JOB CORPS The Academic Olympics team from Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center took top honors in the Region II Job Corps Academic and Career Skills Competition Oct. 8, the second year in a row that the Perkins team won the championship. Contest questions were ‘short answer’ and...
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Clearfield in the news!
Job Corps gives students a second chance by Tom Busselberg - Davis County Clipper Nov 08, 2010 CLEARFIELD — Many students here are being given a second chance at building successful lives. Cung Thang of Woods Cross is one such example. The Myanmir (Burma) native left...
Boy Scouts’ Learning for Life Program recognizes Job Corps participation.
On Tuesday November 9th 2010 Heart of America Council Learning for Life Director Lisa Thomas presented Recreation Director Vicki Kahler with the National Award of Excellance Certificate. Learning for Life is a Scouting program for use by educators that teaches ethical...
Excelsior Springs Job Corps Navy JROTC compete at area Drill Meet.
13 students in the Excelsior Springs Job Corps Naval JROTC program and 2 staff attended a drill meet on SaturdayNovember 6th 2010 in Springfield, Missouri at Willard High School. This was the first time in the 16 year history of the program that they placed in a...
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Pine Ridge Builds Partnership with Western Nebraska College
The Health Occupations Career Training students and their instructors from Pine Ridge Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Chadron, Nebraska visited Western Nebraska Community College at Alliance, Nebraska on September 22nd. The students were welcomed by...
Faces of Job Corps: Terry Lee Medicine Crow
Terry Lee Medicine Crow is from McLaughlin, South Dakota and the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. In 1986 he graduated from high school and did not have the financial resources to attend college, so in 1989 he decided to enroll in the Clerical Word Processing vocation...
Cristian S. Finds Purpose…
I was doing some research to find a vocational school and came across an institute that would change my life forever. It was Job Corps, a federally funded program that helps young adults to further educate themselves and find jobs. This was just the opportunity that...
Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Students Advance to Regional Academic and Career Skills Competition After Win in Bristol
Students from the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center traveled to Bristol, TN, to take part in the Region II Job Corps Academic and Career Skills Competition and returned to the Prestonsburg Center on Friday, Aug. 27 as District Champions. The team will now have the...
Pittsburgh Takes Second Place in Regional Academic Olympics
Pittsburgh's Academic Olympics team took second place in the regional competition behind Shriver Job Corps. Interestingly enough, one of Shriver's team members was Courtney T. who was a Pittsburgh Job Corps completer and is now at Shriver doing Advanced Computer...
Pittsburgh to Host Academic Olympics 2010
Students from the Pittsburgh Job Corps Center will compete for the Philadelphia District Championship at the East Coast Academic and Career Olympics Competition, Thursday, August 26, 2010. This year the competition is hosted by PJCC and will be held at noon at the...