December 13th, 2012
The Clearfield Job Corps Center in Clearfield, Utah, was selected as the “Cool School of The Week” by local television channel Fox-13. The TV station’s morning show featured the school in eight segments and highlighted the school’s cooking, welding, electrical and automotive programs. The center offers training in 17 trades for young people 16 to [...]
May 15th, 2012
The event was a fundraiser for student government association at Springdale, and students and staff alike were encouraged to purchase tickets for $1 to vote on their favorite. Each student was issued one free ticket for voting.
Students and staff eagerly await the results to be tallied, as the judges input as well as the students votes will be compiled and announced on Monday, April 30th at the weekly meeting for all staff and students at Springdale.
Despite the competition, all students and staff had a blast – and it showed. Between the sparkles, the smiles, the makeup, and shockingly, a little bit of Copacabana, the contestants showed the crowd they had what it takes to go that extra mile.
September 14th, 2011
On July 29th, the Fred G. Acosta Job Corps held a graduation ceremony on campus in their own gym. The graduation was highlighted by motivating words from the center director Carld Rosborough and a keynote address by business leader and employer partner Jennifer Cortum and a center address from SIATech Superintendent Linda Dawson. Family and friends were also [...]
August 31st, 2011
On Tuesday, August 30, 2011 U.S. Rep. David Rivera joined local officials, business leaders, Job Corps staff, students and their families to congratulate 73 graduates from Homestead Job Corps Center. The ceremony was part of National Job Corps Commencement Day. In the Congressman’s Commencement Speech, he challenged the graduates to make America a greater nation [...]
August 24th, 2011
Alaska Job Corps students and staff showed off their center on Friday. Students explained their skills and pointed out important training elements in their respective career areas. Culinary Arts students fed many guests, applicants and potential students. In the midst of the huge center Open House, Alaska Job Corps Native Dancers sang, drummed and danced [...]
August 8th, 2011
They’re No. 1 Springdale Job Corps Center earns top marks for 2010-11 By Rob Cullivan The Gresham Outlook, Aug 6, 2011 Jim Clark / The Outlook Shayne Sellers makes fruit pastries as part of the culinary program at the Springdale Job Corps. In the auto shop, Patrick Albertson, 23, is busy sanding paint on the [...]
June 29th, 2011
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 [...]
June 23rd, 2011
By Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner correspondent Wed, 06/22/2011 – 5:50pm CLEARFIELD — Job Corps student Jeff Wilde recently spent an entire day with U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah and his staff, learning the day-to-day aspects of a congressmen’s job. Wilde, a Kaysville resident, came away surprised at some of the things he learned and the experiences [...]
March 29th, 2011
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March 25th, 2011
When Collbran Lion’s Club called Susan Nichols, Principal, Grand Mesa High School, Collbran Job Corps, to ask if Job Corps students could assist at the local elementary school, her response was, “Yes!” The club purchases personalized books for the kindergarten class each year. Twenty-five kindergarten students wanted to “read” aloud. Nine Collbran Job Corps students traveled [...]