JOB CORPS The Hartford Job Corps Academy is doing their part in support of the First Lady’s initiative “Let’s Move Cities & Towns” by taking specific steps to improve the school environment. We are planning activities that will increase physical fitness and implementing...
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Hartford Job Corps Academy & the 4th Annual Youth-4-Change Conference 2011
On Friday, June 3, 2011, students from the Hartford Job Corps Academy participated in the 4th Annual Youth-4-Change Conference held at Capital Community College in Hartford, CT. The event was sponsored by City Hall and the organizers of the conference included both...
Hartford Job Corps & “Call to Action: A Conversation of Race & Social Justice”
On June 10th, the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus was welcomed to the Bushnell’s Belding Theater to kick off a three-day celebration of the 200th birthday of author Harriet Beecher Stowe. The interactive community-focused program ignited a call to action on three...
Hartford Job Corps Academy: “Mentor a Job Corps Student Day”
On June 9th, the Hartford Job Corps Academy sent two students for a one-day internship with Congressman John B. Larson where the Congressman and his staff exposed the students to the inner workings of a congressional district office. Melissa Jackson, Student...
Hartford Job Corps Academy participates in Global Youth Service Day
On April 15th and 16th, students from the Hartford Job Corps Academy participated in the national initiative Global Youth Service Day sponsored by the local organization Our Piece of the Pie (OPP). On Friday students from the C.N.A. class volunteered at Avery Heights in Hartford, Conn., a multi-tiered retirement community. Working one-on-one with seniors who attend the adult day section of the complex, students helped them create personalized cards for the upcoming holiday.
Additionally on Friday, HJCA CPP classes helped Foodshare sort and pack various fruits and vegetables that will be sent to local food shelters, while other HJCA students put their physical and technological expertise to the test during a fun filled Wii bowling game competition against seniors at the Avon Senior Center. Much to their chagrin our students quickly discovered that youth and being savvy at computer games doesn’t necessarily add up to winning, as the seniors mustered up the agility and skill to beat several of the students, the oldest senior of which was ninety-five!
Students from Intermediate Studies volunteered at the American School for the Deaf where they participated in an assembly, did spring clean-up around the grounds and learned to communicate through sign language.
On April 16th, HJCA students in collaboration with the Lutz Museum in Manchester, Conn. volunteered at the Oak Grove Nature Center where they helped with the preparation of the area by getting the trails ready for hikers and assisting with various painting projects. The Nature Center houses Connecticut’s official groundhog.
Eight students volunteered to work alongside members of the Ebony Horse Woman, a non-profit organization whose mission is to work with inner city youth helping them to learn positive behaviors through the use of horses. Working alongside the organization’s members, the students helped with spring clean-up on the farm along with painting their new goat house.
Hartford Job Corps Participates in Speed Networking Event
The following article appeared in the Connecticut Department of Labor internal online intranet news site called Labor Line on March 7th , which is distributed to all state employees. Article on Speed Networking Event
Manufacturing Company Hires Hartford Job Corps student
Gregory Riach was selected to participate in a work-based learning opportunity at Masterson’s Manufacturing in February 2011. Greg was eager to learn new skills and the employer recognized his motivation and enthusiasm right away. Through the hands on work-based...
Hartford Job Corps Students Serving in the Community
On February 11, 2011, two students from the C.N.A. Program assisted the Recreation Therapist at the Jefferson House located in Hartford, Conn. The organization, affiliated with Hartford Hospital, offers a variety of rehabilitative services for the elderly. Hartford...
Hartford Job Corps Academy partners with CT Department of Labor
Six students at the Hartford Job Corps Academy are turning out some nice looking work these days as part of the school’s recently-formed photography team. The members of the group, ages 17 to 23, are currently displaying a number of their pictures in an exhibit in...
Community Relations Council Chair Honored:Keeping our Communities Connected Annual Reception
The Hartford Job Corps Academy recognized its Community Relations Council Chairperson and Deputy Speaker Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey (D-Hartford) representing Hartford's 5th Assembly District for her commitment to the youth of Hartford on October 12th at the Developing...
Faces of Job Corps: Denise Saez
Denise Saez came to the Hartford Job Corps Academy at age 18. A high school dropout since the age of 14, she left behind a life of turmoil and confusion and hoped that Job Corps could help her find her footing and reclaim her life....
Hartford Job Corps Academy–Speed Networking Luncheon
Hartford, CT. – The Hartford Job Corps Academy will host its 2nd Speed Networking Luncheon at Connecticut’s State Capitol. Speed networking, it turns out, is similar to speed dating, where potential mates meet in a low-pressure environment to chat for a few minutes...
Job Corps intern gets high marks from Welfare to Work Unit friends
His final grade will, of course, come at the conclusion of his internship here at the Connecticut Department of Labor and ultimately be decided by his Hartford Job Corps Academy instructors. Mr. Freitas’ new friends in the Welfare to Work unit, where he’s assigned...
Hartford Job Corps Academy Celebrates Success of Students
Family and friends will be among those congratulating Hartford Job Corps Academy’s Summer Class of 2010 graduates during the commencement exercises taking place Friday, August 06, 2010. A total of 85 young men and women, students in the Hartford Job Corps’ Health Care...