JOB CORPS Three HBI student are well on their way to meeting their end goal. Robert Turner, William Lopez and Emmanuel Vasquez have beat all odds by sticking to the plan through out COVID and are now ready to step in to the workf0rce. All three student are starting on WBL and...
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TLJC Student success – Reaching Milestones
Our students here at Talking Leaves Job Corps have been working really hard to achieve their goals. Student Isaac Gambrell received his GED on February 10, 2022. Isaac plans on getting a job locally once he has completed his courses in Office Administration.
TLJC Student Success
Our students here at Talking Leaves Job Corps have been working really hard to achieve their goals. Student Dyna Battles received her GED on February 10, 2022. Keep up the good work Dyna!
TLJC Student Success
Our students here at Talking Leaves Job Corps have been working really hard to achieve their goals. Student Kaitlin McCane works hard to stay on track, even through COVID, to obtain her GED. Kaitlin plans on going to Advances Training in the Culinary Arts field once...
TLJC Student success
Our students here at Talking Leaves Job Corps have been working really hard to achieve their goals. Student Aston Montgomery was able to stay on coarse through COVID and obtain his GED on March 17, 2022. Keep up the good work Aston!
TLJC student success
Our students here at Talking Leaves Job Corps have been working really hard to achieve their goals. Student Taryn Cunningham says, "TLJC helps keep her aligned with her life goals by offering the classes she needs". Taryn was able to stay on coarse through COVID and...
TLJC partners with Cherokee Nation Career Services to sponsor a CAN/COAT Drive for the local community
Talking Leaves Job Corps & CN Career Services Can/Coat Drive As the Holidays and colder weather approach, Talking Leaves Job Corps partnered with Cherokee Nation Career Services to sponsor a Can/Coat Drive for our local community. The cans were all donated to a...
Talking Leaves Job Corps graduate credits program for career training and life success
Weston Swint is a Tahlequah, OK native, Talking Leaves Job Corps graduate, and a member of the United States Army. Swint did not feel traditional high school education was for him so he left during his junior year and entered the TLJC program. “I graduated with a...
Congressman Markwayne Mullin Delivers Commencement Address at Talking Leaves Job Corps
Nearly 200 students at Talking Leaves Job Corps recently celebrated earning a high school diploma, GED certificate and trade certifications in culinary arts, office administration, electrical wiring, facility maintenance, nursing assistants and clinical medical...
Talking Leaves Job Corps Student Hired by Employer Partner
Talking Leaves Job Corps student, Vanessa James was recently hired as a CNA by one of our local employer partners, Cherokee County Nursing Center. CCNC has been a great Work Based Learning site for several years and thier staff has been great to work with.
Talking Leaves Student Gets Hired by Local Employer
Latisha Watchman, a student at Talking Leaves Job Corps was recently hired on by Grace Living Center in Tahlequah, Okla. Grace Living Center is a great employer partner and works well with the students in the Work Based Learning Program at Talking Leaves....
Talking Leaves Job Corps Culinary Arts Students Participate in Holiday Lighting Event
Each year the local community members and business get together to begin the holiday season with downtown lighting event. This year the Culinary Arts students at Talking Leaves Job Corps participated by serving cookies, hot chocolate and hot cider to all the visitors....
Talking Leaves Job Corps Students Helps Local Non-Profit Agency During the Holidays
A group of Talking Leaves Job Corps students recently volunteered to help unload two semi trucks full of toys and mattresses for children and their families at a local non-profit agency called Kid Connections, Inc. Once the trucks were unloaded the students continued...
Talking Leaves Job Corps Students Place in Culinarty Competition
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Talking Leaves Job Corps Students Volunteer on National Make a Difference Day
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Talking Leaves’ Receives Recognition for Successful Learning Styles
At Talking Leaves Job Corps learning is fun when it matches a student’s learning style. Two hands-on learning tools are being demonstrated by students and teachers, including, Latissha Mask, Tracy Adams, Junior DuBoise, Ramona Holt, Matt Heard, Michael Cantley, David...
Talking Leaves’ Students Gain Employment in the Tahlequah Community
Recently two students attending Talking Leaves Job Corps Center found employment while completing hours for the Work Based Learning program. Chris Schultz, a student of our Health Occupation Trade was hired on to work as a CNA by Go Ye Village, a local retirement and...
2010 Graduation Ceremony at Talking Leaves Job Corps
On August the 6th, over 240 students graduated from Talking Leaves Job Corps. Approximately 100 graduating students were on hand to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas and congratulations from friends and family. The center celebrated by providing a...
Talking Leaves Job Corps is PepsiCo’s beta site
PepsiCo and WasteManagement Corp selected Talking Leaves Job Corps as its beta site for the Dream Machine program. The center was provided a laptop computer loaded with the beta copy of their software as well as a scanner. The student lead "Green Team" collects and...
Cherokee Nation Holiday
The 53rd Cherokee National Holiday was celebrated in Tahlequah, OK over the Labor Day weekend. Over 100,000 people attended numerous events including a PowWow, parade, state of the union speech by the Principal Chief Chad Smith, art shows and much more. Talking...