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Josh Montgomery at William Beaumont
Hospital Grosse Pointe.
[Click on the photo to view a larger
image.]
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DeQuan Gist works on the continuous improvement
efforts at DTE Energy.
In 2003, Loyola High School began an innovative
initiative called the Loyola Work Experience Program (LWEP) to make
parochial education affordable to young men living in the city of
Detroit. This program combines employee leasing and job sharing.
It is based on the Cristo Rey model, a national network of schools
based in Chicago.
Our students work at businesses in the Detroit metro area. In the
spirit of being "men for others" the program also gives
back to the community by placing several young men with non-profit
organizations.
The two main
reasons Loyola adopted this program are:
1. To improve its educational program by giving every student
the opportunity to use the personal and professional skills acquired
in the classroom in a real-world work place environment.
2. To help students assume part of the financial responsibility
for their education.
Transportation:
Loyola provides every student with transportation to the work
site in the morning and back to the school at the end of the workday.
Student Training: Prior to
entering the work program students undergo an intensive weeklong
training session, which includes sessions on Microsoft Word and
Excel, diversity in the workplace, clerical skills and business
etiquette.
Student Skills: Students will
generally be assigned the following tasks: filing, data entry,
answering telephones, photocopying, running errands, or doing
basic research.
Supervision: LWEP, in consultation
with the sponsors, carefully supervises every student. The LWEP
coordinator, Tim Schuele, and assistant Jonathon Clark ’97,
work directly with every student and his sponsor. Sponsors evaluate
the students on a regular basis.
2009-2010 LWEP Sponsors
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Archdiocese of Detroit
• Beaumont Hosp. Grosse Pointe
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Bodman LLP
• County of Wayne
• Crain Communications Inc.
• DTE Energy
• Dykema Gossett, PLLC
• Focus: HOPE
• Ford Motor Company
• Ghafari Associates, LLC
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Goodwill Industries
• Henry Ford Hospital
• Hollingsworth Logistics
• International Automotive Components
• Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.
• Plunkett & Cooney, P.C.
• R.L. Polk & Company
• St. John Hospital, Macomb
• Think Detroit/PAL
• Youth Development Commission |
If you’d like more information on LWEP, please call Tim
Schuele at (313) 861-2407 ext 128 or email
him.
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