JOB CORPS We had quite the large group on our tour last Friday! Riverview Gardens High School came, and they brought a bus! The students joined in with the 10 or so other folks on the tour as we were led through campus by students Christian and Emmanuel. They made stops in the...
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Bricklaying Students helping in the community
St. Louis Job Corps has recently partnered with the Metro Trans Umbrella Group to help make sure all students have the same opportunity. When they let us know that they have a walkway that could use a little attention our Bricklaying Instructor, Mr. Otis Peebles,...
MODOT Holds Hiring Summit at St. Louis Job Corps
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) gave a presentation what it is like to work for MODOT. They provided information on the different positions available, benefits, and how to apply. The presenters and our Career Transition Specialist were there to...
Christmas Cookie Caper
Recently the Advanced Transportation students at the St. Louis Job Corps Center got down to some holiday season business with a cookie decorating contest. There were a number of intricate designs and the competition was fierce! However, it appears that a number of...
Year End Feast
On Wednesday, December 14 the St. Louis Job Corps students in our Advanced Transportation and Pharmacy Tech programs at our Lindell site were treated to a holiday lunch!! Our on-site staff served and socialized with students before some will depart for home for the...
Our Friends From Ferguson
On Friday, December 9 the St. Louis Job Corps Center welcomed some friends from the Ferguson Florissant School District. Mr. Brad Johnson, Career and Technical Education Director, and Mr. Paul Merioles, Assistant Director of the Mark Twain Restoration and and...
A Beautiful Day For Outreach
Recently, Mr. Alejandro Santiago and Ms. Danielle Spradley with Congresswoman Cori Bush's District Office Outreach Team visited the St. Louis Job Corps Center's Open House. Congresswoman Bush represents Missouri's 1st Congressional District and the St. Louis Center...
Support From State Senators
Recently, state Senators Doug Beck and Angela Mosley visited the St. Louis Job Corps Center and had a little fun meeting with students and spending some time in the welding booth! Senator Beck had a slight advantage as he spent 34 years as a union pipefitter. ...
Swinging Clubs and Hammers
In October the Construction Career Development Initiative (CCDI) hosted its annual golf tournament. The proceeds of the tournament provide a variety of resources, tools and scholarships for CCDI students. In 2020 the St. Louis Job Corps Center began to partner with...
Striving to be a CNA
Mike McGillis has absolutely earned the respect he is receiving from the staff at the St. Louis Job Corps Center and the Bethesda Meadow long-term care facility. He first came to the St. Louis Center in 2015 with the intent of acquiring his high school diploma; he...
St. Louis MOSAIC
The St. Louis Job Corps Center is working to become part of the MOSAIC Project through the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership and World Trade Center of St. Louis. Center Director Tim Chambers believes it is essential to better connect with members of our...
TCU Quintet
The St. Louis Job Corps Center hosted an Open House on Friday, October 14, 2022 with weather that was made to order - blue skies and a balmy 70 degrees!! Potential students, elected officials and business partners attended the event that was filled with great food...
Day 1
It is a great day for the first day on the job at BJC's Queeny Tower construction site in St. Louis' Central West End as a new Commercial Carpentry Apprentice with the McCarthy Building Company, Inc!! Mr. Alonte Folks, an August 2022 St. Louis Job Corps graduate, was...
Labor Day Levity
Labor Day Weekend at the St. Louis Job Corps Center arrived with some fun care of the Student Government Association! An inflatable obstacle course and mini golf were available to students for most of the weekend to try their luck blow off a little steam. Thank you...
Job Corps Is In His Blood
Mr. Darrius Leach maybe new to the St. Louis, but he is no stranger to Job Corps. After pursuing Network Cabling and graduating from the Detroit Center, Darrius moved to the Gary Center (San Marcos, TX) to participate in the graduate training program, Advanced...
Sweet Reads!!
The St. Louis County "Sweet Reads" Bookmobile has begun to visit our Job Corps Center as part of their monthly rounds in the region. Taylor Watson, the bookmobile coordinator, has worked with us to ensure opportunity for our students to access a variety of books and...
A Season For Building
August in St. Louis is usually not a time when one hears, "What a gorgeous day!" However, the past few weeks have produced beautiful skies, below average temperatures and low humidity; a great time for students in our building and construction trades programs to be...
A Wise Man
After high school, Bryant Pines tried community college but it wasn't quite the right fit for his next chapter. Then he realized Job Corps could be the right place at the right time and it didn't take long for his hunch to be proven correct!! After completing the...
Amiya in the Driver’s Seat
Meet legacy student Amiya Perry who was proceeded at the St. Louis Job Corps Center by several family members including both her mother and father! Her parents helped her to understand the value of Job Corps, offering the ability to pursue her high school diploma and...
Grateful
Alonte Folks understands what Job Corps has done for him, so looking back he is very confident that he made a good decision. He is ready to embark on a career as a carpenter and knows that he wants that journey to start in the home building industry. " I want to be...