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CTST:Urban Forestry

Urban Forestry CTST (Career Technical Skills Training) project 21.01: Picture was taken behind building 6. Students helping to remove 2 – 8” limbs from the propane tank that is fenced in. We used technical rigging to hoist the limb off the fence not causing more...

Summer Updates from the Admission Team

The Outreach and Admissions team at Northlands Job Corps Center is having a very busy summer! The team is working hard to recruit new students to Job Corps throughout the state of Vermont. In its effort to recruit more Vermont students, the OA team is pairing up and...

Northlands students learn to Sew

Students have been able to join CPP staff Ms. Marguerite’s sewing classes on Mondays & Fridays 3:30 – 4:30 to learn how to use a sewing machine and actually make something! They have also learned hand stitching, how to measure and hem pants, & more. Yes, guys...

Northlands Student Store Reopens!

Covid has been tough and isolating for everyone.  Trips are cancelled and there's not much to do, but things are getting better! Northlands has reopened it's student store! After many hours of patching, painting, cleaning, buying inventory, and organizing, the student...

WE ARE LIVE! Northlands OA Virtual Tours

Well... as live as we can be in a lockdown!  On Jan 26, 2021, the Northlands Job Corps Center Admission Department reached out to Vermont communities, students, schools, and local agencies and invited them to visit our center via a WebEx meeting.  An estimated 40...

Northlands Trade Spotlight:CMA

“I love being in CMA because I love to help others. In our class, we take our trade seriously, but we can also be silly and support each other as well while doing so. CMA has so far been a great class to be a part of. The students and especially the instructor fully...

Northlands New Flashing Lights Crosswalks!

This is three year old data, but worth mentioning, “During 2017 in Vermont, there were 133 hospitalizations and emergency department visits related to pedestrian injuries involving motor vehicles.” It goes without mentioning that Vermont gets pretty dark at night....

Northlands Students of the Week

Jeremiah Chaparro has spent the last eight months working full time under a contractor in southern Vermont.   He never imagined when he started at Job Corps over two years ago that his goal to become a welder would be sidetracked by a pandemic and he would be learning...

Northlands Welcomes Back Students

Northlands Job Corps is one of the Centers that (luckily!) was chosen to be able to return students to Center.  On Sunday, November 8th, we welcomed back our first cohort of nine students and on November 15th, another ten students, bringing our on Center student total...

Northlands Honors Veterans on 11/11/20

What does Veterans Day celebrate? Veterans Day is held in honor of all those who served in the United States Armed Forces. This is different from Memorial Day which honors those who died while serving. Who celebrates this day? Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the...

Northlands Celebrates CMA grads

Written by: Northlands CMA Instructor Andy Conte This event troubled me from the start. COVID-19 was getting in the way of one of my students completing the CMA program. Performing the phlebotomy sticks is typically one of the most difficult skills for a student to...

Northlands Writing Contest Winner

We are happy to announce a winner for our recent writing contest! Saphire A. Tucker-McCartney! The prompt was How do you overcome the challenges we are facing today? Saphire’s personal essay offers great insight into her frustrations with racism.  She shares her story...