Perkins Job Corps student breaks ACT reading score record at Big Sandy Community College
Nineteen-year-old Heather Lida, a
student at the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps Center, has broken the record for the highest
score on the reading portion of the ACT Compass standardized test at Big Sandy
Community & Technical College. Heather earned a score of 95% on the reading
portion of the ACT, a standardized college admission and placement test, and
earned the distinction of scoring the highest in reading in the history of ACT
testing at BSCTC and Perkins Job Corps. The ACT Compass offers tests in reading,
writing, math, essay writing and English as a second language. The tests help
evaluate students’ readiness to enter college and aid in placing students in
appropriate classes.
Heather, from Hagerstown, Md.,
will begin college at BSCTC this fall, and plans to pursue studies in business
management.
She enrolled in Job Corps to
further her education so she could become a self-sufficient adult. At Perkins,
Heather earned her high school diploma, completed Culinary Arts and is
completing Office Administration. She is proficient in Microsoft Office and has
learned valuable computer skills that will serve her well as she enters college.
Heather has also completed a six-week
of Work Base Learning internship in culinary arts at Jenny Wiley Sate Park, and
is currently has a WBL internship in Office Administration at Volunteer Lawyers
Association of Kentucky.
After finishing her degree in
business management, Heather hopes to open her own restaurant.
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