JOB CORPS NEWS

With the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi on-going, staff and students at Finch-Henry Job Corps Center took it upon themselves to help provide a little relief in the form of clean bottled H2O. All of the water was donated by members of the Finch-Henry staff after...

National signing day is fast approaching and the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center is already starting to see potential signees on center. Before our official signing day event we are welcoming future students to come take a tour and, find out all the benefits of attending...

Earlier this month Finch-Henry Job Corps Center BLC/WBL Reginald Jackson volunteered with Saving Families, a Sardis, MS based non-profit. Operated by its founder, Shari Smith, Saving Families seeks to enhance their community by providing more opportunities, helping...

This past Saturday Finch-Henry Job Corps Center had the pleasure of setting up a booth at The Panola County Juneteenth Festival held in The Town of Sardis. There were organizations of all kinds offering both helpful information, assistance, and goods representing down...

Finch Henry Job Corps would like to recognize and commend SE William Warrington on enlisting into the US Army! William was a great student and was admired by his instructors and other staff for being a model student. On 06/08/22 – 06/09/22, William attended Memphis...

Finch-Henry management staff sponsored a Zaxby’s lunch for the centers academic and trade instructors in celebration of Teacher’s Appreciation Week on last Thursday. Hungry instructors chowed down on chicken fingers, fries, salads, veggies, sliders and cookies fresh...

May 5th marked our first day of the 8 Dimensions of Wellness Display and The Finance Department did a phenomenal job with their display table. Mental Health Coordinator Hiawatha Sanford stands at the display table located in the academic building, its provides clear...

Finch-Henry BCL Reginald D. Jackson attended a meeting this past Thursday in Marks, MS, at the city’s welcome center. Marks is the starting point of the Poor Peoples Campaign led by Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968. The host of the meeting, Senator Robert L. Jackson,...

Twice in one week, Finch-Henry Job Corps Center represented at area career fairs. The first at Holmes Community College’s Career & Transfer Fair held at their Grenada campus. The table was manned by HR Manager Lucy Pittman and WBL/BCL Reginald Jackson. At the fair...

March 18th the women of Finch-Henry Job Corps Center celebrated Women’s History Month with a luncheon featuring chicken tenders, sandwiches, meatballs, dips, cakes, beverages and many other delicious foods. It was organized by administrative staff members, Lucy...

SE Key and SE Jarrett were instrumental in helping CPP staff retrieve job shadowing uniforms from SE’s moving forward in their skills. SE Key initiated the retrieval by asking other SE’s in uniform to bring them to him and he volunteered to return them to Mr. Griffin....

Finch-Henry Job Corps Center in Batesville, MS put on a show for area schools in celebration of Dr. Seuss’s big day! BCL Reginald Jackson along with TABE Reading Instructor Kim Turner and Testing/Disability Coordinator Bridgett Griffin, dressed as The Cat in The Hat,...

My name is Juliyah Erving and I am from Kosciusko, Mississippi. My Job Corps story begins after my high school graduation in 2014. I didn’t have much of a plan or an idea of what to do so, for a few years I bounced around from job to job until one day, a friend of...

Finch-Henry Job Corps Center, Center Director Mike Salazar and the Records Department put together a treat for all students on center. Staff members, Vernessa Loveberry, Renata Benson, and Sherley Lyons carefully and lovingly packed, bathe towels, wash cloths, socks,...

LaRenzo Rayborn was no stranger to hard work, prior to coming to the Finch-Henry Job Corp Center he had attended the Mississippi Job Corp, where he received his GED and trade (Technology Skills). With new career desires in mind, LaRenzo enrolled at Finch-Henry Job...

Two employees at the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center are delivering smiles to students on center during this trying time. With students mobility limited due to Covid 19, staff members Latasha Johnson and Verneka Watson recognized the need for a moral booster in student...

When Omarion Bobo arrived at Job Corps, he was without a high school diploma or a trade but determined to right the ship. Within two months of his arrival, the covid pandemic intended to make that an even more arduous task however, not even that could knock Mr. Bobo...

Finch-Henry Job Corps Center WBL/BCL Reginald Jackson met with United States Congressman Bennie Thompson at a community event in Marks, MS on last Friday. It was the first time the two had met, the congressman was pleased to hear that Job Corps would be working with...

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center’s Wellness Center had a pumpkin painting contest for the students on center. They had so much fun! The pumpkins are now on display in the wellness center.