NORTH MANCHESTER - Juniors and seniors at Manchester Junior-Senior High School recently participated in two workforce readiness programs offered by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Students were invited to participate in the WorkEthic Certification Program which measures work readiness skills.Participating students had to record at least six hours of community service or 20 hours in a career internship as well as demonstrate high achievement in core work standards of attendance, discipline, punctuality, organization, teamwork, respectfulness, timeliness and overall GPA.
Based on points earned, juniors Josi Cripe, McKenna Egner, Marissa Johnson, Ashleigh Kiester and Meghann Kiester and seniors Kylee Clapp, Ben Fisher, Brandon Gray, Audrey Johnson, Kristen Lahman, Sarah McIntyre, Morgan Ozenbaugh, Sydni Terrill, Devan Whitaker, Bryant Wiley, Stephanie Willcox and Kyla Zile earned a Gold WorkEthic certificate from the state of Indiana. Also, based on points earned, seniors Erica Anderson, Catherine Chapman, Sara Gable, Amy Gore and Jon Walker earned a blue WorkEthic certificate from the state of Indiana.
MJSHS seniors also took the WorkKeys Assessment that is an employability skills test designed to measure "real world" skills in applied mathematics, reading for information, and locating information. Developed by ACT, the WorkKeys assessment is available to all Indiana high school seniors at no cost to help students become better prepared for the workforce. Each senior received individual results of their scores to help them identify skill areas in which they may need to improve as well as to use on resumes and future job applications.
The following seniors scored at least a 5 in each category and received a gold certificate from the Indiana Workforce Development: Nick Allison, Andrew Baker, Kendall Benedict, Daniel Bourne, Michael Bowen, Daniel Brown, David Cable, Andrew Chinworth, Katherine Clark, Sarah Enyeart, Benjamin Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Amy Francis, Sara Gable, Andrew Gnagy, Brandon Gray, Josh Kissinger, Franchesca Linkenhoker, Sarah McIntyre, Carrie McLain, Rashell Moore, Emma Naragon, Amanda Neal, Melissa Neal, Morgan Ozenbaugh, Spenser Penrod, Denae Pyle, Zach Ramseier, Joseph Rich, Julie Siefert, Brett Slack, Ariel Smith, Devan Whitaker, Stephanie Willcox and Victoria Williams.
The following seniors scored at least a 4 in each category and received a silver certificate from the Indiana Workforce Development: Savannah Al-Khateeb, Erica Anderson, Zachary Bailey, Elizabeth Bales, Andrew Blankenship, Matt Bowman, Chandler Bradford, Kayla Brown, Roxanna Burnette, Nathanial Cain, Amy Callicoat, Steven Camp, Catherine Chapman, Jeremy Conley, Jennifer Estep, Amelia Flora, Steven Gidley, Savana Griffing, Marshawn Griggs, Caleb Hatfield, Josie Heckaman, Whitnee Hidalgo, Audrey Johnson, Clayton Johnson, Lindsey Johnson, Kristen Lahman, Michael Lehman, Shannon Leisure, Samuel Lopez, Chelsey Lovett, Keith Marcum, Gavin McNeeley, Leah McNeeley, Aaron Medley, Scarlett Melton, Betsy Miller, Blaine Miller, Cinthia Myers, Soren Neild, Jennifer O'Brien, Justin O'Brien, Devin Patrick, Ian Pattison, Keisha Poe, Morrey Sellers, Steffanie Slone, John Sonnenberg, Tyler Stevens, Megan Tedrow, Syndi Terrill, Aric Vanlandingham, Jonathan Walker, Joshua Watson, Jessica Weirick, Bryan Wiley, Matthew Winterrowd and Kyla Zile.
