Youth News & Events
2010 Summer Youth Jobs Program
The 2010 Summer Youth Jobs program will begin on July 6th and will end on Wednesday August 18th.Youth ages 14-24 will be placed in worksites in the Greater Lowell area. Participants will be paid the current Massachusetts minimum wage of $8.00 per hour. Each youth will participate in a paid Summer of Safety/World of Work seminar before the program begins.
There are 450 total jobs available this summer, 319 of which have already been secured. The types of jobs include food service, maintenance/landscaping, office support, and camp counselor among many others.
The deadline to apply for youth from Lowell was May 28th, however youth living in the Towns of Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Tewksbury and Tyngsborough and Westford, have until June 11th to hand in applications.
For questions, please contact Vera Gallagher, GLWIB Youth Coordinator
2010 Youth Job Fair
Youth fill out applications and talk with employers at the 2010 Job Fair at Lowell High School
On May 5th, 2010 the Connecting Activities Program of the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board in conjunction with the Career Center of Lowell and Middlesex Community College hosted the 2010 Youth Job Fair. The Youth Job Fair was held at the Lowell High School and over 38 employers participated, making this job fair a successful event. More than 744 students attended the fair completing applications and interviewing onsite.
Connecting Activities: November 2009 MCAS Retest Results
The November 2009 MCAS Retest scores were released to the students on Monday 1/25/10 at the Little Theater in Lowell High School. 39 students participated in the MCAS classes at Middlesex Community College and the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board's Connecting Activities assisted with part-time jobs for the students who were enrolled. In the ELA, 12 out of the 21 participants passed, and in Math, 10 out of 18 passed. The new classes began poon Monday 1/25/10 at MCC to prepare students for the March 2010.