Woodstock Job Corps Center

One of Woodstock Job Corps Center’s very own is headed to work at Melwood. Kenneth Powell, a Painting student at Woodstock, was recently hired by Melwood. Kenneth will work as a Seasonal Landscape Worker and transitions out the end of March.

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 Conservation Center in North Carolina where he competed the Advanced Wildland Firefighting trade and [...]

On Friday, June 20, 2011 Garret Gross, a former Woodstock graduate and Electrical student, came back to Woodstock to lend a helping hand. Gross is the first of Woodstock’s graduates to be accepted into the BG&E training program and graciously spent his personal time to come back to Woodstock and help out his peer, Lamar Mims, an [...]

In recognition of Global Youth Service Day, Woodstock’s Landscape students took part in a project at the Dancel Family Center Y in Ellicott City. The project, coordinated by Mrs. Bush, BCL, began on Friday, April 15, 2011 and continued throughout the week of April 18. Students prepared a plot at the Y’s front entrance for [...]

On Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Nickey Murray, Personnel Manager at Walmart’s Bowie location visited Woodstock to speak to the Retail Sales, Data Entry and Security trade students. Murray, a former Job Corps student, first started at Walmart 16 years ago as a cashier with all intentions of staying only one year. Sixteen years later as [...]

On Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Darren Sanders, Director of Security for the Baltimore Ravens, visited the Security trade to speak to students about life, their future, how to stay focused and how to be successful. Sanders, 44,  joined the Baltimore City Police Department at the age of 21. A Baltimore native, Sanders admits it was [...]

On Thursday, November 11, 2010 Mrs. Bush, BCL, and Mrs. Wilton, Career Transition Coordinator, attended the BGE Utility Trainee Open House at the Arlington Training Center in Baltimore. The afternoon consisted of an overview of the BGE utility trainee positions and company needs, some presentations from utility trainees, and a tour of the training grounds. [...]

On November 10, 2010 Mrs. Bush, BCL, and a group of Woodstock students participated in Veterans National Awareness Week  by visiting Loch Raven VA Community Living & Rehab Center in Baltimore. Students spent over two hours passing out donated care items and going room to room visiting over 60 veterans and thanking them for their [...]

On Wednesday, November 3, 2010 eight members of Saint Alphonsus Church, located just a stones throw up the road from Woodstock, visited Center. The members, all interested in volunteering their time to help tutor students in reading and math, met with Mrs. Nixon, Center Director, Mrs. Bush, BCL, and Mr. Belcher, Career Education Manager to [...]

Jessica B. is what we call a successful Job Corps graduate. Jessica graduated from Woodstock Job Corps Center in May 2008 with a Certification in Accounting Services. Jessica then went on to Advanced Training with TCU at Potomac Job Corps Center. She completed TCU in March of 2009, obtained full time employment at the National [...]