Wednesday, August 4, 2010

WIA comes to a close....

The yearbooks are signed, the weeds are all picked, the last cookie was baked, and the stethoscopes are put away, the WIA summer program 2010 now comes to a close. On the final day of the program, the participants enjoyed a day of good food and games to reflect upon the program and celebrate the accomplishments made.

Port Huron!!

Marine City!

Capac, Yale, Crossroads & Phoenix Alternative!
Algonac & Blue Water Learning Academy!
Port Huron Northern!


Marysville, Memphis & Grant!

St. Clair & Riverview!

-See-ya Next Summer! Have a Safe One!

Mmmmm.....tasty!


WIA held it's 3rd annual Luncheon. All rotations in the program got to invite two guests of their choice to come in visit and enjoy a tasty meal. The food was prepared by the culinary participants and served by both health and culinary participants. The digital media programs displayed their work in the lobby as the guest walked in!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The yearbook will soon be here!!!!

Brought to you by the Digital Media Technology Crew....better known as Winc. This group has been hard at work creating not only the yearbook but placemants, commercials, posters and T-shirts etc.



The DMT Crew went on location to get all the WIA employees in action.







Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Breakout Sessions!!!!

During this week's breakout A.M. session student's had to build the taller tower without talking. The P.M. session was a group discussion with Mrs. Sheckler about work appropriate attire and behavior! Below is, James during his breakout session...

It's gotta be hard not talking while working on a project.
do you think you could work in a group without talking?
feel free to comment

Monday, July 12, 2010

WIA - What It's All About!

WIA or Workforce Investment Act , not a particularly obvious title but I shall explain. Simply what it is, is a government enacted program designed to cater to people who aren't so well off. It helps kids graduate from high school by assisting with credit recovery and an initiative to do what they need to. It gives a chance to learn qualities needed in the workforce since it's gotten so hard to get a decent job nowadays. It'll even pay for some car repairs, if you need it. WIA was enacted in 1998 by some rather intuitive politicians perhaps foreseeing future proverbial road bumps in the economic status of our state. In the 12 years since it's start, it has helped hundreds of kids per year with the above mentioned things to help boost Michigan's workforce.
This year at the St Clair TEC [Technological Education Center] our county's WIA facilitators once again help assist with the four week summer career exploration. We have working with us this summer:

Facilitators:
Jennifer Brutyn: Algonac High School, Blue Water Learning Academy
Ann Harris: Capac High School, Crossroads Alternative, Phoenix Alternative, Yale High School
James Chapman : Port Huron Northern High School
Ric Cottengim: Marine City High School
Janette Mow: St. Clair High School, River View East High School
LaNeisha Murphy: Port Huron High School
Lindsay Sheckler: Marysville High School, Memphis High School, Grant Educational Center

Michigan Works Case Managers:
Mark Marcelli
Merissa Vranish

TECAdministrators:
Fran Mcbride
Pat Yanik
John Wunch

Career Exploration Instructors:
Dave Draper - Groundskeeping
Karen Gillespie - Culinary
Candy Weston - Health Careers
Melissa Todaro - Digital Media Technology Stationary
Ann Fredrick - Digital Media Technology Rotation

Program Instuctors [Off Site]:
Carrie Bearrs - SC4
Russ Cushion - Pine River
Nancy Archer - Marwood Manor

They are all a huge part of keeping the program alive and running so well. a big THANK YOU! goes out to each of them. Each student who enters the summer program gets a choice of the above programs and a link to each blog detailing the programs is located on the right.Each of the separate blogs give a summary of the sub-program of which it's about. Maybe you were curious and had no idea such a program like this existed. Well, now that you do, I hope you'll realize what is out there and ever increase your knowledge of things outside your bubble. until next time.