JOB CORPS Career Transition Staff, Dominique Vinas and Caitlin Ursini had the pleasure of stopping by Fresh Start Café in Newburgh, NY. Not only did the food smell delicious, the environment was so vibrant it could brighten up anyone’s day. There is some irony in the name of...
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Job Corps Students Receive Red Cross College Scholarships
Three Delaware Valley Job Corps students were awarded Red Cross college scholarships in the amount of $833 each. Lourdes Centeno, Geomaris Perez Bonano and Jaynay Fernandez are currently enrolled in the centers Advanced Career Training (ACT) program and will be...
Citizen Preparedness Training
On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 the Security Trade was provided with Citizen Preparedness training by 1LT Brett White and 1LT Thomas Frost from the NYS National Guard. Eugene Lucchese from the NY Division of Homeland Security Emergency Services' Office of Emergency...
Search and Rescue Presentation
On Monday, June 6, 2016 the Northeast Search and Rescue team visited the Delaware Valley Job Corps Security Trade students and provided an overview on the duties of a volunteer search and rescue member to the Security Trade. They demonstrated the use of a K9, that has...
ELH Assists at Fremont Park
On Friday, April 15, Orion Darder, Counselor and Eric Possemato, ELH Trade Instructor participated in community service at the Fremont Park in Fremont Center, NY. The students cleaned, painted, raked, and did many other spring sprucing up chores as needed to prepare...
Culinary Arts Challenge
Last week, the Culinary Arts class had the challenge and privilege to prepare food for a fundraiser headed by Miss Amy Lohmann. After much planning, prepping and taste testing, the day finally arrived. During the week of April 11, the Culinary Trade prepared 350...
DVJCC Assists at Kiwanis Club Breakfast
On Sunday March 20th students from the Culinary Arts and Hotel and Lodging programs, along with Center Director Mr. LaFleur volunteered their time to help the Callicoon Kiwanis Club put on their annual Palm Sunday pancake breakfast at the Delaware Youth Center. The DV...
Y2Y DVJCC Students Attend NYATEP Conference
Students from Delaware Valley attended the NYATEP Conference in Saratoga Springs, NY including Mikaeel Puckerine, and Gerard Benton, along with our Work Based Learning Coordinator, Khairanis Padu. Mikaeel Puckerine (a.k.a. “Fly Mike”) states that, “old school rap has...
Congressman Gibson visits Delaware Valley
On Wednesday, March 30, 2016, we had the great pleasure of having our New York State Congressman from the 19th District, Chris Gibson, visit our Center to attend the quarterly Community Relations Council meeting. In attendance with him, was Paula Brown his Delhi...
Outdoor Explorers
On April 1, 2016, the Delaware Valley Visionary Committee, Recreation Department and the CSIO Department sponsored an off center camping trip to camp Koinonia. A total of 22 students attended the three day camping trip participating in tent setup, proper fire pit construction and learning how to build rustic tables out of knots and twine. […]
Ground Hog Shadow Day
On Tuesday, February 2, 2016, the students teamed up with the staff to participate in Ground Hog Shadow Day. Mr. Padu, our Work Based Learning Coordinator and Mr. English, Deputy Center Director, generated and supervised what soon became a successful event. Several...
DVJCC Y2Y Students Go To Washington
In the fall of 2015, Youth 2 Youth (Y2Y) was introduced to the Job Corps Centers. Students on center got involved, staff got involved, and pledges were signed to be violence free. One of our Carpentry Students, with the help of staff, produced at Y2Y video, that we...
SGA Talent Show Hits the Heights at DVJCC
On Wednesday, November 18, the house was rocking as a cavalcade of students and students and staff show cased their musical and dancing talents. The all STAR cast of "Not Ready for Prime Time" performers dazzled a packed house with a variety of acts from rap to...
DVJCC Volunteers in Jeffersonville
On Saturday, October 10 & 11, twenty students volunteered in Jeffersonville, NY for their Octoberfest celebration. The students handed out handfuls of "Holi-color" (cornstarch and food coloring) to onlookers to help color local K-6 students, worked game booths...
Eagles & Bulldogs Tip Off
Returning to the court, the Delaware Valley Eagles hosted the Oneonta Bulldogs in a matinee tip-off on October 18. With the "excitement and energy" building even before the start of the game, the Eagles had a number of new faces on the team. The game started with...
40th Anniversary Gala Celebrated
On October 17, 2015, students from the Culinary and Hotel /Lodging trades gathered to assist at the former Narrowsburg Central School to serve the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance at their 40th Anniversary Gala celebration. Students began the evening by helping to...
Culinary Students Help With Annual Harvest Dinner
On October 15, 2015 twelve Culinary students traveled to the United Church of Roscoe to help serve their Annual Harvest dinner. The dinner is a traditional turkey dinner, mashed potatoes, vegetables, stuffing and all the fixings that come along with it. The students served all the food from the line and attended to the guests […]
Volunteering At The Callicoon Art Walk
On October 10 and 11, 2015 the Recreation staff along with ten students Volunteered at the Callicoon Art Walk in Callicoon, NY. The students assisted with setting up tents, moving tables, chairs, and bales of hay along with many other tasks. Our Culinary students...
Reading for Pleasure as a Job Corps Student
Reading books for pleasure is strongly linked to success in Job Corps, and in the workplace. Skilled readers generally go on to higher-paying jobs and have more opportunities to advance in their careers. However; To Read or no to Read, a 2014 report from the...
Job Corps Donates Blood
The quarterly Red Cross Blood Drive at the Delaware Valley Job Corps Center was a huge success. With over 47 units of blood collected, and 30 additional efforts we had a total of 90 students and staff go through the donation process. Students and staff from MOS,...