Oakland Shell Youth Training Academy Celebrates Grand Opening of New Facility.OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1998-- Basketball Hall-of-Famer and Former San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Warrior Nate "The Great" Thurmond Addresses Students At One of City's Finest Models for Cooperative Education
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view The Oakland Shell Youth Training Academy today celebrated the grand opening of its highly anticipated new center, a 5,000 square-foot facility, located at 3420 San Pueblo Avenue. Basketball hall-of-famer Nate Thurmond Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond (born July 25 1941, in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player, feared and praised by legends including Bob Pettit, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain. His nickname during his playing years was "Nate the Great". , one of the National Basketball Association's top 50 players of all-time and center for the San Francisco Warriors for 10 years, served as the guest speaker. Started in February, 1998, the Academy holds weekly job training classes in computer skills, resume writing, interview techniques and other courses for students from Castelmont, Fremont, McClymonds, Oakland Technical, Oakland and Skyline High Schools. In addition, students gain practical and essential work experience with local Shell service stations and other mentoring companies. Students have been placed in paid entry-level positions in more than 30 Oakland-area companies, including Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. , Institute for Scientific Analysis, FMK FMK Freiheitlicher Motorrad Klub (Austria) FMK Field Marshalling Kiosk FMK Fortran Make File & Associates, United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. , Sandra Varner & Associates and the University of California-Berkeley. Shell pays for 50 percent of each student's salary while enrolled in the program. A cooperative education program, recognized by President Clinton and U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich as a model for corporate involvement, the Shell Youth Training Academy seeks to improve employment opportunities for Oakland-area youth. Since its inception, the Oakland Academy has graduated 60 students utilizing temporary space at Heald College Heald College is a for-profit business career college with multiple campuses in the Western United States. The college was founded in San Francisco, California by Edward Payson Heald on August 8, 1863. . "We believe the business community should share part of the responsibility for developing young people preparing to enter the workforce," said Jack Doherty, senior vice president, Shell Oil Company Foundation. "This new facility symbolizes Shell's commitment to the young people of Oakland. Similar to our academies in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Chicago, the Oakland program is here to stay." The program, which has garnered praise from government, labor and education leaders, also gets high marks from graduates. "The Oakland Shell Youth Training Academy has given me meaningful work," said Renaldo Sanchez, SYTA SYTA Student and Youth Travel Association graduate from McClymonds High School Before becoming McClymonds Educational Complex in 2005, McClymonds High School, also known as "Mack," and "Mack House," was a public high school in the West Oakland neighborhood of Oakland, California, USA. . "It's not just an internship of photocopying." The Oakland Academy was patterned after Shell's nationally recognized pilot program in Los Angeles, announced in 1992. Shell opened a second Academy in Chicago in 1996 on the heels of the successful L.A. Academy. The L.A. Academy was established in partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. to improve employment opportunities for South Central youth through business education partnerships. Shell's $2 million investment in the L.A. Academy was part of the company's overall $10 million, four-year commitment to assist in the rebuilding of South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. following the South Central disturbances. Shell has exceeded that commitment, spending more than $14 million in the past six years. Shell Oil Company, based in Houston, is an affiliate of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies. For more information on the Shell Youth Training Academies, visit Shell's web site at: www.shellus.com. SHELL YOUTH TRAINING ACADEMY FACT SHEET -- The Shell Youth Training Academy is a cooperative education program designed to improve employment opportunities for high school students through business and education partnerships. -- The program is funded by Shell Oil and supported by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Chicago, Los Angeles and Oakland public school systems. -- The Shell Youth Training Academy operates in three cities The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines. : Los Angeles, Chicago and Oakland. -- The Shell Youth Training Academy offers weekly classroom training. Courses examine interview techniques, resume writing, computer training, retail skills, career planning and workplace ethics. -- Students enrolled in the program are placed in entry-level positions. Shell Oil shares 50 percent of the student's salary with partnering businesses while enrolled in the program. -- The Oakland program is designed in accordance with Shell's nationally recognized pilot program in Los Angeles. -- In 1992, shortly after civil disturbances broke out in Los Angeles, Shell announced its plans for the L.A. Youth Training Academy. -- More than 900 students have graduated from the Los Angeles Youth Training Academy. -- On the heels of the success in Los Angeles, Shell opened its second Youth Training Academy in Chicago in the fall of 1996. Approximately 150 students have graduated from the Chicago program. |
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