Port Arthur, Texas

Lamar-Port Arthur’s Training and Retraining Initiatives encompass multiple partnerships to design and maintain a curriculum at the Lamar State College-Port Arthur to provide needed educational skills for people trying to find or hold a job in Port Arthur, Texas. Working to meet future employment needs, the College develops their programs through local employment trend forecasts and business and industry advisory committees. The program also prepares high school students for the workforce with the opportunity to receive college credit before graduation. The Port Arthur Neighborhood Action Council serves as an umbrella group for the individual efforts of neighborhood programs to reduce crime. The Council serves as a clearinghouse for information and aids neighborhoods in their work to maintain a safe community and a high quality of life. The Help One Student To Succeed Program (HOSTS) was first developed to help elementary students with reading. Because of its success, HOSTS has extended its academic reach with the HOSTS Math Program, designed to raise test sores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills for secondary students. Operating through mentors, the program provides not only academic support but also a relationship on which the students can depend.

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