JOB CORPS On Thursday March 17th the SGA hosted a wonderful talent show in the gymnasium. 18 brave trainees signed up to share their skills in acting, musical instruments, dance, and voice. Leilani Sabugo took the stage first to act out one minute comedic monologues. Marquez...
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Honing Skills at the Welcome Booth
Security trainee, Yousef Al-Balouchi, has recently been working in the Welcome Booth at Treasure Island Job Corps on a Work-Based Learning assignment. He has enjoyed the responsibilities and high expectations that go along with working in the Welcome Booth. Utilizing...
Electrical Class Designs Charging Units
The Electrical/Solar class was given an assignment to design a portable “solar” charging unit for a cell phones and MP3 players. The class was divided into three groups. They were given a metal Lunch box “Frozen Elsa and Anna”, and a “solar charging kit” consisting...
Black History Month Diversity Assembly
On Wednesday February 24, the diversity committee held an assembly for Black History Month. The assembly was filled with incredible talent from our students and staff. The assembly featured a history into Black culture. This year’s program included various dances,...
Advanced Culinary Starts Bright and Early
The Garde Manger and Pastry class were the early birds on Graduation day, arriving for the training day at 5:00 a.m., to get a step ahead of the next incoming classes. All culinary students, basic and advanced, “took the cake” with their efforts preparing for the...
Learn I.T. By Doing I.T.
As the Penn Foster classroom and NLRO/HiSET classrooms are trading locations in the Academic Hallway, IT Manager Gio Silvestre, took in a handful of our Office Administration students to help execute the task. When the IT Manager, Gio, realized he had to swap a total...
Y2Y Speak On It
On February 24th, the Y2Y group hosted a Speak on It. Trainees and staff were invited up to our beautiful new stage to share insights, poetry, and song on the topic of violence. Eight brave trainees and three inspired staff made the event meaningful for the entire...
Urban Farm Maintenance
Larry Hays’ Building Construction Technology trade students use their landscaping skills to preserve our Urban Farm. The students maintain the Urban Farm sprinkler system by ensuring that our systems are working properly and that we are using a water-efficient...
Painting Class Visits the Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Last week, Frank Fallon and the Painting students had the opportunity to visit District Council 16 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades in San Leandro. The painting class took a tour of their training center and learned more about DC 16 certified...
Community Relations Council Luncheon
On a stormy day in late January, community partners, employers and staff gathered in Fine Dining to have lunch and celebrate Job Corps’ 2015 student success. The Community Relations Council Luncheon brings local partners, employers, and our island neighbors together...
Volunteering at Love Ministries
Building Construction Technology students recently volunteered their time to fix and repaint the transitional house of Love Ministries in Oakland. Owned and administered by the church, the house is called home by six young men and a father and son transitioning from...
Trainees Visit Washington DC for Y2Y Conference
Besides needing endless amounts of coffee to stay awake and remain sane on a 6 hour flight to Washington D.C., I, Daniela Arroyo-Ruiz, had the opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. alongside Jamie Garcia and Ms. Michele Brush for a youth to youth violence...
Pastry Positions Providing Professional Progress
For the second year in a row Chef Huber was asked to send two Advanced Culinary students to a fast-paced apprenticeship of two months duration at the International Creative Pastries Company. After successfully interviewing, Isaac Hansen and Rick Simplice began working...
The College Experience
The Penn Foster class recently enjoyed an informative tour at the University of California Berkeley campus. The tour was led by a current UC Berkeley PhD student, who graciously gave his time to guide students throughout the college campus. The tour began at the...
Alive and Free, The Prescription to End Violence and Change Lives
Every Wednesday, Shervon Hunter teaches our first week students an introduction course in Alive and Free. Alive & Free believes that every young person has the potential to succeed. Bright futures are possible for all of our youth, but it’s easy to get...
Career Transition Readiness Class Welcomes Speaker
On Friday November 13th, CTR II welcomed guest speaker, LaDonte King from UC Santa Barbara. LaDonte is the assistant director for government affairs at UCSB. He came by CTR II to speak with our trainees about employability skills. Students from CTR I and CTR II...
Partnership with MEDA Yields Great Results
The Treasure Island Job Corps Office Administration office has partnered with MEDA. MEDA is the Mission Economic Development Agency focused on education and economic justice for local low income families. A past Office Administration graduate, Lisa Lopez, was on a...
Job Corps Valedictorian Starts New Career
When Nichole Stubblefield graduated as valedictorian from the Treasure Island Job Corps Center in San Francisco, Calif., her instructors and peers knew her future would be bright. She is now working with the South Seattle Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Center....
Graduate Adam Pilon Finishes First Tour on Norwegian Cruise Line America
Adam Pilon works for the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) on the Pride of America ship in Hawaii. Adam just finished his first tour. If you step back a ways, to the very beginning you will see that to get a job on NCL America is a long process. The first thing that Adam...
Jobs, Juice and Jubilation mark launch of Jamba Juice/ Job Corps Partnership at Treasure Island Job Corps
On Monday, March 26th, Treasure Island Job Corps Center Director David Miller and Jamba Juice Chairman and CEO James D. White formally announced an important partnership aimed at paving the way for Job Corps students to gain critical workforce skills to help them...