Tag: Education
Trask River High School Students Use Teamwork to Face Engineering Challenge
Students at Trask River High School serving Camp Tillamook and Tillamook Youth Correctional Facility had the opportunity to participate in a 16-week hands-on engineering challenge to create pedal cars that could race each other around the facility track. Led by Trask teachers Mark Roberts and Aaron Yarnell, two teams of students took on the task ...
MacLaren YCF/Lord High School April Youth Career Fair
This week, youth at MacLaren participated in a semi-annual career fair to learn about a variety of careers—from sustainable building and other specialized trades to animal care to conservation to entrepreneurship, from placements in community-based organizations to in-depth apprenticeship programs to make them career-ready on completion. Throughout the day, youth also learned more about specialized ...
OYA Partners with Looking Glass to Provide Specialized Mental Health Residential Treatment
OYA is excited to partner with Looking Glass Community Services to launch our first-ever psychiatric residential treatment and subacute mental health residential program. This initiative addresses the growing need for targeted support for youth with severe mental and behavioral health challenges. By diverting youth from correctional settings and into specialized care, we’re giving them an ...
MacLaren YCF/Lord High School Youth Career Fair
“Looking around, can you point out anything that is sheet metal, that’s made out a sheet metal?” Ben Wood with the sheet metal workers union asked a MacLaren youth. The youth looked around a few seconds before admitting they couldn’t. Wood identified a few examples and quickly pivoted into a the merits of the work: ...
Into the Light
MacLaren is not a dark place with nothing to offer, a youth at the facility writes — it’s a hub of opportunities for growth.