Official Twitter account of the Academy for Advanced Studies Work-Based Learning program. "THEY ARE REACHABLE" -𝒻𝑜𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒
Academy For Advanced Studies
Joined July 2023
- Tweets340
- Following75
- Followers42
- Likes400
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🔥🛠️ #TradeTalkTuesday
Meet Robert Clay, @AAS_HCS senior welder forging his future in the skilled trades! 💪
💰 Top welders earn $77K+
🤝 Union apprenticeships offer paid training
🚀 Skills create career opportunities!
He’s not just welding metal—he’s building a FUTURE! 🔥
#WBL #CTAE
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🔥 TRADE TALK TUESDAY! 🛠️💰
Who said success requires a 4-year degree? 👀
Skilled trades can lead to $70K+ careers!
🎯 Skills create opportunities.
💰 Experience builds earning power.
🚀 Your future has OPTIONS!
College, trades, or BOTH? 👇
#TradeTalkTuesday #WBL #CTAE
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🎧🔥 FIELDWORK FRIDAY
Meet Dominion Jones, @AAS_HCS Fine Arts Apprentice + Music Technology Associate, creating tracks for The Wiz, Motown, Grease & now Annie! 🎭
3️⃣ Deliverables:
🎶 Real production experience
💻 Creativity + technology
🚀 Portfolio BEFORE graduation
Music runs in the family, but Dominion is building HIS OWN sound, HIS OWN skills & HIS OWN story.
Not the next anyone—the FIRST Dominion Jones. 🔥
#FieldworkFriday #FineArts #MusicTechnology #WBL #AAS
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🚧🔥 WORK-BASED WEDNESDAY
5 AAS Associates. One growing talent pipeline. 🚀
Our partnership with E.R. Snell is moving beyond hiring—they’re bringing industry INTO our classrooms and engaging Associates directly!
🎯 3 Deliverables:
1️⃣ Talent development
2️⃣ Classroom ➡️ Career connections
3️⃣ Sustainable workforce pipeline
Don’t just recruit talent. Help BUILD it. 💪🏾
#WorkBasedWednesday #WBL #WorkforceDevelopment #CareerReady
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
Jasper is one of my @DHS_HCS WBL students who works @PiedmontHealth Henry Hospital, where she is gaining valuable experiences to help prepare her for her future career as a nurse anesthetist. ❤️🖤❤️🖤
This week on “Catch the Pace,” Dr. Pace highlights how Henry County Schools is connecting students with real-world career experiences through Work-Based Learning. Through partnerships with local employers, Southern Crescent Technical College, community agencies, and other organizations, students have opportunities to explore careers, develop valuable skills, and gain hands-on experience while still in high school.
Dr. Pace is joined by Dutchtown High School student Jasper Williams at Piedmont Henry Hospital, where she is gaining valuable experience in the healthcare field as she works toward her goal of becoming a nurse anesthetist.
With Work-Based Learning instructors at every HCS high school helping students develop employability skills, find opportunities, and prepare for their futures, HCS is proud to help students discover their positive purpose and build bright futures right here in Henry County. Visit bit.ly/HCSWorkBasedLearning to learn more.
#BrightFuturesBeginInHCS #HenryProud #YouBelongInHenry
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🚀 Building Tomorrow’s Workforce!
The @AAS_HCS is partnering with the @HenryCountyDA, led by Executive Director Sharon K. Hill, alongside Angela Hall, to bring education + industry to the same table.
🎯 Build Talent
🔗 Rebuild the Pipeline
💼 Prepare Students for the Workforce
The talent is here. Let’s build the pipeline together.
#WorkBasedLearning #WorkforceDevelopment #FutureWorkforce #TalentPipeline #CareerReady #HenryCountyGA
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🔧 FIELDWORK FRIDAY | Visiting YAP Associate Sejal Baliga at HydrauliCircuit Technology!
3️⃣ BIG outcomes:
✅ Authentic industry experience
✅ Skills + mentorship
✅ Direct career connections
👏 Thank you HCT for being creative, open-minded & willing to think beyond the traditional.
When industry says “Let’s find a way,” students WIN. 🚀
#FieldworkFriday #WBL #YouthApprenticeship
#choosehenryhct
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🏦 #WorkBasedWednesday | When EDUCATION + INDUSTRY align, STUDENTS WIN!
Our partnership with & @OfficialVyStar Credit Union is bringing an operating credit union branch to @AAS_HCS —creating 3 powerful outcomes:
🔥 EXPOSURE to financial careers
💼 EXPERIENCE through hands-on learning
💰 ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT through financial literacy
This is what career-connected learning looks like! 🚀
#WorkBasedLearning #CTAE #FutureReady #empoweringtomorrow
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
This isn’t your average pep rally… it’s where leaders compete, pathways shine, and the energy is OFF THE CHARTS! 🚀🏆
📅 August 26
CTSO IS OUR SPORT.
Get ready… we’re about to shake the gym! 🔥🙌
#WeAreAAS #CTSOIsOurSport #AcademyForAdvancedStudies #SchoolSpirit #LeadCompeteWin #FutureReady #August26
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🚨 BREAKING NEWS:
@AAS_HCS Work-Based Learning is officially OPEN! 🎉
The doors are open, the opportunities are endless, and we can’t wait to meet our future game changers! Stop by, say hello, and let’s start building your future—one opportunity at a time! 💼✨
📍 See you at Open House!
#WorkBasedLearning #OpenHouse #FutureReady #CareerReady #AcademyEvent #FocusOnTheFuture
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
This is why I do what I do.
Helping students connect with life-changing opportunities never gets old.
Today I received this message:
“Hi Dr. Johnson! I hope your summer is going well. I just wanted to thank you for pushing me and pushing for me. I finally got the internship with @GeorgiaPower and will hopefully have a job soon.”
This is the real reward. Proud of you—and congratulations on your internship! Your future is just getting started. 👏⚡
#StudentSuccess #Mentorship #WorkBasedLearning #CareerReady @AAS_HCS
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
Great discussion today with the Henry County Development Authority at Inline Plastics.
Today’s conversation on food deserts in the workplace was eye-opening. We explored how limited access to healthy food during lunch breaks can impact employees, productivity, and overall well-being. Small challenges often create big ripple effects.
Always learning. Always growing. #Leadership #WorkforceDevelopment #EconomicDevelopment #HenryCounty #CommunityImpact
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🚨 YOUR BOY MADE THE MAGAZINE! 🚨
Honored to be featured in the Juneteenth Edition of Black Friday Edition Magazine!
What started as a desire to help students succeed has grown into a mission of impacting lives through education, leadership, workforce development, and ministry.
One lesson I’ve learned along the way: Grow where you’re planted. 🌱
I didn’t wait for the perfect opportunity. I simply committed to serving, leading, and making a difference wherever God placed me. Over time, those seeds produced impact beyond anything I could have imagined.
This feature isn’t just about me—it’s about every student, family, colleague, partner, and friend who has been part of this journey.
The best is yet to come.
📖 Check out the full article:
heyzine.com/flip-book/b3a6aa…
#BlackFridayEditionMagazine #Juneteenth #Leadership #Education #Purpose #SuccessNationNetwork #WorkBasedLearning #GrowWhereYourePlanted #TransformingPotentialIntoPurpose
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🚨 Great news from the Aqua Center Ribbon Cutting!
They’re actively hiring Lifeguards and need qualified candidates NOW. Looking for a great summer job, flexible hours, leadership experience, and a chance to make a difference?
🏊♂️ Apply today and dive into your next opportunity!
#WorkBasedLearning #NowHiring #LifeguardJobs #CareerReady #StudentOpportuniti
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
Yesterday, students at the Academy for Advanced Studies took the next step toward their futures during Career Signing Day! With 205 students currently participating in Work-Based Learning, these opportunities are creating powerful career pathways across industries—from retail and construction to energy and manufacturing. Through strategic partnerships with employers like Georgia Power, Central Georgia EMC, Caterpillar Inc., Brasfield & Gorrie, and ER Snell Contractor Inc., students are entering the workforce early, earning competitive wages, and getting a head-start on their long-term goals.
#HenryProud #BrightFutures #YouBelongInHenry
ALT AAS students at Henry County School pose for Career Signing Day.
ALT AAS students at Henry County School pose for Career Signing Day.
ALT AAS students at Henry County School pose for Career Signing Day.
ALT AAS students at Henry County School pose for Career Signing Day.
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
March is packed, but the highlight of the month is Career Signing Day—March 31! 🔥 Ten incredible graduates signing their careers and stepping into their future. Be there! 🚀
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
🎨 FIELDWORK FRIDAY | Black History Month
Shoutout to Fine Arts Youth Apprentice Jasmine for completing Hopeless Romantic — now headed to an upcoming show! 👏🏾🔥
Authentic learning in action:
1️⃣ Creative confidence
2️⃣ Professional exposure
3️⃣ Collaborative excellence
This is apprenticeship power. 🎨✨
#FieldworkFriday #BlackHistoryMonth #WBL #YouthApprenticeship #FineArts #AAS
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
One of the greatest rewards in education is moments like this — when you look up and see a former student out in the world doing amazing things.
It reminds you why you pour your heart into this work. Watching them grow, succeed, and shine will always be one of the best parts of this journey. 🌟
AAS Work-Based Learning (WBL) retweeted
FIELDWORK FRIDAY
TECH TREK was NEXT LEVEL — a direct recruitment experience powered by @HenryCountyBOE , @SoCrescentTech, @ChooseHenryGA
Students got:
1️⃣ Real tech careers
2️⃣ Real skills
3️⃣ Real next steps
This is how futures get BUILT. 🚀
#TechTrek #WBL #FutureReady