JOB CORPS Archive for "New Haven Job Corps Center"
New Haven Job Corps Students Support Non-Violence Among Youth
The Youth 2 Youth: Partners for Peace campaign, is a Job Corps student-led initiative. “Y2Y Week” began Monday, September 14, and concluded Friday September 18, 2015. During Y2Y Week, Job Corps Student Ambassadors across the country will officially announce Y2Y to...
New Haven Job Corps Student Job Shadow
The Groundhog may have seen his shadow, but the New Haven Job Corps Students saw opportunity with shadowing various different trades in their related fields. The Culinary Arts students (photos attached) learned a lot job shadowing the cafeteria at the Connecticut...
NEW HAVEN JOB CORPS CENTER CELEBRATES PROGRAM’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
(New Haven, CT) – Nestled at the base of West Rock State Park, the New Haven Job Corps Center the direction of the future hundreds of youth is formed. The Center recently invited local officials, neighbors, and graduates to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Job...
New Haven Job Corps Students Participate In Hour of Power
Several students at the New Haven Job Corps Center are participating at the Brennan-Rogers Family Resource Center in their "Hour of Power" under the guidance of Ms. Lensley Gay, who is the Site Coordinator for the State Department of Education at Brennan- Rogers...
AmeriCorps Public Allies visit New Haven Job Corps Center
Pay It Forward, was the message that AmeriCorps Public Allies conveyed to the students at a recent assembly, describing employment opportunities within their program. Public Allies is a national movement grounded in the conviction that everyone leads. They believe...
Earth Week Blooms at The New Haven Job Corps Center
Flowers, flowers everywhere! The New Haven Job Corps Center celebrated Earth Week in a big way with Mother Nature’s impeccable timing to give bloom just in time for the celebration. Daffodils covered the center painting the landscape in yellows and whites, while...
New Haven Job Corps Students Have A Dream
New Haven Job Corps Students have a dream about their future, and they shared that dream with hundreds of community members, organizations, and schools in downtown New Haven that participated in an event which was a tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King who 50 years...
New Haven Job Corps Students Walk for Autism
New Haven Job Corps Center C.N.A. students made a difference by holding a fundraiser realizing over $700 for students for attending the Connecticut Center for Child Development (CCCD) by holding a fundraiser to raise awareness for Autism. Since its establishment as a...
New Haven Job Corps Center Educates on Safety
The month of June saw the arrival of Universal Safety Month, and kicking off the awareness program, the Culinary Arts students presented a food safety program at a student assembly. Students demonstrated, with audience participation an interactive educational piece...
New Haven Job Corps Students Help Olympians
A New Haven Job Corps Transportation Department driver drove that extra mile towards helping others. Anna Killian took ten students to volunteer at the Special Olympic Summer Games held at Southern CT University just down the street from the New Haven Job Corps...
Congresswoman DeLauro Visits New Haven Job Corps Center
U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro toured the New Haven Job Corps Center recently, spending much time speaking with staff and students one- on- one. Following a trip to the dorms, and chatting with students in their GED writing class, Congresswoman DeLauro spent time in...
New Haven Job Corps Culinary Arts Students Win Award
Chocolate, Chocolate everywhere! Culinary students participated for the second year in a row in the Valentine Chocolate Festival taking first place in the amateur division, held in the Student Center at St. Thomas Moore Chapel, at Yale University. This was an elegant...
New Haven Job Corps Has Record Donation for Blood Drive
American Red Cross Blood Drive – Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.) students worked together recently, with the staff of the American Red Cross, to insure the comfort of donors during a recent blood drive hosted by the New Haven Job Corps Center. Set up began at...
New Haven Job Corps Center Students Spread Good Will
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”, when students at the New Haven Job Corps Center come caroling! Students from all six trades participated in good will this holiday season by caroling at a local senior residential care living facility where residents joined...
NEW HAVEN JOB CORPS CENTER ANNOUNCES EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Alison Heery, Culinary Arts Instructor at the New Haven Job Corps Center, has been named Employee of the Year by Career Systems Development Corporation (CSD). CSD is the primary contracted operator of nine Job Corps Centers, including New Haven, and acts as a...
New Haven Job Corps Center Students “Pay It Forward”
New Haven Job Corps Center students “pay it forward” this holiday season. From collecting Toys for Tots, to singing carols at a local senior living facility, including baking cookies and gingerbread houses for the community, students are hard at work making...
New Haven Job Corps Students Hold Food Drive
The Student Government Association of the New Haven Job Corps Center held a canned and non-perishable food drive for two local food pantries. Staff at the Center were able to “dress down” to business casual on Fridays, by bringing in at least three non-perishable...
The Power of Pink at The New Haven Job Corps Center
New Haven Job Corps Students, armed with the “power of pink” raised over $300 for breast cancer recently with a walk spearheaded by the CPP students. For a $7.00 donation, students and staff tie-dyed pink t-shirts, then sported the same walking the mile-long block...
NEW HAVEN JOB CORPS STUDENTS “MAKE A DIFFERENCE”
The New Haven Job Corps Center joined millions across the country participating on “Make A Difference Day”, the national day of doing good. Students worked with “Operation Gratitude” to ensure that a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine knows that his or her sacrifices...