ROANOKE, Va – Students from across the Roanoke Valley are getting new opportunities to learn outside the classroom in the student-registered apprenticeship program.
Almost 400 high school sophomores and juniors met tonight with more than 20 different businesses from across the Roanoke Valley to learn more about student-registered apprenticeship opportunities.
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Student apprentices are paid and work part-time towards earning credentials associated with each industry, while also earning high school credit.
“I think it’s worth it, I think it’s a way to get experience into the work field, like get an actual experience on a full-time job,” said Kenya Hernandez, one of the current apprentices.
Hernandez wants to go to Virginia Tech to study mechatronics and manufacturing engineering.
For more information about the apprenticeship program click here.
