JOB CORPS Students and staff attended sessions for mental health training on Wednesday, February 10, Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12. Conducted by Mental Health First Aid of Philadelphia, the sessions covered topics such as stages of adolescent development as well...
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Black History Month Celebration to include Women’s Forum
A Women's Forum will be held on Monday, February 29 for female students at Red Rock. The celebration will include hearing about black women who made history through their persistence fighting for both Civil and Women's rights, their successful careers and modern day...
Managers Welcome New Enrollees
Center managers welcome new enrollees each Friday in the Center's Cub Junction recreation area. Both staff and students introduce themselves, with staff offering advice for success to the students. Addtionally, other pre-90 day students speak with the group, offering...
Students Participate in “Hot Sauce Challenge”
In honor of pharmacist, Wilbur Scoville’s recent 151st birthday, CPP students honored him by participating in a Hot Sauce Challenge. Students volunteered to try seven samples of hot sauce from mild to ghost pepper melt down! Winners that lasted to the end were Marcus...
Red Rock CPP Activities Help Build Teamwork
Students in the Career Prep classes of Destiny Rohe, Trish Young, Jessica Conaway and Abbie Turetsky, OA/CPP Coordinator, recently built a Tower of Power, which fostered teamwork to make the activity successful. "It is important for new enrollees to be included in...
Students Enjoy Job Shadow Experiences
Office Administration students spent Tuesday, February 2 at a variety of Sullivan County locations job shadowing a number of career fields throughout the day. Students participated in job shadowing at the Sullivan County Courthouse, which included...
HBI Plumbing Students Complete Hot Water Project
HBI Plumbing students at Red Rock obtain numerous hours of hands-on training while completing on Center projects. Here, Kyle Brehm (on ladder) and Kale Landes work on adding hot water to an HBI Electrical shop sink and eye wash. The project required the...
Team Building Exercises Bring Students Together
Students were chosen and tasked with some team building exercises during the recent Social Development Assembly. Recreation Supervisor James Hickey asked students to "use their heads" during a race which required team skills and focus. The gentlemen from Buchanan Dorm...
Philosophy Club is a Hit at Red Rock
Red Rock held its first Philosophy Club discussion on January 13 and it was a big hit. PLC Shelley Fought reports that students who attended really enjoyed talking with one another about several different topics. They included: space, history, modern science and much...
Red Rock Martin Luther King Poetry Winners announced
SGA held a poetry contest in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Students wrote poems that reflected Dr. King, or his famous, “I have a Dream” speech. Winners of the contest were: 1st Place: Jordan Pena, Auto Collision Repair; 2nd Place: Ben Doolittle, HBI Electrical; and...
Red Rock Class of January 2016 Ready to Roll
Congratulations to Red Rock’s January 2016 graduates, who participated in commencement on Wednesday, January 20. Eight young men whose futures are brighter because they’ve worked hard and stayed focused. They are: Kwadire Johnson and LK Lyles-El, Auto Collision...
HBI Student Begins at New WBL Site
An HBI Plumbing student will be the first Red Rock student to begin a WBL opportunity at Simplex Homes in Scranton on Tuesday, January 19. The company builds manufactured homes and has WBL opportunities for students in the Center's construction trades. The opportunity...
Ground Hog Job Shadow Day
Red Rock Ground Hog Job Shadow activities are being finalized for the first two weeks in February--providing the weather cooperates. Qualified students in all trades will have the chance to job shadow a professional in their career fields as well as visit places of...
Red Rock Delivers Food Donation
Red Rock students and BCL Jackie Johnson delivered food items to the Columbia County Human Services food pantry at Agape in Bloomsburg on Wednesday. The items were collected during a food drive taken up over the holiday. Shown is Auto Technology student Kevin Figueroa...
Electrical Grad Off to AT
Congratulations to Red Rock's most recent Electrical graduate, Abraham Velilla. On Tuesday, January 5, Abraham joined former classmate Emanuel Monzon Gonzalez at the Gary Job Corps Center in San Marcos, TX to attend Advanced Training for the Overhead Lineman program....
Red Rock and AT graduate home in time for holiday
Congratulations to former Red Rock HBI Carpentry and AT Solar Panel Weatherization graduate John Anderson of Philadelphia and Hawaii, who recently complete Army Basic Training. Anderson was able to make it home for the holidays. Best wishes and thank you for your...
Welcome Back Students!
Staff is putting finishing touches on a number of areas throughout the Center, including fresh coats of paint on the walls, new and updated bulletin board information, clean linens, etc., in preparation for students' winter break return on Wednesday.
Former WBL Site Desires Red Rock HBI Students
Red Rock Job Corps Center WBL Advisor Nick Dautel successfully met with staff at Simplex Homes in Scranton on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 to discuss WBL opportunities for our HBI trade students. The company previously hosted Red Rock students many years ago for WBL and...
Red Rock Staff Collects Food Pantry Items
Red Rock staff collected nonperishable canned goods during the week of December 14-18. The food items will be delivered to the Columbia County Human Services Food Pantry at Agape in Bloomsburg when students travel there on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 to assist with...
Red Rock Alumnus Visits Students
Red Rock Auto Collision Repair graduate Jon Baldwin visited Center on Tuesday, December 15 to obtain some information and visit with shop instructors and staff. Jon is also a graduate of The United Auto Workers - Labor Employment and Training Corporation (UAW-LETC)...