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      California - Inland Empire
Year Founded: 1998
Graduates to date: 711
Accreditation: Yes, school is WASC-accredited.
Avg. Enrollment: 226
School Report Card:
Qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch: 100%
Ethnicity Information: Hispanic / Latino: 53% African-American: 25% Caucasian: 15% Other / Not Specified: 4% Native American: 2% Asian / Pacific Islander: 1%
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Career Trades Offered: Business Technologies Electrical Health Occupatioms Landscaping Plumbing Tile Setting
3173 Kerry Street
Overview
The Inland Empire SIATech high school program is located at the Inland Empire Job Corps Center. Originally constructed for use as Fremont Jr. High School in 1953, the Inland Empire Job Corps was established on this site in San Bernardino in 1978. The facility and grounds cover 17.5 acres and include: dormitories, a gymnasium, academic classrooms and vocational shops, administrative offices, a softball field and a swimming pool.
Recent additions to the grounds include: a new safety and security building, renovated front entry with security gate, new admissions and placement offices, new dormitory, new greenhouse and carpentry shops, a culinary arts modular building, and a newly constructed health and wellness clinic.
Principal Profile
Success Stories
A recent graduate, William Tyars, was featured in the SIATech quarterly newsletter. Click here to read more about how this student went from a struggling high school dropout to an optimistic graduate. More...
We are very proud of the accomplishments of our students from Inland Empire SIATech. In fact, students at the center have been so successful that this center is frequently ranked near the top of all Job Corps centers in the nation! Our students have graduated from our program and gone on to secure jobs in a wide variety of fields including: Carpentry, Culinary Arts, Tile-setting, Welding, Business Technologies, Plumbing, Landscaping, Electrical, and Health Occupations. In addition, many of our students have also chosen to continue their educational careers by attending local colleges. |
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The average student at Inland Empire SIATech is 19 years old and comes to our program with less than 80 high school credits. There are a total of 320 students enrolled at the Job Corps Center and approximately 210 of these students are working to complete their diploma requirements in the SIATech high school program. All high school classrooms are equipped with attractive, professional furnishings that create a pleasant business environment for students and staff members.
Jake Gordon became principal of the Inland Empire site in 2007. Mr. Gordon brings a wealth of experience with the SIATech program. Prior to joining SIATech, Mr. Gordon worked as a history teacher at a high school in San Jose with a predominately at-promise population. Mr. Gordon has been a social science, creative technology, and senior projects teacher at the SIATech Long Beach site, and was recognized as an Employee of the Year at the site. Mr. Gordon earned his masters in Educational Administration from California State University Long Beach. 
