Category Archives: CWSP
Cristo Rey re-formats work-study performance evaluation
By Jose Lopez, Staff Writer Verbum Dei High School has a Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP) in which the students are provided work experience and great networking opportunities. The students work one day each week and alternating Fridays of each … Continue reading
CWSP assignment workshop to assist student preparation
By Douglas Granados, Staff Writer In the Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP), students are required to turn in a monthly assignment on the Friday they are scheduled to work, and the assignment must be submitted to Lorenz Willis, CWSP Program … Continue reading
Department of Labor training mandated for younger workers
By Douglas Granados, Staff Writer Verbum Dei High School’s sustainability model requires that all students contribute to the cost of their education through compensation for their work in the offices of the school’s corporate partners. All students are required to work, … Continue reading
Corporate Work Study Program begins mandated site visits
By Douglas Granados, Staff Writer At Verbum Dei High School, occasionally promoted as “The School that Works,” students from all grade levels work in corporate settings five days each month as part of the institution’s Corporate Work Study Program. Every year … Continue reading
Metro’s Transportation Career Academy Program provides multi-department summertime experience for ten Eagles
By Jacob Salgado, Staff Writer Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Verbum Dei High School’s professional partnership has proven once again to be beneficial for Verb students whose drive to be productive extends beyond the classroom and into the summertime. … Continue reading
Corporate Work Study Program initiative promotes police interaction procedures for VDHS student workers
By Benjamin Rivera, Staff Writer Cristina Cuellar, Vice President Programming, Corporate Work Study Program, has been working with the Los Angeles Police Department and Verbum Dei High School administration to promote the list of procedures students should follow when interacting with … Continue reading
Wildfires interfere with two CWSP van routes, frosh excused
By Douglas Granados, Staff Writer There have been severe fires in the southern California in recent weeks. Driven by high wind events – the infamous Santa Ana winds – the fires have caused bad air quality and unusually heavy traffic. … Continue reading
43% of Class of 2020 have had a single CWSP placement
By Douglas Granados, Staff Writer Verbum Dei High School’s unique work study program has all enrolled students working in various corporate environments throughout the Los Angeles Basin. At VHDS, though some students work in their same job placement for each … Continue reading
Nov 5 CWSP appreciation breakfast to include senior parents
By Douglas Granados, Staff Writer The Corporate Work Study Program will host its annual breakfast for supervisors of student workers on November 5, 2019, from 8:30-9:45 A.M. at Verbum Dei High School. Attended by corporate partners such as Operating Engineers, Crescent … Continue reading
CWSP jobsites offer summer work to some VDHS students
By Gerardo Leon, Staff Writer As the school year comes to an end, some Verbum Dei High School students will have the option to work at their jobsites and earn for themselves over the summer break. However not all jobsites offer this … Continue reading