JOB CORPS 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...
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SE’s Instrumental in Helping CPP Staff
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 Celebrates Dr. Seuss’s 117th Birthday
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,...
Job Corps Success Story – Juliyah Erving
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 Gifts Comfort Care Packages
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 SUCCESS STORY
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...
Finch-Henry Job Corps Center Staff Goes the Extra Mile
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...
Student Success Story
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 BCL/WBL meets with US Congressman
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
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.
Finch Henry National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Employees at the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center in Batesville, Mississippi sport their custom t-shirts showing support for National Disability Employment Awareness Month. FH-Tshirts-1.jpg FH-Tshirts-2.jpg FH-Tshirts-3.jpg FH-Tshirts-4.jpg
Sharon McLaurin Oliver
My Success Story is on former student Sharon McLaurin Oliver. Sharon graduated from West Jones High School in Laurel, MS in 1987. In September of 1988 she enrolled into the Batesville Job Corps Center, which has been renamed to the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center. Sharon...
Philliecia Mack
As a 9th grade drop-out with no skills, from Greenville in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, it was hard finding support and a pathway to success for me but, I didn’t let that deter me from trying. In June 2011 I enrolled in Job Corps and was assigned to the...
Lilly Herring
After Graduating from the Jackson Public School System, Lillian L. Herring decided not to attend college, but to attend the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center. Her goal was to become a nurse. She entered the program on March 18, 2008. While enrolled at Finch-Henry, Lillian...
Ms. Kadajaih Babbitt
Ms. Kadajaih Babbitt enrolled at the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center, April 01, 2014. Ms. Babbitt a native from Nettleton, MS enrolled without a HSD and/or any transferable skills for employment. Babbitt enrolled as a 12TH grade completer who failed “two state test.”...
Mario Bennett
Mario M. Bennet entered the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center on November 17, 2009 to obtain his trade in Retail Sales and to obtain his High School diploma. Medical concerns prevented him from completing the 12th grade. He was raised by his mother in Iowa City, Iowa and...
Zatayyea M. Goodall
Graduate Zatayvea M. Goodall is a native of Weir, Mississippi and entered job corps on January 13, 2020. Student Goodall was voted student of the month in March 2020 just before departing center due to the Covid Pandemic. Ms. Goodall was an active student in the...
Faces of Job Corps
Former Finch-Henry Job Corps Center graduate, Jeremy Longino was sworn in as an alderman in the city of Hazlehurst, Mississippi on July 1, 2021. Jeremy completed Material Handling and Distribution while a student at Finch-Henry. He has made several trip back to offer...
Job Fair Student Workers Honored
A group of Finch-Henry Job Corps Center students were recently honored by the Governor of Mississippi and officials of the Governor’s Job Fair Network. Adam Todd, Job Fair Network Director, presented the certificates to four of the students during a luncheon sponsored...
Finch-Henry Students Welcomed by Mayor
The new students at Finch-Henry Job Corps Center were recently greeted by Batesville Mayor Jerry Autrey, a longtime supporter of the center. The students had the opportunity to receive a personal welcome and share with Mayor Autrey on their first full day on center as...