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Success That Lasts: 20 Years After Trapper Creek
About 20 years ago Justin Roberts was a wide-eyed, pragmatic, local high school graduate; he was a smart, hard working kid that didn’t know what he was going to do now that high school was over. He certainly didn’t know that he would become one of the best finish...
Worthwhile Work
Since 2001, Trapper Creek Job Corps students and staff have joined arms with the Ravalli County Council on Aging and have logged some pretty impressive statistics. For instance, over the last 13 years more than 700 Trapper Creek students have cumulatively volunteered...
BEING “BARRERE” – A Closer Look
[Question] Where did you grow up? [Sean] Livingston, Montana [Question] What was your childhood like? [Sean] I had an amazing childhood in one of the most beautiful places on the planet. My mother raised me and my three older brothers in a very loving and healthy...
Trapper Creek Job Corps named No. 1 center in nation
13 minutes ago • By PERRY BACKUS Ravalli Republic DARBY – Sean Barrere will tell you that his life is like night and day. “Sometimes I can’t hardly believe how much I’ve changed in a year,” said the 20-year-old from Livingston. “It’s like we’re talking about two...
LEARNING TO BE SUPERMAN
LEARNING TO BE SUPERMAN Kevin Levy was an inner-city kid with an out-of-doors dream, “I really wanted to continue to be a role model for my brothers like when we were kids. The best way for me to do that was to follow my dream of being a Fire Fighter. In order to do...
Overcoming Obstacles: A Little Help and a Mother’s Love
It was a year to the month of my son David's death when I received a call from a caseworker in Texas. She heard we were a foster and adoptive family of children with medical special needs. That was 15 years ago. They had a baby boy, almost two years of age, with...
Trapper Creek Job Corps Building Futures of West Fork Family
CLICK LINK BELOW FOR VIDEO Trapper Creek Job Corps building futures of Westfork family (NBC Montana) The federal government program offering free academic and vocational training to eligible students 16 to 24 is feeling serious cuts. That's because the branch of the...
Trapper Creek Job Corps: Working Hands Change Hearts
“If I can not win let me at least be brave in making the attempt.” A worthy motto for all of us, but especially for the 130 athletes who participated in this year’s Winter Special Olympic Games at Lost Trail Powder Mountain, high atop the Continental Divide where...
Trapper Creek Hosts “Biggest Winner” Competition
“We really want to establish the ‘wellness and work’ connection with our students”, said Annemarie McCormack, Health Facility Manager, “our goal is for the students to see the clear link between work success and lifestyle choices”.
Viewpoint: Job Corps helps valley youth land jobs
Viewpoint: Job Corps helps valley youth land jobs December 20, 2012 8:09 pm • By Curtis Brickley According to a Pew Research Center survey, 53 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 either live at home with their parents or moved in temporarily, due to financial...
TCJC – Still Making A Difference 22 Years Later
Dear Staff of Trapper Creek Job Corps – I have not written in a long time. I praise your team, old and new constantly. Chris attended Trapper Creek Job Corps in 1990 and is now 38 years old, has been married for 18 years and has 2 kids, Destinee (12) & Tyler (8)....
A Mother’s Wish: “You Gave Me My Son back”
[LETTER] To all of the staff, teachers and everyone else at Trapper Creek Job Corps; this is a special THANK YOU and a very special Merry Christmas wish for all of you. My name is Diane and my son entered Trapper Creek Job Corps in September 2012. I had to write this...
TEAP counseling to Mid-school students
The spellbound kids were eager to ask questions on any topic they could think of.
speaking candidly about drug addiction, violence, depression and redemption to entranced groups of Hamilton Middle School students
One sixth-grader had a beautifully obvious question.
Trapper Creek Christmas Choir Reaches 800 People
Trapper Creek Christmas choir spreading cheer to local businesses, bankc, schools and assisted living centers!
Halloween Edition: Blood and Vampires!
“…better than 15 percent of bites from human beings lead to infection, and in some cases, the spread of blood-borne diseases like hepatitis, syphilis and HIV??? Ewwwwww!!!”
“Higher Learning!” (25 feet higher!)
Recently, "Walking a Thin Line"Trapper Creek Staff and Student leaders partnered with a local 5th grade class to teach confidence and leadership through "experiencial learning". While participating on Trapper's Challenge Ropes Course, students were able to gain new...
Trapper Creek Participates in Annual Earth Day Activities!
Trapper Creek Job Corps students "pitch in" to celebrate Earth Day and Global Youth Service Day. Each weekend in the month of April, numerous students have volunteered their time to help make a difference and make our county beautiful. Among these volunteers are...
TRAPPER CREEK BEGINS NEW WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY WITH PRESTIGIOUS LABORATORY!!!
On January 17, 2012, two students, one from each trade (Electrical and Facilities Maintenance) at Trapper Creek began the first of hopefully many WBL tours at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana. Rocky Mountain Laboratories is a component of the...
Trapper Creek Highlighted in Local Newspaper for “Spreading Holiday Spirit!”
During the week of December 5, Bitterroot Valley residents may have wondered why there was a "Big Green Bus" making stops throughout the County. Well......that is because The Trapper Creek Christmas Choir was traveling around spreading holiday cheer. The carolers...