JOB CORPS Mykel Lynch wanted to be a truck driver. Even after his training in Material Handling at Finch-Henry Job Corps Center, he was so far behind in academics, he wondered if he could ever get the real job he wanted. Mykel pursued his career by contacting ACE Training...
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Job Corps leads efforts to prevent bullying
The Finch-Henry Job Corps Center invites everyone to join in the Run, Walk, Roll Against Bullying on October 20 at Trussell Park. “People ask about the‘Roll,’ said center leadership coordinator Gwendolyn Hayes. “We want people in wheel chairs to feel welcome.” Every...
Finch-Henry students will renovate building
FHJCC Student Government Association President Crystal James (left) presented the FHJCC Community Relations Council with a framed souvenir from her summer internship in the offi ce of Representative Bennie Thompson. Accepting the photo was CRC president, Batesville...
Finch-Henry Job Corps Center Welcome Student from Washington DC Intership
Finch-Henry Job Corps Center student Crystal James of Indianola, center, was welcomed back to the center when she returned from working as a summer intern for Rep. Bennie Thompson in Washington. Thompson had visited FHJCC in the spring and had offered the internship....
Finch-Henry Job Corps Center participates in national event
For the second time in Job Corps’ successful 48-year history of serving America’s out-of-school, out-of-work youth, the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center along with 125 Job Corps campuses across the nation will host the “NationalJob Corps Commencement Day” August 3. The...
Job Corps Student Selected to Intern in Congressman Office
Crystal James, 20, of Indianola, Mississppi is a Finch Henry Job Corps Student. Ms. James has been selected to intern this summer in the office of Congressman Bennie Thompson in Washington, DC. Ms. James was selected out of a group of her peers. She is an active...
Dress for Success
Finch-Henry Job Corps Center student Deante Blanchard, 19, of Tupelo models appropriate business casual attire for next week’s Job Fair at the Batesville Civic Center. Blanchard has completed the center’s office assistant program and plans to enroll at Northwest...
Congressman Bennie Thompson Visits Finch Henry Job Corps Center
Bennie Thompson visits the Batesville Mississippi center and spoke to the student body concerning Black History and used his own life story as a teaching tool to encourage the student body. Congressman Thompson offered an internship to a student of the center which...
Finch Henry Job Corps Now a tobacco free Center
Finch-Henry Job Corps Center offi cially celebrated its new status as a tobacco free campus with a ribbon cutting last week. Students, staff members and local offi cials, including (from left) Donna Smith, Ina Bibbs, Gladys Ellis, Quinlan Williams, Sonyama Jackson,...
Finch Henry spreads Christmas Joy
Representatives of the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center Student Government Association (SGA) and choir took to the road spreading the joy of Christmas, by performing Christmas carols to residents in several local communities. Gentlemen of the Dignity and Mercy Adult Day...
Panola native latest to learn at family’s paper company
Finch-Henry Job Corps student Dedrick Blackburn (right) began work Monday at Panola Paper Company where he had spent the month of October enrolled in work-based learning. FHJCC business/ community liaison Roger Given (left) coordinates with area employers, including...
Boys & Girls Club
On Thursday, September 22 five (5) Finch-Henry Job Corps Center student employees participated in a community service event at the Boys & Girls Club in Grenada, MS. The students helped the club staff to prepare for their “Youth Day Event” at the center. Students...
Healthy Eating and Lifestyles program
The Finch-Henry Job Corps Center has launched a Healthy Eating and Lifestyles program for its students and teachers. The center has adjusted the menu to reduce the sugar and salt in the food and is preparing the food in a healthier manner. A professional trainer from...
Finch Henry Community Service
(Pictured L – R: Phillip Logan (Welding); Ashley Walker, Concetta Amescua, and Clyde Judge (Office Assistant); and Jamie Seay, Teacher Assistant at Batesville Intermediate School)...
Finch Henry Student Present Graduate’s Appeal
Graduate Trenae Williams Right and her mother ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tranae Williams of Grenada, Mississippi presented the graduate's appeal during the graduation ceremony. She...
Finch-Henry Graduates Participate in First-Ever
Contact: Roger Givens, Business and Community Liaison 662-609-9424 August 31, 2011 Students from the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center participated in National Job Corps Commencement Day on August 30. For the first time ever, graduation celebrations...
National Commencement Day At Finch-Henry Job Corps Center
State Representative Chuck Espy of Clarksdale shook hands with graduates of the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center during their summer commencement Tuesday. Center Director Cordella Smith (left) presented diplomas to each graduate as they walked...
SGA Officers of Finch Henry Job Corps Serve in the Batesville Community
The Finch-Henry Job Corps Center Student Government Association Executive Officers, along with staff, provided community service for the “First Annual Juneteenth Day” at Patton Lane Community Park. The SGA Officers and staff assisted the park staff with activities,...
Star Student at Finch Henry Job Corps Center
Grace Health and Rehab of Grenada, MS has been an employer partner with Finch-Henry Job Corps for several years. Most recently, they hired graduate Jaquita Simpson, CNA, a native of Charleston, MS. In an recent employer feedback, Staff Development Coordinator, Lynn...
Nunnelee Marks First Visit to Finch-Henry Job Corps
Welding student Patrick Watt (left) of Memphis describes welding patterns to 1st District Congressman Alan Nunnelee and aide Walt Starr Friday, June 10, 2011 at the Finch-Henry Job Corps Center in Batesville. Nunnelee, a freshman congressman from Tupelo, was making...