November, 2008
PORTA JILG Takes Tour of
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
Lincoln Land Community College
By Chelsey Meyer, assistant reporter and On November 25th, PORTA JILG
Aadam Cox, secretary.
students attended a field trip to Lincoln
Below: PORTA JILG students in front of
Land Community College in Springfield.
Menard Hall at LLCC campus. While there, we toured the 5 main
buildings that make up the campus. The
college provides a better chance of
learning for the students because the
classes are smaller and easier for the
instructor to give individual help than at
larger colleges. The students enjoyed
lunch in the cafeteria which offeres
Subway and an American Grill. We
enjoyed the walk around campus and
learned more about registration, and
financial aid at LLCC. Some of the
graduating seniors believe they will be
attending LLCC next year.
(see more photos on page 3)
PORTA JILG held movie days on November 12, 13,
PORTA JILG and 14. The students invited study halls to view the movie
HOLDS for free, and were able to buy concessions. “I think the move
MOVIE PARTY party was a big success”, commented president PJ Scheina.
FUNDRAISER Other comments: “I thought the movie party was a GREAT
For idea!!”; “I think it was amazing & we should do it again
RED CROSS soon.”; “Everyone enjoyed it & we raised a fair amount of
money”.
By PJ Scheina, Pres.
We raised $200 as part of a regional fundraiser for
Right: Students Red Cross. See more next month.
from JILG classes
and study halls
enjoy the JILG
movie party to help
raise money for Red
Cross.
Below: Peter
Schoenherr makes
popcorn for the
movie goers.
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ICG

VIPER COAL MINE

Williamsville/Elkhart

November 24, 2008

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

By reporter, Zayin Kienzler

Mr. Bloom and Mr. Lamb came to talk about the

coal mining industry with some history of coal and how it
was formed. In Illinois, we still have a 250 year supply of
coal, which was discovered over 300 years ago.
Another interesting thing I remember is that
Illinois is ranked number nine of coal producing states in
the US.
The men talked about the four basic types of coal Above: One of the machines used
in coal mining.
and what they are produced for. The coal industry is a $1
billion industry and all miners get a good income, even if
they didn’t attend college. They did have to have training
to become a coal miner. Below: Trey Nelson, Scott Tisdale,
The men talked about the different jobs in coal and Cassie Owens model the
mining and salaries and benefits offered. equipment coal miners carry
They ended each class by having a student put on every day. The middle photo also
the standard equipment coal miners must carry everyday. shows Mr. Bloom explaining some
of the equipment on the belt.
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Lincoln Land Community College

November 25, 2008

TEAM POSTERS
Above: Terri Henrichs hands out LLCC information and
The first activity we worked
facilitates on this
students year in JILG
in career/college was our
related team posters. It
activities.
was our first team activity. It was fun coming up with a topic and learning
about what everyone likes. It was a lot more fun coloring the poster! It also
makes it more fun if everyone can agree. The posters get hung in the windows
that are between our JILG classroom and another classroom.

Here are the results:

Above: Students learn Above: Students see how

about financial aid and much larger classes may
transfer students. be than in high school.
The tour guide stressed
that larger colleges have
as many as 200 students
Below: Students visit in a class.
the Auto Mechanics shop
and learn about some of Below: Students learn
the projects LLCC about the student
students work on. learning services LLCC
offers.

Above: Students find

about job postings on
LLCC campus and in
the Springifeld area.
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FOLLOW-UP for Class of 2008

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 situations
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 is
enrolled 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.
CIEDC
Students who helped with the CIEDC food pantry for
the month of November were Richie Mohn and Peter
Schoenherr.
PORTA JILG helps unload the delivery truck, and pack
into food pantry storage or into bags for needy families.
This is the 6th year PORTA JILG has helped with the
food pantry deliveries.
Rickie Mohn (right in photo) commented, “CIEDC was
a great experience. We learned how helping our community
can make us feel good inside. We also learned that CIEDC is a
great way to develop our leadership skills.”