Twin Harbors continues skills center programs for high school students

Electrical engineering, cosmetology, culinary arts courses and more available

The Twin Harbors branch of New Market Skills Center is offering summer skills classes free of charge for high school students in grades 9-12. Two sessions will be offered and students can earn 0.5 credits in any course successfully completed.

Summer classes are offered in Aberdeen; the first session will run June 19 to July 7 with no class July 3 and 4, while the second session is scheduled for July 10-26. Classes will run each weekday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with lunch provided. Students can register for summer classes online at twinharbors.asd5.org by linking to Twin Harbors summer registration. The online summer registration is open until June 12.

Courses in Culinary Arts, Construction Basics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Animation and Photography and Graphic Arts. Cultivating Roots (food production and nutrition) and Cosmetology are also available and will operate on a different schedule.

Registration is also open now for fall programs which will include Electrical Engineering, Automotive Technology, Professional Medical Careers, Cosmetology and Criminal Justice. A new program in collaboration with Grays Harbor College is available in Medical Assisting as well. The fall programs run through the 2017-2018 school year and all lead toward some type of college credit as well as an industry certification.

Established in 2010, Twin Harbors serves students from 10 different school districts including: Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Lake Quinault, Montesano, North Beach, Ocosta, Raymond, South Bend, Willapa Valley and Wishkah Valley.

Please contact Lynn Green, Director at (360) 538-2038 for more information and for fall registration details.