JOB CORPS On Friday, October 21, 2011, the students and staff of the Penobscot Job Corps Academy (PJCA) participated in Community Service projects throughout Eastern Maine in conjuction with America’s largest day of service, Make A Difference Day (Saturday, October 22,...
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Penobscot “Make’s a Difference” working on the Capehart Stream Restoration project
On Friday, October 21, 2011, the students and staff of the Penobscot Job Corps Academy (PJCA) participated in Community Service projects throughout Eastern Maine in conjuction with America’s largest day of service, Make A Difference Day (Saturday, October 22,...
Facilities Maintenance students “Make A Difference”
On Friday, October 21, 2011, the students and staff of the Penobscot Job Corps Academy (PJCA) participated in Community Service projects throughout Eastern Maine in conjuction with America’s largest day of service, Make A Difference Day (Saturday, October 22,...
Penobscot Welders “Make A Difference”
On Friday, October 21, 2011, the students and staff of the Penobscot Job Corps Academy participated in Community Service projects throughout Eastern Maine in conjuction with America’s largest day of service, Make A Difference Day (Saturday, October 22,...
Penobscot staffer “Treks across Maine”
Gary Theriault, Academic Instructor for the Penobscot Medical/Business cluster has recently participated in two charity bike rides. Gary attached his Job Corps patch to his riding gear in honor of the many staff and students at Penobscot who donated to the charities. ...
Team Penobscot to the rescue!!
On Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 14 Penobscot Job Corps Academy students and 2 staff members journeyed north of Bangor to the Last Stop Horse Rescue in Prentiss, Maine. Sisters Nonie Jenkins and Joyce Pomeroy take in neglected, sick or abused horses and they had two...
Penobscot Move Your Body video
Move Your Body The music roared, the choreography began and the video rolled as twenty-six Penobscot Job Corps Academy (PJCA) students participated in the making of the PJCA Move Your Body video. On Friday afternoon, September 23, 2011, at 1:30 pm Job Corps students...
Team Penobscot participates in the “Race for the Cure”
(L to R Front Row) Kymnisna Denty, Vincent Smith, Jeslyn Zapater Chaz Blanks, Ben Alexander, James Schram, Corey Grant, Mike Jellison On Saturday morning, September 18, 2011, in Bangor, Team Penobscot raised $100 and was part of the more than 5,000 individuals who...
Penobscot Showcase 2011
Penobscot gives “the Gift of Life”
On Thursday, August 19, another successful blood drive was held at the Penobscot Job Corps Academy(PJCA). The above students were part of the PJCA community that donated 30 pints of the gift of life. Since 2007 over 1175 pints of blood have been donated to the Eastern...
UMaine MAT students return to Penobscot
On Wednesday, August 17th, Mary Mahoney-O’Neil, PhD, College of Education and Human Development, University of Maine, brought twelve of her Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) candidates for a visit to the Penobscot Job Corps Academy (PJCA) campus. The visit included a...
Go Green produce makes debut at Penobscot
Advanced Baking students at the Penobscot Job Corps Academy (PJCA) incorporated freshly harvested zucchini from the PJCA GO Green Garden into the New Student / CPP completion luncheon on Wednesday August 10,2011. PJCA students Tanesha Peterson, Newport RI, Jocelyn...
Go Green Garden at Penobscot
Facilities Manager John Dionne surveys the GO Green Garden that is fast becoming an annual tradition at Penobscot Job Corps Academy(PJCA). This is year three that Mr. Dionne has taken a leadership role in the planting and harvesting of produce that is finding its way...
University of Maine Graduate Students Tour Penobscot
On Thursday July 28th, Professor Cheryl A. Robertson, Ed.D, College of Education and Human Development, brought her Student’s at Risk (SAR) 541 class of 7 graduate students to tour the Penobscot Job Corps Academy (PJCA). Professor Robertson is touring alternative...
Penobscot Job Corps Students Participate in Essay Contest
SGA Essay - HB SGA Essay - JC SGA Essay - WE
Penobscot Job Corps develops partnership with St. Joseph’s Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital has been “just what the doctor ordered for two Penobscot Job Corps students learning firsthand on the job. As part of a Work Based Learning partnership with the Bangor medical facility, Jason Gabriel and Briant Hunt are working full time...
Penobscot Job Corps Develops Independent Living Wing
Job Corps is well known for its long history of providing young people with a solid education and top-of-the-line training for careers. But to be truly successful, graduates must also know how to survive on their own once they leave those walls behind. That’s what...
Penobscot Job Corps Students Take Part in CIANBRO Skills Competition
Penobscot Job Corps’ Advanced Manufacturing students got a unique opportunity this fall to test their skills while learning about career opportunities in their field. The students and their instructor, Grant Furman, were invited to attend the Cianbro job fair and...
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