JOB CORPS On October 22, the Student Government Association (SGA) from Schenck Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center hosted their first annual car show “Smokey Ridez” at the center. Approximately fifteen cars attended the event, with vehicles ranging from a 1964 Impala to a...
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Student Government Officers From Schenck Job Corps CCC Attend President’s Speech
On October 17th, President Barack Obama kicked off his three-day American Jobs Act Bus Tour in Asheville, North Carolina. At the Asheville Regional Airport, President Obama delivered remarks on the American Jobs Act to an excited crowd. When the Student Government...
Spotlight on Painting
Why would Curlew Job Corps painting students be walking the steep, mile-long, road down to the main highway and back to their training site, carrying water filled paint buckets in each hand? International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Pre-Apprenticeship...
Alaska Job Corps takes Healthy Snacks to Children
Alaska Job Corps Culinary students and staff conducted a Let's Move event at a local gradeschool. Alaska Job Corps students taught the children about healthy snacks and nutrition. They explained the "Let's Move" Logo and served the children a afternoon healthy...
League of Women’s Voters Voting Forum
Collbran Job Corps students assisted at Grand Junction's Voting Forum. Annually the League of Women's Voters and Kids Voting sponsors the non-partisan event to inform voters of the issues. The forum, run by students, is broadcast live on PBS Channel 12. The...
Northlands Students Show 450 High School Girls What “Women Can Do”
Students from the Northlands Job Corps Center trades of welding, culinary arts and auto body travelled to Randolph, Vermont to take part in the annual "Women Can Do" conference at Vermont Technical College. The event showcased a series of hands-on workshops for female...
Northlands Staff Gets Behind Core Values
The staff worked together in a series of workshops to identify those core values. “The staff has been really excited, involved and committed to the exercise…”
Northlands Students Join Together to “Bury Bullying”
“It will help bring some of these issues to the forefront while helping to bring closure to some of those affected,” SGA President Logan Barbosa said…
Northlands’ Basketball Team Masters the Fundamentals Together
“I try to teach the fundamentals that are so critical in a team’s success,” the coach said. “Talent alone is not enough…”
Northlands Academic All-Stars Shine in Regional Competition
A team of six students from Northlands Job Corps Center recently won second place at the Job Corps Regional Academic Olympics district competition in Wilmington, Delaware…
Days of Caring Brings Northlands Students to Lincoln & Bridport
The United Way of Addison County’s annual Days of Caring campaign received an enthusiastic response from Northlands students…
Community, Family and Education at Homestead Job Corps Center
Article written by Marjorie Lopez, Director of Education Services - East Coast SIATech Charter High School On September 20, 2011 SIATech and the Homestead Job Corps Center hosted an Open House event for community and family members so they could observe both the...
EJCA Student Leader
EJCA Student Government Association president Julie Wentzell is taking on a new challenge in her quest to become a Registered Nurse. Ms. Wentzell has been accepted into Cassasaga Job Corps Centers' prestigious LPN training program in New York. Ms. Wentzell has been a...
Honoring WWII Veterans
Collbran Job Corps students have been honoring World War II veterans along with members of surrounding communities. Grand Junction's (Colorado) Daily Sentinel reported that "in just 2-1/2 years, amidst an economic recession that reduced many people's charitable...
Job Corps National Deputy Director Ralph DiBattista Visits the Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Center
James T. Harris, Center Director of Dr. Benjamin L. Hook Job Corps Center attended The National Forum on Youth Violence "Memphis Plan" session, where he gained insight into how the plan will be implemented. At the direction of the Obama Administration, the Departments...
Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks Job Corps Homeless Health Fair
9 phlebotomy students and Sandra Williams, CDS participated in the Homeless Day health fair downtown in the heat wave of the Summer in August. Students took blood pressure and drew blood for HIV and syphilis testing. When the participant completed all testing they...
Woodstock: Former Student Daniel Oakes Is Just Warming Up
Daniel Oakes, a former Woodstock Security student, is now traveling all over fighting fires. Daniel first came to Woodstock from Virginia on December 1, 2009. He completed his Security trade and in October 2011 transferred to the Schenck Job Corps Civilian...
Northlands Blood Drive a “Great Success”
61 people came by the Northlands Health Fair to donate blood, producing 49 productive units. “That’s 111% of the 44-unit goal…”
Northlands Makes for a Moving Experience at the Opera House in Vergennes
“Having the students from Job Corps come help us with event set-up has been a lifesaver…”
Student Justin Z. Accepted to LPN Advanced Training
Current student Justin Zeman has achieved many successes while enrolled at Boxelder Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center. He completed his training and certification tests to become licensed as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Over the past several months, he has...