Fremont Public Schools & Metropolitan Community College Students Sign With Employers
Fremont, Neb. – (Apr. 20, 2023) Fremont Public Schools is pleased to announce the signing of seven Fremont High School seniors with local industry partners and Metropolitan Community College Scholarships. These students will work part-time while taking classes at Metropolitan Community College or Southeast Community College and graduate with a full-time job. “This is a great example of the partnership between Fremont Public Schools, community colleges and local industry to meet our students’ needs,” said Todd Hansen, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at MCC.
Joscelyn Dake
Joscelyn Dake will be graduating from Fremont High School with a Board of Governors Scholarship from MCC. She has been part of the Welding Academy at Fremont High School and will continue her education majoring in Welding Technology at MCC.
Ismael Jimenez Juarez
Ismael Jimenez Juarez will be graduating from Fremont High School with a Board of Governors Scholarship from MCC. Juarez will be taking classes to earn a degree in Automotive Technology.
Benny Alfaro
Benny Alfaro signed with Sid Dillon as an automotive service technician with a Board of Governors Scholarship from MCC. He will be taking MCC classes toward a degree in Automotive Technology and continue his career with Sid Dillon. Alfaro has taken a variety of industrial technology courses at Fremont High School.
Domingo Perez Ramos
Domingo Perez Ramos signed with Sid Dillon as an automotive service technician. Ramos will be taking classes at MCC toward Automotive Technology and applying that knowledge with his work at Sid Dillon. Ramos has taken a variety of industrial technology courses at Fremont High School.
Sid Dillon teaches students that the car business isn’t just for selling or fixing cars, there is much more to it, such as contract management, marketing and finance.
Brayden Reeder
Brayden Reeder signed with Platte Valley Equipment as a diesel technician in the JDTech Program. He will be attending Southeast Community College in Milford. Reeder will learn all aspects of Platte Valley’s business including sales, marketing, accounting and repairs.
Denver Fincham
Denver Fincham, Nebraska State SkillsUSA Champion Welder, signed with S2 Rolloffs as a part of their Repair Maintenance Scholarship as a welder. Fincham has been a part of the Welding Academy at Fremont High School and taken a variety of industrial technology courses. In addition to his education at Fremont High School, Fincham has a head start on his education at MCC and will graduate in November with his associates degree in Welding Technology.
Brandon Gallo
Brandon Gallo signed with Lozier and will be learning their precision machinery trade. He has participated in Precision Machining at the State SkillsUSA competition for several years. This year he placed 3rd in the state competition and was the State Champion in 2022. Gallo has taken a variety of industrial technology courses at Fremont High School. He will graduate with an associates degree in Precision Machine Technology.
This partnership is a great example of collaboration between schools and community. “Our community businesses are giving life-changing opportunities to these students and these are not the only companies that offer this type of opportunity. Our community employers see the talent that our young people possess and want to work to build on their skills,” said Mark Williams, director of counseling at Fremont High School. Hansen said, “Business and industry education sponsorships are getting more popular. Employers are making an investment on the front-end to recruit students to develop and expand their business.” We look forward to future partnerships with our community businesses and keeping our talent local.
“Today’s scholarship announcements and industry signings are a testimony to the hard work these young people are engaged in every day at FHS, leading to future careers and opportunities for them and their families,” stated Mark Shepard, superintendent of schools. “The partnerships we’ve been able to establish and foster with Metropolitan Community College and local industry are invaluable to the success of our programs and students. When coupled with committed, high-performing FPS and Metro instructors our students are able to capitalize on these tremendous career opportunities”
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The mission statement of the Fremont Public Schools is to produce creative, adaptable, productive citizens committed to lifelong learning.
About Metropolitan Community College
Metropolitan Community College, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, is a comprehensive, public community college that offers affordable, quality education to all residents of Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy and Washington counties. Founded in 1974, MCC has the largest enrollment out of six community colleges in Nebraska and is the second largest postsecondary institution in the state. MCC serves more than 40,000 unique credit and noncredit students.
