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On November 25th, PORTA JILGstudents attended a field trip to LincolnLand Community College in Springfield.While there, we toured the 5 mainbuildings that make up the campus. Thecollege provides a better chance of learning for the students because theclasses are smaller and easier for theinstructor to give individual help than atlarger colleges. The students enjoyedlunch in the cafeteria which offeresSubway and an American Grill. Weenjoyed the walk around campus andlearned more about registration, andfinancial aid at LLCC. Some of thegraduating seniors believe they will beattending LLCC next year.

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PORTA High SchoolSupt.– Matt BruePrincipal– Darren HartryV.Principal– Doug ElledgeGuidance– Amy McMahanCareer Specialist–Lisa WillhiteFor more information on JILG,call 217-632-3216 or visitwww.jilginc.org

November, 2008

PORTA JILG held movie days on November 12, 13,and 14. The students invited study halls to view the moviefor free, and were able to buy concessions. “I think the moveparty was a big success”, commented president PJ Scheina.Other comments: “I thought the movie party was a GREATidea!!”; “I think it was amazing & we should do it againsoon.”; “Everyone enjoyed it & we raised a fair amount of money”.We raised $200 as part of a regional fundraiser forRed Cross. See more next month.

PORTA JILGHOLDSMOVIE PARTYFUNDRAISERForRED CROSS

By PJ Scheina, Pres.

PORTA JILG Takes Tour of Lincoln Land Community College

Right: Studentsfrom JILG classesand study hallsenjoy the JILGmovie party to helpraise money for RedCross.Below: PeterSchoenherr makespopcorn for themovie goers.

By Chelsey Meyer, assistant reporter andAadam Cox, secretary.Below: PORTA JILG students in front of Menard Hall at LLCC campus.

By reporter, Zayin Kienzler

Mr. Bloom and Mr. Lamb came to talk about thecoal mining industry with some history of coal and how itwas 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 thatIllinois is ranked number nine of coal producing states inthe US.The men talked about the four basic types of coaland what they are produced for. The coal industry is a $1billion industry and all miners get a good income, even if they didn’t attend college. They did have to have trainingto become a coal miner.The men talked about the different jobs in coalmining and salaries and benefits offered.They ended each class by having a student put onthe standard equipment coal miners must carry everyday.

ICGVIPER COAL MINEWilliamsville/ElkhartNovember 24, 2008

Above: One of the machines usedin coal mining.Below: Trey Nelson, Scott Tisdale,and Cassie Owens model theequipment coal miners carryevery day. The middle photo alsoshows Mr. Bloom explaining someof the equipment on the belt.Above: Mark Bloom and Rick Lamb from Viper Coal Mine.

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TEAM POSTERS

The first activity we worked on this year in JILG was our team posters. Itwas our first team activity. It was fun coming up with a topic and learningabout what everyone likes. It was a lot more fun coloring the poster! It alsomakes it more fun if everyone can agree. The posters get hung in the windowsthat are between our JILG classroom and another classroom.Here are the results:

Above: Students learnabout financial aid andtransfer students.Below: Students visitthe Auto Mechanics shopand learn about some of the projects LLCCstudents work on.

Lincoln Land Community CollegeNovember 25, 2008

Above: Terri Henrichs hands out LLCC information andfacilitates students in career/college related activities.Above: Students see howmuch larger classes maybe than in high school.The tour guide stressedthat larger colleges haveas many as 200 studentsin a class.Below: Students learnabout the studentlearning services LLCCoffers.

Above: Students findabout job postings onLLCC campus and inthe Springifeld area.

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