinary students from Carl D. Perkins Job Corps headed to the ball park June 18 to put their culinary skills to use. A total of 21 culinary students from Perkins Job Corps worked at the Great American Ball...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Students, staff join hundreds of volunteers for annual cleanup
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students and staff joined hundreds of other volunteers June 17 for the annual Ohio River Sweep. The massive clean-up project spanned the six states that border the Ohio River, including West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Volunteers picked up...
Solid culinary skills and a great work ethic are paying huge dividends for two students at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps.
Solid culinary skills and a great work ethic are paying huge dividends for two students at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps. Both students, Dassen Cook and John Burton, have landed paid summer jobs as a direct result of their work during their work-based learning...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Security and Protective Services students work U2 concert
Students from both the Advanced Security and Basic Security classes at Carl D. Perkins Job Corps were back in Louisville, KY, working again - this time at the U2 Concert held June 17 at the Papa John's Stadium. The last time the security students were in Louisville...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students assist with 4-H summer camps
Perkins students Keana Davis, Quadre Brown, Ines Kibukayire, and Elizabeth Sheer assist 4-H with Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) camps June 8, and June 9, the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students assisted the Floyd County Extension office with their...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students assist with Senior Olympics
The Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center assisted with the 31st Big Sandy Senior Games that were held at Dewey Dam on Friday May 20, 2017. This is the 10th year that the center has assisted with the games. Students always states this is one of their favorite events to...
Carl D. Perkins gets visit from Career Transition specialists from KY and West Virginia
Career Transition specialists meet with students nearing completion Kentucky Career Transition specialists were on center recently to meet with the Carl D. Perkins Career Transitional Readiness coordinators to discuss job opportunities for students who will soon be...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center honored for support and contributions to community
On May 23, the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center was recognized by the Floyd County Chamber of Commerce with a special "Thank You" award during the chamber's annual banquet. Perkins Job Corps was recognized for its outstanding support and contributions to the Floyd...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Jonathan Day, college graduate
From Drugs to College Graduate. These are the words from Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Jonathan Day. Day entered the Job Corp program after seeing a commercial about Job Corps. Day said, he had been praying for god to give him an answer to his prayers, he was...
Carl D. Perkins held Spring Graduation honoring twenty-one graduates
On May 12, 2017 the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps held its Spring graduation ceremony. Perkins had twenty one students that participated in the graduation ceremony, and had many family and friends travel to share their big day. Perkins was honored to have Commissioner of...
Carl D. Perkins Security & Protective Services Students work KY Derby
May -6 the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Security & Protective Services students had a chance of a lifetime to work at the KY Derby. The Derby is one of the most prestigious and popular sporting events held. Students left for Louisville on Wednesday May 3, with...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students assist with City of Prestonsburg Easter Egg Hunt
On Saturday April 8, Carl D. Perkins “Youth2Youth” Student Ambassadors assisted the city of Prestonsburg with their 2nd annual Easter Egg Hunt. Student ambassadors from the Culinary, Office Administration, and Security & Protective Services career technical...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students assist with mock disaster
Floyd County Emergency response officials along with several other counties participated in a mock earthquake, rupturing a 20-inch gas line near Prestonsburg Elementary School, causing an explosion. Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Security Students assisted with the mock...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center receives orientation for the KY Derby
Thursday , April 5 Frank Moreau from Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) from Louisville, KY came to do orientation with Security & Protective Services Advanced Training and Basic Students for the upcoming KY Derby and KY Oaks event. The Derby and the Oaks is...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Student speaks during ceremony
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Milton Roney, who also attends Big Sandy Community & Technical College, spoke recently at a ceremony recognizing donation by the Varia family to the East Kentucky Science Center & Varia Planetarium. Milton also Shares the...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center helps Judi’s Place for Kids
Students help organization move into Prestonsburg office Carpentry students from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps put their job skills to practice as they assisted the organization Judi's Place move into its new satellite office in Prestonsburg, KY. Carpentry students...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center join Job Corps outreach staff in Lexington, KY
Perkins students join Job Corps outreach staff in Lexington Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students did a bit of Job Corps outreach and promotion recently when they joined Outreach staff at the Kentucky State boy's Sweet 16 Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington,...
Carl D. Perkins students visit Louisa Head Start Class to encourage reading
Perkins students visit Louisa Head Start Class to encourage reading "Oh the places you will go" read Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Jabori Lattimore to a group of preschoolers from the Louisa Head Start Class during Read Across America Day March 2. Students from...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps students work the SEC Tournament in Nashville, Tenn.
Carl D. Perkins Advanced Security & Security Students set out early on Friday March 10, 2017 to make their way to Nashville, Tenn for a once in a life time opportunity. Students were hired by Tipton Staffing out of Lexington, KY to provide security for the SEC...