JOB CORPS On Monday, June 27th, 2016, Dr. Jim Riggs visited Glenmont Job Corps Center to speak our Grad-90 students about their futures and attending college. Dr. Riggs has an extensive background in community college leadership and instruction. He currently serves as Professor...
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New Equipment in the Glenmont Auto Garage!
Glenmont Job Corps Center Automotive Technology Garage is happy to report that they have just received two new pieces of equipment. Job Corps provided the funds to purchase a Hunter Tire Machine and a Road Force Bal-ancer. These two machines will enable our Automotive...
Senator Breslin Hosts Glenmmont JCC Students
On Thursday June 29, 2016 student leaders Jerome Blackwell, Robert Kenne-dy, Destin Fitzgerald, and Aktasia Thomp-son visited Senator Breslin at the State Capitol in Albany, New York. “I enjoyed his presence and he gave me a lot of insight on how he became a sena-tor....
Gregory Stephens II to Exeter Advanced Training
Gregory Stephens II enrolled at Glenmont Job Corps on August 11, 2015 and completed the Culinary Arts trade. Gregory, throughout his enrollment had been an exceptional and positive student who was always willing to assist in any capacity across the center. He also...
Fun in the Sun at Glenmont Job Corps Center
It’s finally summer and there was much fun to be had at the GJCC Recreation Center the past two weekends. Mr. Pailley, Recreation Supervisor, worked closely with Ms. Watts, Peer Leadership Coordinator and GJCC Student Government Association to plan outdoor events for...
Glenmont Bakes Muffins for “I Love My Park Day”
Ms. Morin, Business Community Liaison, received a letter of thanks from Ms. Joan Gavrilik of Friends of Bethlehem Parks and Recreation. In the letter Ms. Gavrilik thanks Glenmont Job Corps culinary students and Chef Beth Koster for baking muffins for “I Love My Park...
Glenmont CTS Spotlight- Larisa Bryan
“I am so excited to continue on my education. Thank you Glenmont.” -Larisa Larisa Bryan is a single mother from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, she en-tered Glenmont Job Corps May 28, 2015, since her enrollment had been a positive mentor to her peers. Larisa chose the...
Wellness Wednesday Discusses the TEAP Program at Glenmont
In Reading 1 class this week Mr. Fullard was our guest speaker for Wellness Wednesday. He spoke to the students about issues related to the TEAP program. He addressed some key topics such as: confidentiality, the Zero Tolerance Policy, students who are at risk for...
L Glenmont GBTQ Community Celebrates at Capital PRIDE Festival and Rally
Glenmont Job Corps students attended the 12th annual Capital Pride Celebration on Saturday June 11, 2016 with recreation staff, Ms. Stevens. The event started with a parade through the streets of Albany ending in Washington park. The celebrations continued with tons...
Hats Off to the Glenmont Grads!
On June 10th, 2016 Glenmont Job Corps Center held it’s quarterly graduation ceremony. It was a great day of celebrations for the students who returned to walk the stage for their diploma.The ceremony opened with a professional placing of the colors by four of our...
Glenmont Facility Maintenance Students Remodel Bathrooms
Facility Maintenance instructor, Mr. Bartley, reports that his students have been gaining hands-on experience as they work on remodeling the bathrooms in the Technical Building. FM students gutted both the boys and girls restrooms and remodeled them completely. They...
AmeriCorps Visits Glenmont Job Corps
On June 1st, 2016 our Outreach and Admis-sions Director, Ms. Gayle Paulsey, arranged for seven AmeriCorps members to visit GJCC. During an afternoon assembly they did a presentation of the AmeriCorps NCCC and FEMACorps programs. Students were engaged during the...
Women’s Empowerment Month at Glenmont Job Corps
June is “Women’s Em-powerment Month” at GJCC. Every Wednesday this month the counseling team and PLC will host another event for all female students. These topics include “Healthy Relationships” and “Conflict Management”. Each day will focus on sister-hood, unity,...
Anthony McLeod III Moves on to Become an Officer
Anthony McLeod II enrolled into Glenmont Job Corps Center on January 12, 2016 and while here, completed the Security/MilCap trade. Anthony entered the program with the goal of pursuing a career as Public Safety Officer and worked diligently throughout his entire...
Youth 2 Youth Ambassadors Present “The Question”
Glenmont Job Corps Center’s Youth 2 Youth Ambassadors recently held a program to raise awareness of bullying and violence in the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community. The event took place on Thursday May 19, 2016 during both lunch periods....
Glenmont Graduate Success: Taylor Suddard-US Army Combat Engineer
" Taylor Suddard, originally from Hague NY, graduated from Glenmont Job Corps Center last summer and is now enlisted in the US Army.", said CTS Ms.Caulkin. Taylor studied in the Security/Milcap program under Instructor Mr. Mosso. Ms. Suddard is now home on leave from...
Glenmont Graduate Sucess: Jamaule Harewood
Career Transition Specialist Ms. Calkin reports an update from Jamaule Harewood. Jamaule graduated from Glenmont Job Corps Center in January 2016 with certifications in Culinary Arts. He landed a job in his field and is now working at Frontier Field, which is home...
Glenmont Global Youth Service Day Participants Celebrate at Lawson Lake
Recreation staff Mr. Bowen and some of the students who participated in Global Youth Service Day celebrated at Lawson Lake in Albany,NY. Glenmont students had previously done community service painting and spring clean-up at a couple local organization sites. The...
Glenmont Math 1 Students Learn “Math in the Garden”
Thanks to Math Instructor Ms. Bosjolie, students in Math I are planting mini gardens to practice some of the concepts learned in the class. Students are learning about mean, median and mode as well as doing graphs and charts by studying the growth of plants they...
Glenmony CNA Students Tour Schenectady’s Ellis Hospital
Friday, May 6, 2015, Certified Nursing Assistant Instructor Ms. Halliwell escorted her students Angelica Aponte, Paul Cooper, Jamesha Brown, Jessica Miguel-Santos, Monica Scott, and William French to Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. A tour was given by Dan Rivers,...