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On November 25th, PORTA JILGstudents attended a field trip to LincolnLand Community College in Springfield.While there, we toured the 5 mainbuildings that make up the campus. The

college provides a better chance oflearning for the students because theclasses are smaller and easier for theinstructor to give individual help than atlarger colleges. The students enjoyedlunch in the cafeteria which offeresSubway and an American Grill. Weenjoyed the walk around campus andlearned more about registration, andfinancial aid at LLCC. Some of thegraduating seniors believe they will beattending LLCC next year.

(see more photos on page 3)

PORTA High School

Supt. Matt Brue

Principal Darren Hartry

V.Principal Doug Elledge

Guidance Amy McMahan

Career Specialist

Lisa Willhite

For more information on JILG,

call 217-632-3216 or visit

www.jilginc.org

November, 2008

PORTA JILG held movie days on November 12, 13,and 14. The students invited study halls to view the moviefor free, and were able to buy concessions. I think the moveparty was a big success, commented president PJ Scheina.Other comments: I thought the movie party was a GREATidea!!; I think it was amazing & we should do it againsoon.; Everyone enjoyed it & we raised a fair amount ofmoney.

We raised $200 as part of a regional fundraiser for

Red Cross. See more next month.

PORTA JILGHOLDS

MOVIE PARTYFUNDRAISER

ForRED CROSS

By PJ Scheina, Pres.

PORTA JILG Takes Tour ofLincoln Land Community College

Right: Studentsfrom JILG classesand study hallsenjoy the JILGmovie party to helpraise money for RedCross.Below: PeterSchoenherr makespopcorn for themovie goers.

By Chelsey Meyer, assistant reporter and

Aadam Cox, secretary.

Below: PORTA JILG students in front of

Menard Hall at LLCC campus.


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By reporter, Zayin Kienzler

Mr. Bloom and Mr. Lamb came to talk about thecoal mining industry with some history of coal and how itwas formed. In Illinois, we still have a 250 year supply ofcoal, which was discovered over 300 years ago.

Another interesting thing I remember is thatIllinois is ranked number nine of coal producing states inthe US.

The men talked about the four basic types of coaland what they are produced for. The coal industry is a $1billion industry and all miners get a good income, even if

they didnt attend college. They did have to have trainingto become a coal miner.The men talked about the different jobs in coal

mining and salaries and benefits offered.They ended each class by having a student put on

the standard equipment coal miners must carry everyday.

ICG

VIPER COAL MINE

Williamsville/Elkhart

November 24, 2008

Above: One of the machines used

in coal mining.

Below: Trey Nelson, Scott Tisdale,

and Cassie Owens model the

equipment coal miners carry

every day. The middle photo also

shows Mr. Bloom explaining some

of the equipment on the belt.

Above: Mark Bloom and Rick Lamb from Viper Coal Mine.

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TEAM POSTERS

The first activity we worked on this year in JILG was our team posters. Itwas our first team activity. It was fun coming up with a topic and learningabout what everyone likes. It was a lot more fun coloring the poster! It alsomakes it more fun if everyone can agree. The posters get hung in the windowsthat are between our JILG classroom and another classroom.

Here are the results:

Above: Students learnabout financial aid andtransfer students.

Below: Students visitthe Auto Mechanics shopand learn about some ofthe projects LLCC

students work on.

Lincoln Land Community CollegeNovember 25, 2008

Above: Terri Henrichs hands out LLCC information andfacilitates students in career/college related activities.

Above: Students see howmuch larger classes maybe than in high school.The tour guide stressedthat larger colleges haveas many as 200 studentsin a class.

Below: Students learnabout the student

learning services LLCCoffers.

Above: Students findabout job postings onLLCC campus and inthe Springifeld area.


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For the Class of 2008, the specialists must contact the participants at least once per month

If the participant has a job, then the employer is also contacted. The same goes for college.

If participants are taking classes, the college is contacted to verify enrollment.

The specialist offers support for the employers by assisting with any problems or situation

that might arise with the participant employee.

PORTA statistics for the Class of 2008 are as follows for the month of November:

Category Statistic % Target

Graduates: 24 of 25 96.00% 90%

Job Placement: 11 of 24 45.83% 60%

Full Time Jobs: 3 of 11 27.27% 60%

Full Time Placement: 6 of 11 54.55% 80%

Positive Outcomes: 16 of 24 66.67% 80%

Further Education Rate: 10 of 24 41.67% N/A

The Career Specialist is working hard to help graduates obtain employment. 2 graduates

are presently Fulltime employed with no school/training; 1 is Fulltime with school/training

5 are part-time with no school; 3 are part-time with college; 1 is enrolled fulltime at a 4-year

college with no employment; and 3 are enrolled in a 2-year college with no employment. 1 ienrolled in other vocational training.

There were no unable to contact for December.

For more information on the Jobs for Illinois Graduates program, please visit the JILG

website at www.jilginc.org.

FOLLOW-UP for Class of 2008

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CIEDC

Students who helped with the CIEDC food pantry forthe month of November were Richie Mohn and PeterSchoenherr.

PORTA JILG helps unload the delivery truck, and packinto food pantry storage or into bags for needy families.

This is the 6th year PORTA JILG has helped with thefood pantry deliveries.

Rickie Mohn (right in photo) commented, CIEDC wasa great experience. We learned how helping our communitycan make us feel good inside. We also learned that CIEDC is agreat way to develop our leadership skills.

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