Western States Career Connections

Huge thank you to instructor Raul Vazquez for sharing some tips and tricks with our instructors with and . Instructors learned the basics of how to implement batter board and builders level topics into their curriculum.

Things are getting rolling here at home town show down! Students from . Students are building dog houses that will be donated to local animal shelters or kept to sell for funding for their programs. Thanks to the college and for hosting a great event.

Here at the 2026 ! Stop by booth 413 and find out more about the

Today hosted the graduation ceremony for the summer program with students from all over LA and Orange County. 15 students had the opportunity to learn hands on projects the basics of construction that culminated at the South LA training center tour and some hands on activities. Continues to all the completers of the program and we hope this jumpstarts your career in the trades!

The team is here jn making connections to ! Recent retiree Saul Arellano just accepted the position to teach carpentry at ! We’re also here at the conference so if you’re here stop by and say hi!

¡El equipo está aquí en creando conexiones para ! Saul Arellano, recién jubilado, acaba de aceptar el puesto de profesor de carpintería en . También estamos en la conferencia de , así que si estás aquí, ¡pasa a saludarnos!

The team is here at the Kedren Health center in LA to support by !

We want to give a huge shoutout and congratulations to Mason Zilner from Apple Valley High School!
Mason graduated from the Career Connections program and, thanks to the hustle and dedication he built through the program, immediately secured a sponsorship with NGI.

We’re proud to celebrate his first step toward becoming a union carpenter and apprentice. A special thank you goes out to Mr. Rees for mentoring Mason throughout all four years of the program.

Welcome to the brotherhood, Mason — now let’s get hot!

¡Queremos agradecer enormemente y felicitar a Mason Zilner de Apple Valley High School!
Mason se graduó del programa Career Connections y, gracias al esfuerzo y la dedicación que desarrolló a través del programa, inmediatamente consiguió un patrocinio de NGI.

Estamos orgullosos de celebrar su primer paso para convertirse en carpintero y aprendiz sindicalizado. Un agradecimiento especial al Sr. Rees por guiar a Mason durante los cuatro años del programa.

Bienvenido a la hermandad, Mason, ¡ahora pongámonos calientes!

Our team is having a great time at the apprenticeship resource fair here at ! Thanks to some of our great elected officials and for coming out and recognizing the importance of apprenticeships.

¡Nuestro equipo se lo está pasando genial en la feria de recursos para aprendices aquí en ! Gracias a algunos de nuestros excelentes funcionarios electos, el alcalde helentran y el supervisor baca, por venir y reconocer la importancia de los aprendizajes.

Check out some of the amazing projects are building! Which one of these projects would you pick up?! Thanks to team for dropping by and checking out what the students are working on.

Super proud of these students at construction program! If you’re interested in finding out more about where career connections is implemented check out our website at www.wscareerconnections.org