INGLESIDE, Tx \u2014 Students in Ingleside are getting a head start on their future careers thanks to a $460,000 partnership between Ingleside ISD and the Port of Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n
The Port presented the district with a ceremonial check on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to support its new Port Industries & Maritime Academy at Ingleside High School.<\/p>\n
The academy is designed to introduce students to careers in maritime industries, skilled trades and other technical fields, while connecting classroom learning with workforce opportunities across the Coastal Bend.<\/p>\n
And some students are already getting a head start.<\/p>\n
According to Ingleside ISD Superintendent Scott Kilgore, middle school students are exploring different areas of the maritime industry, while high school freshmen are taking an introductory course.<\/p>\n
“This program is gonna give you the opportunity that other students and other schools don’t have,” Kilgore said. “It’s gonna help prepare you for a successful career, and my advice to them would be to take advantage of it and really gain that knowledge because it’s only gonna help you in the future.”<\/p>\n
The $460,000 investment will also support instructional equipment, hands-on learning experiences, instructor training and opportunities for students to connect with local industries.<\/p>\n
The Port of Corpus Christi has been working with Ingleside ISD for about a year to develop the academy, with the goal of preparing students for high-demand jobs in the region.<\/p>\n
“This academy is important to the port because we recognize that our industry partners need skilled labor for in-demand careers, and we recognize that that pathway starts long before you go and apply for a job,” said Amy Polasek, community relations manager for the Port of Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n
According to the district, the academy is the only program of its kind in San Patricio County.<\/p>\n
The goal is to give students the skills, experience and career connections they need to find opportunities close to home while helping meet the Coastal Bend’s growing workforce needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLESIDE, Tx \u2014 Students in Ingleside are getting a head start on their future careers thanks to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[161884,161885,155,157,156,161886,148267,2992,10836],"class_list":["post-479831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-161884","tag-000-partnership","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-ingleside-isd","tag-maritime-academy","tag-port-of-corpus-christi","tag-san-patricio-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}