JOB CORPS Urban Forestry CTST (Career Technical Skills Training) project 21.01: Picture was taken behind building 6. Students helping to remove 2 – 8” limbs from the propane tank that is fenced in. We used technical rigging to hoist the limb off the fence not causing more...
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A Unique Path To Choosing a Career Technical Trade
u·nique /yo͞oˈnēk/ adjective Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else. Every student we speak with has a different reason why they have chosen to study the trade they do. Many times there isn’t just a singular reason that people choose their professional...
Urban Forestry Take Care of Downed Boxelder Tree
Take a drive down MacDonough Drive in Vergennes, VT and you’ll surely pass through the Northlands Job Corps Center’s campus. On either side of the road, you’ll see the historical buildings; many of which are brick and trees of various sizes, heights, and species. Tree...
Summer Updates from the Admission Team
The Outreach and Admissions team at Northlands Job Corps Center is having a very busy summer! The team is working hard to recruit new students to Job Corps throughout the state of Vermont. In its effort to recruit more Vermont students, the OA team is pairing up and...
Northlands Admissions Team Welcomes New Admission Counselor
A couple of weeks ago Northlands Job Corps Center's Outreach and Admissions team welcomed a New Admission Counselor, Sarah Forman. Sarah will be overseeing the Northeast Kingdom Admissions efforts and is looking forward to cultivating connections with local...
Northlands Job Corps Centers Memorial Day Display
Northlands Job Corps Center 's Advanced Welding Instructor Jim Blanchard and his students created a Memorial Day display. The creation of the Memorial Day display was a collaborative project lead by Jim Blanchard, Advanced Welding Instructor with support from...
Northland Job Corps Graduate Accepted Into Local #693 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Apprenticeship Program
Meleady Accepted into Prestigious Local #693 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Apprenticeship Program Jackson Meleady, originally from Montpelier, VT has been accepted into the UA Local #693 Plumbers and...
Northlands Girl Power!
In honor of Women's History Month. We put the spotlight on our female students. Here's a fun look at how it started and how it's going!
Northlands students learn to Sew
Students have been able to join CPP staff Ms. Marguerite’s sewing classes on Mondays & Fridays 3:30 – 4:30 to learn how to use a sewing machine and actually make something! They have also learned hand stitching, how to measure and hem pants, & more. Yes, guys...
Northlands Student Store Reopens!
Covid has been tough and isolating for everyone. Trips are cancelled and there's not much to do, but things are getting better! Northlands has reopened it's student store! After many hours of patching, painting, cleaning, buying inventory, and organizing, the student...
WE ARE LIVE! Northlands OA Virtual Tours
Well... as live as we can be in a lockdown! On Jan 26, 2021, the Northlands Job Corps Center Admission Department reached out to Vermont communities, students, schools, and local agencies and invited them to visit our center via a WebEx meeting. An estimated 40...
Northlands Trade Spotlight:CMA
“I love being in CMA because I love to help others. In our class, we take our trade seriously, but we can also be silly and support each other as well while doing so. CMA has so far been a great class to be a part of. The students and especially the instructor fully...
Northlands New Flashing Lights Crosswalks!
This is three year old data, but worth mentioning, “During 2017 in Vermont, there were 133 hospitalizations and emergency department visits related to pedestrian injuries involving motor vehicles.” It goes without mentioning that Vermont gets pretty dark at night....
Northlands Students of the Week
Jeremiah Chaparro has spent the last eight months working full time under a contractor in southern Vermont. He never imagined when he started at Job Corps over two years ago that his goal to become a welder would be sidetracked by a pandemic and he would be learning...
Northlands Welcomes Back Students
Northlands Job Corps is one of the Centers that (luckily!) was chosen to be able to return students to Center. On Sunday, November 8th, we welcomed back our first cohort of nine students and on November 15th, another ten students, bringing our on Center student total...
Northlands Honors Veterans on 11/11/20
What does Veterans Day celebrate? Veterans Day is held in honor of all those who served in the United States Armed Forces. This is different from Memorial Day which honors those who died while serving. Who celebrates this day? Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the...
Northlands Celebrates CMA grads
Written by: Northlands CMA Instructor Andy Conte This event troubled me from the start. COVID-19 was getting in the way of one of my students completing the CMA program. Performing the phlebotomy sticks is typically one of the most difficult skills for a student to...
The New Normal: Northlands Residential – Student Interview
As we prepare for more and more students to return, it might be interesting to hear from the students on campus. Residential staff (RS) will be interviewing students to collect their experiences and advice. This week we hear from a student who asked to go by STM for...
Northlands Writing Contest Winner
We are happy to announce a winner for our recent writing contest! Saphire A. Tucker-McCartney! The prompt was How do you overcome the challenges we are facing today? Saphire’s personal essay offers great insight into her frustrations with racism. She shares her story...
NJCC’s August Student of the Weeks
Levi Gannon is our Student of the Week for August 2-8. Levi was about to start his training in the culinary trade when life as we know it was interrupted by COVID 19. After taking a respite during Spring Break and biking around Vermont, Levi has become a serious...