Iowa Department of Education Director Ann Lebo toured the Career Academy of Pella and Pella Middle School as part of a statewide initiative to view work-based learning programs in the state.
Lebo says she was able to view the diversity of programs available to students in the Pella-area, including demonstrations from culinary arts, welding, and patient care. She also mentioned the work she had done over the years with Vermeer to establish apprenticeship programs in Pella, which were the first in the state.
“One of my priorities has always been work-based learning, and so I’ve been on a work-based learning tour, and I had been to Pella several times before but not actually to the actual school,” she says. “Typically I’ve been at Vermeer as we’ve been working on what the apprenticeship partnership looks like, several years ago when they started the program. Today was my first chance to actually see the kids in the school and the opportunities they have and it’s been
Iowa Department of Education Director Tours Career Academy of Pella
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Vermeer Announces Welder Completing Career Academy Apprenticeship
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Jan 1, 2021
Jan 1, 2021
OSKALOOSA â By April, the impacts of the worldwide coronavirus had reached Iowa and our area. As more and more became infected with the virus, residents of the county began dying. COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, would become the stateâs third most deadly disease.
The Herald takes a look back at 2020 in a four-part series. Today, we publish the second part, looking back at what made headlines in April, May and June:
APRIL
Jaylin Vander Wiel and Robi greet a resident of Homestead Assisted Living Facility while making their way around the facility, bringing cheer, on April 1.