The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny and Great Lakes Ship­yard have entered into anoth­er year as a part­ner in St. Mar­tin de Por­res High School’s Cor­po­rate Work Study Pro­gram.  Four stu­dents, one from each grade lev­el, work one day a week in var­i­ous depart­ments at the Com­pa­ny head­quar­ters to help fund about 50% of the cost of their edu­ca­tion. The rela­tion­ship between the school and the Com­pa­ny is aimed at assist­ing the young men and women devel­op habits that give them an intro­duc­tion to the marine indus­try and enable them to be suc­cess­ful in col­lege, careers, and life.

St. Mar­tin de Por­res, a Cleve­land-based Cristo Rey Net­work school, aims to “to trans­form urban Cleve­land one stu­dent at a time” by offer­ing col­lege prepara­to­ry edu­ca­tion to stu­dents of mod­est eco­nom­ic means.

Stephon Fish­er, fresh­man, works in Account­ing and Pur­chas­ing; Te’Sante Ben­jamin, sopho­more, works with Human Resources; Tatayana Moore, junior, works in Account­ing and Pur­chas­ing; and Regine Phillips-Collins, senior, in her sec­ond year with the Com­pa­ny, is work­ing in the Oper­a­tions Department.