JOB CORPS The Montgomery Job Corps Center was honored to have Dr. Delvin Seawright as their Summer Commencement speaker. Dr. Delvin D Seawright is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. He grew up in Smiley Court which is a community in the Job Corps’ neighborhood. He was a 1992...
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Montgomery Job Corps Accounting Student Hired by the Montgomery Public School System as Guidance Aide
Montgomery Job Corps Accounting Services student Shenequa Ellis is from Gadsden, Alabama. She came to Montgomery Job Corps Center with her high school diploma. The student fast tracked while in the CPP Phase. She is an outstanding student and role model for other student workers. She works diligently on her craft and is very professional. Due to her hard work while on Work Based Learning, she was recently hired at Bellingrath Junior High as the schools’ Guidance secretary. Student Ellis hopes to enroll in college to pursue a degree in Accounting while she continues working for the Montgomery Public School System. She is truly an outstanding student worker
Montgomery Job Corps students meet Phil Griffin the President of MSNBC
Several Montgomery Job Corp students got the opportunity to meet and take a picture with Phil Griffin who is the President of MSNBC . This meeting took place during the Selma to Montgomery March commemorating Bloody Sunday.
Montgomery Job Corps Students Meet with Congresswoman Martha Roby
Montgomery Job Corps students meet with Congresswoman Martha Roby On February 21,2012 several students from the Montgomery Job Corps Center had the opportunity to meet with Congresswoman Martha Roby. this was a very delightful meeting and our students were able to...
Mongomery Job Corps Students participate in the United way’s NFL Play 60 Event
Montgomery Job Corps students recently participated in the United Way's NFL Play 60 event. In October 2007, the NFL launched NFL PLAY 60, a national youth health and fitness campaign focused on increasing the wellness of young fans by encouraging them to be active...
Lawanda Pace represents the Montgomery Job Corps Center in the Oratory Competition
Montgomery Job Corps Oratory Dec.2011
The Montgomery Job Corps Center Participates in the Academic Olympics
The Academic Olympics competition was held in Frenchburg Kentucky and was an exciting and fun-filled event for our students. The competition featured questions from GED competency materials and covered language arts, science, mathematics, spelling, and current...
Montgomery Job Corps’ Summer Commencement
The Summer Commencement Ceremony for the Montgomery Job Corps Center was filled with excitement and joy as more than 120 graduates walked across the stage to receive their diplomas.The Speaker for this occasion was Corporal Daryl Easterling of the Montgomery Police...
Montgomery Job Corps hires Summer Graduate
The Montgomery Job Corps Center recently hired Mr. Matthew Daniels as a Maintenance Tech. Both Staff and students were elated to see Matthew back on the center, but in a professional capacity. During Matthews tenure as a student Matthew would on numerous occasions go...
Montgomery Job Corps Teams up with Local Scouting Troop
On June 13th through the 16th from 9am to 3pm , twelve students from Montgomery Job Corps and the Boy Scouts from Troop 307 from Aldersgate United Methodist Church teamed up with Christopher Allen to work on his Eagle Scout Project. Christopher’s project is named...
Montgomery Job Corps Students Tour Weather Station
On June 16, 2011, Safety Officer Earlethia Atchison accompanied several students on a tour of local weather station channel 12 (WSFA-TV). Meteorologist and storm team reporter, Josh Johnson, conducted the tour. The purpose of this tour was to educate the students on...
Montgomery Job Corps Center celebrates Groundhog Shadow Day
The staff and students of the Montgomery Job Corps Center celebrated their Grounghog Job Shadow Day Activities on January 28th, 2011. MJCC’s on site Job Shadow Day began on January 28th, 2011. This day provided an opportunity for our students to get an up-close look at how the skills they are learning daily are utilized within the workplace. This activity also gave our students an opportunity to see the technical aspect of our jobs. It also allowed our students to see and understand the more methodological and educational aspect of our jobs. Students were assigned to each employee to work in their position for the day. Each instructor forwarded their recommended Shadow for their class and assisted them with preparations. Each instructor stressed to the shadows the importance of preparing themselves for great careers.
Groundhog Job Shadow Day had a multitude of benefits for MJCCand its community. It demonstrated the connection between academics and careers. It also fostereds partnerships between MJCC and businesses that enhanced the educational experience of all students. Most importantly, Job Shadow Day introduced students to the requirements of professions to help them prepare to join the workforce, and encouraged an ongoing relationship between its young people and caring adults.
Montgomery Job Corps Center Begins New Mentorship
What: Mentorship formed through Tau Beta Pi and Mrs. Deanne Stirm. Through this partnership Mr. A.J. Pruitt, an engineer with Alabama Power begins to mentor Montgomery Job Corps students. Mr. Pruitt is attended Auburn University where he received a B.S. in Electrical...
Montogmery Job Corps Center host Thanksgiving Dinner for Senoir Citizens within the Community
The Montgomery Job Corps Center recently hosted Thanksgiving Dinner for roughly twenty five senior citizens within the job corps community. This is an annual celebration for all of our community volunteers as well as the seniors within our community. Some of the...
Montgomery Job Corps Thanksgiving Community Donation
The Student Government Association recently journeyed out into the community to deliver Thanksgiving meals with all of the trimmings to needy families within the Montgomery Job Corps Community. This activity was twofold, it reinforced the kindness of the human...
Montgomery Job Corps Commemorates September 11th
On Friday September 10th the staff and students of the Montgomery Job Corps Center held a ceremony in honor of the victims of 9/11. The ceremony was opened with a slide presentation that presented before and after pictures of Ground Zero and several other sites affected by this horrific terrorist attack. The slide presentation was folllowed by the reading of an original poem written by one of our very own students. After the heartfelt poem was read, ACT student Candance Caldwell sang a wonderful rendition of “America the Beautiful”. As the culmanating end to this ceremony the entire staff and students walked out to the The Flowering Cherry Tree where numerous red, white, and blue balloons were released in honor of this great place we call America and to pay tribute to the victims and their familys.
Montgomery Job Corps Graduates Celebrate a New Beginning
The Montgomery Job Corps Center was filled with balloons, cheers, and smiles July 30th, 2010, as family and friends showed their support for nearly 149 graduates. Certified Nursing Assistant Ms. Lawanna Logan was all smiles as she walked across the stage to receive...