JOB CORPS Last Thursday, about 60 of our staff & students attended the 2017 Youth Leadership Summit, a 1-day conference focusing on STEM-related careers and pathways, sponsored by SIATech. Approximately 200 students from all over northern California attended the summit...
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Charleston Job Corps Center attends WV Makes Festival-Friday, October 6, 2017
The Charleston Job Corps Center's, Office Administration career technical trade attends the annual WV Makes Festival on Friday, October 6, 2017 in Huntington, WV. "More than 80 makers from 17 West Virginia counties and the states of Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Students hired by KY Dept. of Corrections
Students from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps walked the walk and talked the talk during their recent job interviews with the Kentucky Department of Corrections - and, as a result, were all hired! Students Anthony Brown, Tre'Shawn Dillard, Jarvis Mattox, Marvin Lockett,...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center have several Y2Y Activities
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps celebrated its Youth2Youth/Partners4Peace Week Sept. 18-22 with guest speakers, including one from NASA, art activities, classroom presentations in the local schools, an anti-violence message themed contest for decorating classrooms and...
Alaska Job Corps Center students gain “financial reality”
Thanks to the Financial Reality Foundation, Alaska Job Corps Center students got real with all the aspects of personal finance during the Get Real! Financial Reality Fair held on the Center on Thursday, Sept. 28. Students learned how to make budgets, how best to...
Alaska Job Corps Center students gain “financial reality”
Thanks to the Financial Reality Foundation, Alaska Job Corps Center students got real with all the aspects of personal finance during the Get Real! Financial Reality Fair held on the Center on Thursday, Sept. 28. Students learned how to make budgets, how best to...
Charleston Job Corps Center’s Y2Y meets with Charleston City Council-Sept. 18, 2017
The Charleston Job Corps Center’s Y2Y Ambassadors and BCL attended the Charleston City Council meeting on Monday, Sept. 17, 2017. Job Corps Centers across the country are observing Youth-2-Youth (Y2Y) Campaign against Violence Week September 17-22, 2017. A...
Charleston Job Corps Center Gears Up for Y2Y Week-Sept. 18-22, 2017
The Charleston Job Corps Center will observe the third annual Youth-2-Youth Campaign Against Violence Week, Sept. 18-22, 2017. Student Desmond Baker will represent the center at the National Director's conference with Y2Y Ambassadors across the nation in Washington...
Charleston Job Corps Center recognizes National Minority Donor Awareness Month-August 21, 2017
The Charleston Job Corps Center (CJCC) operating under Horizons Youth Services (HYS) recognized National Minority Awareness Month during Monday Business Meeting on August 21, 2017 with guest speaker Karen Williams. Mrs. Williams is a volunteer with CORE (Center for...
Charleston Job Corps Center celebrates NJCA Commencement Day 2017
Charleston Job Corps Center joined 126 Job Corps centers across the country to celebrate the 6th Annual “National Job Corps Commencement Day” ceremony August 18, 2017 to congratulate the Job Corps students who showed Job Corps Works! by completing the program this...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Culinary students recently had the opportunity to practice their trade while also learning about Kentucky government.
Students plan, prepare and serve food for legislative event Perkins Job Corps Culinary students prepared and served the food for the Floyd County Chamber's Legislative Round Table Luncheon, held at the Mountain Arts Center on Aug. 31. Kentucky State Representatives...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center joins other Job Corps centers for outreach at State Fair
The Carl D. Perkins Job Corps joined other Kentucky Job Corps centers on Aug. 23 to do outreach and recruiting at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, KY. Perkins Job Corps staff shared with fair visitors information about the many programs the Perkins Job Corps has...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Student Robert Lopez adds college, leadership to list of accomplishments
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps student Robert Lopez has one more accomplishment to add to his growing list. He recently was elected president of the Student Government Association at Big Sandy Community & Technical College in Prestonsburg, KY. Lopez, who is from...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps honors 39 graduates during National Commencement Day
The Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center honored the accomplishments of 39 new graduates during its National Commencement Day ceremony Aug. 25 at the center. Keynote speaker for the Perkins Job Corps commencement was Prestonsburg Mayor Les Stapleton, a Job Corps graduate...
Alaska Job Corps students gain hands-on experience in Oregon
Some of them cooked meals for firefighters battling wildfires. Others provided security for a major solar eclipse event by working side-by-side with local law enforcement. During the last couple of weeks, 15 Alaska Job Corps students traveled to the Timber Lake Job...
Alaska Job Corps celebrates graduation of 77 students
The seats in the Alaska Job Corps Center gym were filled with students and family members from all over Alaska and even the world, many of them holding roses, carnations and other flowers, as they celebrated the graduation of 77 students on Friday, Aug. 25....
Jacksonville Job Corps Medical Assisting Class Tour the Mayo Clinic
Students and Instructor from the Jacksonville job Corps Medical Assisting class had an amazing opportunity to tour the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. The clinic is one of three in the nation and is considered to be one of the premier hospitals in the...
Charleston Job Corps Center recognizes Black Business Month with Tonya Wilson-Aug. 14, 2017
Charleston Job Corps Center is observing Black Business Month with local entrepreneurs during the month of August. Students and staff will receive presentation during Monday Business meeting by local business owners. Today’s guest speaker was Tonya Wilson, owner of...
Charleston Job Corps Center students earning credentials-August 9, 2017
The following students will be attending BridgeValley Community and Technical College today for exams earning their Healthcare Provider/BLS/AED CPR. We know they are prepared and will do great. All the best Panthers! DENTAL ASSISTANT STUDENTS: Brittany Anthony Cierra...
Charleston Job Corps Center recognizes Black Business Month with Charles A. Parker-August 7, 2017
The Charleston Job Corps Center (CJCC) operating under Horizons Youth Services (HYS) will feature various guest speakers at Monday Business Meetings during August in honor of “Black Business Month.” Our first guest speaker was Charles A. Parker a local entrepreneur...