California Career School

How One Student Overcame Funding

June 16, 2011 By Chuck Emanuele Leave a Comment

Over the summer, Alex Alonso came to California Career School to obtain his Class A license and secure employment as a truck driver. Funding, however, proved to be a very difficult ordeal.

Alex needed to secure a way to pay for school– a struggle that many students across the country have always experienced. “I appreciate what the school did for me. They used their expertise to find me the best financial resources for my situation.”

What Alex was referring to was being unable to obtain training funds through key agencies like the EDD/WIA and he also did not qualify for federal student aid. On top of this, he was unable to use his VA benefits because his daughter had been utilizing it for her education.

To combat these hurdles, California Career School assisted Alex in his search of alternative funding options. By making use of the military veterans’ discount that California Career School offers and by placing him with an employer partner who offers tuition reimbursement, Alex’s tuition cost was covered 100%.

Alex completed our training program at the top of his class, obtaining both his Class A and Class B license on his first try. “I know I got the best training at California Career School because when I went to the DMV, it showed. The other school’s student looked like it was the first time in a truck.”

Now that Alex has completed all 300 hours of his training, he will begin his truck driving career with Werner Enterprises. “I am looking forward to getting started. This is something I have always wanted to do. After my recent lay off and just celebrating my 47th birthday, I felt this was the perfect time to fulfill a lifetime goal.”

Author: Sarah Bantay

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Veteran’s Day in Yuma AZ

November 11, 2010 By Chuck Emanuele Leave a Comment

In commemoration of Veteran’s Day, our Yuma trucking students decided to share a few words:

– Saul Solis

– Carlos Lopez

– Alberto Sotelo

Today is one of many days to take the time to thank our troops for the innumerable sacrifices that they have made throughout all of these years. Thanks to all who gave their all and more. We support our troops.

– California Career School

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Helping Marines At The Hyatt

October 26, 2010 By Chuck Emanuele Leave a Comment

On September 24 and October 8 of this year, Camp Pendleton’s Family Readiness Center combined efforts with California Career School’s drivers and the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach to bring this furniture donation effort to fruition.

Where was this furniture going? To the Family Readiness Center at Camp Pendleton to be donated to Marine families in need of furniture to set up their households.

CCS instructor Jose Ballesteros worked with 15-20 Marines and 1 student during each visit to the Hyatt to load up furniture into one of our trailers for transportation to Camp Pendleton. Having previously worked as a supervisor in a shipping company for 2 years, Mr. Ballesteros communicated the proper way to load up furniture as compactly and safely as possible, thus enriching the training for the participating students Soane Langi and Wayne Pak scheduled to graduate this year.

During the first visit, over 2/3 of the trailer was full. However, the second visit proved even more successful – the efforts of the Marines and drivers completely packed the trailer and, according to Mr. Ballesteros, there was still more furniture left over. With such a high volume of material, there could be no doubt that the furniture would be helping a significant number of families settle into their homes.

Furniture Transported on Day 2:
50+ mattresses
10-15 couches
70+ chairs
40-50 tables
100 lamps
80+ nightstands
8-9 TVs

Many thank yous to Camp Pendleton Family Readiness Center, USMC, Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach, Jose, Soane, and Wayne for making this happen!

Author: Sarah Bantay

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Trucking Graduate Finds Work

September 3, 2010 By Chuck Emanuele Leave a Comment

After graduating in March of this year, our student Mr. Wade Wright came to visit us very recently to talk about his employment.

To help students like Wade, our school provides national job placement assistance during and after training. Our placement office is here to support current students and alumni in resume writing, interview preparation, and networking with companies that are already hiring our graduates fresh out of class.

Additionally, this is offered on a national level. What does this mean? It means that students and graduates going home to other parts of the country will not miss out on our help in finding a career. Even years after graduation, our alumni may give us a call if they are looking for a position in the commercial driving industry in any location across the US.

Again, we would like to thank Wade for coming down to our Anaheim location and we wish him well in the rest of his endeavors. Thanks Wade!

Author: Sarah Bantay