JOB CORPS Brandi- Denise Belle and Ms. Ubiera, CPP InstructoractiveBrandi-Denise Belle enrolled into Glenmont Job Corps Center on May 18, 2015 and during her enrollment, she completed the Security/MilCap program. Brandi also participated in the center’s Work Based-Learning...
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Glenmont JCC Celebrates National Soup Day
On Monday January 25, 2016 Glenmont Job Corps Center recognized National Soup Day. Both students and staff made soups from all around the world. The Student Government Association and the Culinary trade program worked together-to make Chicken Noodle Soup and a White...
Glenlmont Reading 1 Class Learning Vocabulary Through Rap
Reading 1 students are learning vocabulary through rap. Each week the students listen to a rap CD while reading along on paper. Each rap highlights key vocabulary words that are used throughout the lesson. After the students hear the rap on CD, one student volunteers...
Glenmont connects with DC#9 Painters Union and Schenectady Community College
pict with DC 9 union membersOn January 22, 2016 Glenmont Job Corps Center held its quarterly Facilities Maintenance Industry Breakfast in the Red Brick Café. Our Culinary Arts students, under the direction of Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Beth Koster, provided guests...
GLENMONT ATTENDS NYC JOB FAIR
NYC Job Fair 1-2106 On Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 the Glenmont and Delaware Valley Job Corps Centers’ Career Transition Services departments participated in a career fair at NYU in New York City. In attendance were students from all of the boroughs and many...
GLENMONT PRE-90 STUDENTS HAVE A BALL!
BALL BALL 2 Each week at 6 PM, students who have been at Glenmont JCC for less than 90 days participate in the Pre-90 Day Exclusive Club. Recreation and Counseling staff work together each week to provide different games or activities to help the students feel more...
GLENMONT CTS SPOTLIGHT: TANIA MENDEZ
TANIA MENDEZ Tania Mendez arrived at the Glenmont Job Corps Center on February 10, 2015 and while here, completed the Certified Nurse’s Assistant trade. Since her enrollment here, Tania demonstrated great work ethic and professionalism and was a positive contributing...
Glenmont Security Students Earn 16-Hr. Certification
Mr. Edward Mosso, Security/ MilCap Instructor, is proud to announce that eleven of his students have received their 16 hour "On the Job Training" Security Guard Certification. The next step for these students is fingerprinting and the submission of their Security...
Glenmont ELL Class Celebrates Their Success-1st Place in Achieve 3000
On Friday, Jan. 15th, 2016, Ms. Cory Lynch’s ELL class celebrated their victory after winning 1st place in the Achieve 3000 national reading contest. For their success, the class received a prize of a gift cardMs. Lynch used the gift card to treat the students to a...
Award-Winning Author Visits Glenmont Reading I Class
On Friday January 15, 2016 Dr. Eric Luper, a chiropractor and spoke with the Glenmont Author visits Glenmont Reading 1 ClassReading 1 class about the books he has written and about the process of taking an idea and turning it into a book. Dr. Eric Luper is an...
GLENMONT CPP Students Attend Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Event at VA Hospital
MKL EVENT1-2016MLK EVENT 2 1-2016When Glenmont Job Corps students were invited by one of Ms. Morin’s community contacts at the Albany Veterans’ Administration Hospital to attend a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event, CPP/Counseling Manager Ms. Dawn Hall jumped at the...
Glenmont Applied Academics Discusses “Rules of the Road”
Ms. Van der Wouden, Reading Instructor, and the Auto Technology Instructors Mr. De Salvatore and Mr. Van der Wouden teamed up for an Applied Academics session that focused on Driver Education and the “rules of the road” set by the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles....
Glenmont SGA Throws “Welcome Back Jam”
After a three week break, the Glenmont Job Corps Student Government Association held a “Welcome Back Jam” on Friday, January 7, 2016. Friends Dave Sukhram, Dominito White, and Jomar Andino were dressed to impress and ready to party. Emily Stamp and Gregory Stephens...
Glenmont Art Club Students Enter “Faces of Humanity” Art Contest
Thanks to Recreation Supervisor Mr. O’Brey, Ms. Morin found out about a local art contest. As a result, four of her Art Club student designed and created masks to submit into an art contest called “Faces of Humanity” last Friday. The students that submitted art work...
Glenmont Job Corps Students Enjoy Gymnasium Update
One of the most used areas at Glenmont Job Corps Center Recreation Building is the gym. The gym has hosted all kinds of events like basketball, kickball, soccer, and more. Because of its great use, the gymnasium had diminished over time. The Recreation Center is...
Glenmont Job Corps Alumni Update: Brittney Shifrin- Auto Technology
Brittney Shifrin: A Glenmont Success Brittney Shifrin is an Automotive Technology trade graduate who, after graduating from Glenmont Job Corps Center, completed the Automotive Advanced Training at Edison Job Corps Center in Edison, New Jersey. She told Mr. Van der...
Glenmont Job Corps ELL Wins First Place!
Before leaving for winter break, students in Ms. Lynch’s ELL class participated in Read to Succeed with Achieve3000. Achieve3000 is a student assessment tool that focuses on reading comprehension and vocabulary to increase students’ lexile levels. The Read to Succeed...
Culinary Student Gains Hands-On Experience in Kitchen
Yasmine Melendez Cooks Soup for GJCC Lunch Culinary Arts student Yasmine Melendez was able to gain some professional experience in the Glenmont Job Corps Center kitchen under the guidance of Chef Andy Riggs. Chef Riggs had Ms. Melendez prepare a soup for one of our...
Glenmont Job Corps Center Hosts First Instant Application Day
instant application day 12-29-15 Ms. Gayle Pausley and her Outreach and Admissions Counselors and Career Transition Specialists planned and executed an Instant Application Day on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from 10am-4pm. Ms.Pausley and Ms. Ann Marie Morin, BCL,...
GLENMONT STUDENTS COMPLETE OSHA CLASS
On December 9 and 11th, 2015, Mr. Van der Wouden, Auto Technology instructor brought in Dan Forney, a heating and plumbing contractor, Jason George from Snap-On Tools, and Dale Kleitgen from Albany Medical Security to assist him in teaching an OSHA class for students....