JOB CORPS The Exeter Job Corps Academy Advanced Culinary Arts students and their Chef Mark Bennison joined RI Hospitality President/CEO Dale Venturini, Ms.. Heather Singleton, Chief Operating Officer of RIHA & Bahjat Shariff, CEO of Howley Bread Group and RI Hospitality...
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Exeter Job Corps recently hosted its Battle of the Trades event and it was an epic throw down. White jacket versus Black jacket Culinary students competed in a fierce competition chopped style. Teams of two were given two rounds to showcase their skills in an...
#Giving Back
Exeter Job Corps Student Government Association students regularly conduct a "change for change" donation where student's spare change is collected and donated to local foundations. This past month, the SGA decided to donate the money to Crossroads of RI, which is a...
Community Service Tomaquag Museum
On May 12th, Exeter Job Corps Career Preparation students volunteered at the Tomaquag Museum. Staff & students worked together to help clean the landscape, clean windows and paint an entrance ramp. The staff really appreciated Exeter's help in preparing the...
A Taste of North Kingstown Event ~ Quonset Airport
Taste of North Kingstown Event From land to air to sea, the taste buds soared as over 500 attendees sampled food at the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce Annual Taste of North Kingstown event. The chamber hosted this event on Thursday, May 12th at the Providence...
Job Corps Success Story
Exeter was pleased to welcome aboard new Outreach & Admissions Counselor Mr. Derek A. LeDoux. Here is Derek's story in his own words...... "As an Exeter native and a Job Corps graduate, the atmosphere here is not unfamiliar to me. About 8 years ago, I separated...
Exeter Job Corps Students Answer the Youth Service Call
On Saturday, April 23rd, Exeter Job Corps students & staff participated in an Earth Day event to help their local community. Students worked with a local organization, Ministerial Road Preservation Association to clean up a local scenic road with other members of...
A visit with US Senator Jack Reed
Exeter SGA students Cody Dutremble and Kenya Rivera participated in a special Ground Hog Job Shadow event at Senator Jack Reed's office in RI on February 26th. During this visit they had the opportunity to talk with Senator Reed about their career goals and what they...
Employer Partnership
• Culinary Arts and Advanced Culinary Arts students and staff attended the annual Boston Food Show on 3/14/16. As a result of this visit two employers are now partnering with EJCA, Morin Catering and Robert Ekkert, USDA food investigator.
RI Secretary of State – visits for Women’s Month
Ms. Nellie Gorbea, RI Secretary of State, visited with Exeter female students to celebrate the kick-off of Women’s month. She spoke about her unintentional rise into politics and spoke about how she is the first Hispanic women to be elected to office in Rhode Island....
Community Service ~ Ronald McDonald House
On March 10th 2016, a group of students and OA Coordinator Ms. Sparrow volunteered to help the Ronald McDonald House in Providence, Rhode Island. The Ronald McDonald House is a place where the families of children from infancy to 23 years old with cancer can unwind...
Ground Hog Job Shadow – Congressman James Langevin
Exeter Student Government Students Daniela Elsaw and Zachary Bailey were excited to be chosen to Job Shadow at U.S. Congressman James Langevin's RI office in honor of National Ground Hog Job Shadow week. When they arrived they were warmly greeted by the...
Community Service
On Wednesday, March 2nd, the Exeter Student Government Association students hosted a local organization called Hope Full RI on center as a Community Service event. Hope Full RI is an organization that works in conjunction with Adoption RI to help support children and...
GHJS trip ~ Arnolds Lumber
The Exeter Construction Instructor Mr. Perry and OA/Coordinator Ms. Sparrow chaperoned the trip. When they arrived they were greeted by two managers who provided an orientation about the company and facilitated a tour of the lumber yard. They had the opportunity to...
Exeter – Partnership Development
Exeter recently hosted a meeting with the powers to be at the Department of Labor & Training for the State of RI. Our guests, Dept. of Labor & Training Director Scott Jensen, Chief of Labor & Training Scott Greco and Deputy Director Susan Chompka had...
Exeter Students Kick-Off ~ Hunger Bowl Event
Culinary Arts Student Jordan Plante shared information about a recent event which she and fellow Culinary Students Kyle Soltys, Kevin Guibeau participated in called....the "Hunger Bowl." Our students worked under the guidance of Exeter Culinary Arts Instructor Chef...
EJCA celebrates Y2Y activities
Exeter Job Corps Academy students participating with Y2Y leadership students in peace building activities on campus 9/14/15. Ms. Kellianne Sparrow facilitated team building activities with multiple CTT and academic classes. Students really enjoyed the events and are...
RI Hospitality Association Executive Board May meeting held at Exeter Job Corps Academy May 1, 2012
Members of the Rhode Island Hospitality Association executive board held their quarterly meeting at the Exeter Job Corps Academy on May 1, 2012. Visitors included National Restaurant Association members, Newport Harbor Corporation, Hyatt Newport, Renassance Hotel,...
Congressman Langevin visits EJCA to recognize RI State Champions
Congressman James Langevin visited with EJCA Culinary Arts students and staff on April 5th to celebrate their recent RI ProSTART competition win. EJCA Culinary Arts students became the State Champions at the 2012 RI Culinary Arts competition. EJCA students were sponsored by USFOODS, J&W University, RI Hospitality Association and Adams and Associates for the National competition. Congressman Langevin spoke about the importance of Career and Technical Education as well as Industry Certifications for all young employees. He reviewed the value of education and being prepared for the workplace. Congressman Langevin is one of the co-chairs of the National Career Technical Training council.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (“PSN”)
Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard W. Rose (Rhode Island) nationally known for prosecuting the RI Plunderdome scandal. Attorney Rose is the Rhode Island representative for Project Safe Neighborhoods ("PSN") the Department of Justice initiative to reduce gun crimes. It...