The Workforce Academy Phoenix continued its winning streak and finished the regular season undefeated, after beating the Holiday Hoops 71 to 61 at Orlando Christian Prep.

Watch up comng emails for the playoff schedule.

With graduation fast approaching, Workforce Advantage Academy is stepping up its presentation of career options with a series of special days. The programs kicked off last week with Military Day. Recruiters from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines met with students and answered their questions about serving in the armed forces.

Stay tuned for the next event in preparing students to wake up on the day after graduation and know what they are going to do.

Brianna Core spent most of her junior year in the transition class, soaking up all the knowledge offered her about how to apply for a job, wow an employer at an interview and handle the responsibilities of a working. She has put that to good use at Best Cleaners, entering data and completing other computer tasks at the company, and enjoying her internship.

“She’s doing a fantastic job,” said Mike Pastor at Best Cleaners. “She’s doing a lot of tasks in my area and doing a great job.”

Core, a senior, scored 26 on the ACT and plans to study psychology after graduation.

Junior Enrique Resendiz is a student with varied interests. He works at Rosen Hotels. He wrestles with the Amateur Athletic Union of the USA and has traveled around he country to different tournaments and earned scholarships for college. He recently placed third in a national tournament. He finds wrestling helps relieve stress and could open the door for him to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, where he would like to study physical therapy.

Resendiz also has creative skills. He received third place honors at a local poetry competition in Orlando. He hopes to compete in the national Brave New Voices Festival, which brings together young poets from across the globe, so that they can create new pathways toward artistic growth, civic engagement and youth development. Resendiz said he writes about life and his thoughts. He shared this poem with us:

By my side

I would travel to the end of the earth

forget the pain and the hurt your more than its

worth I’ll put in the work just to keep you by

my side till the end of my life till I’m taken

away and no longer fight whether I’m wrong or I’m

right. I want you beside me at night and I’ll do

anything for you. That’s true I love you and that will never

change. I want things to be the same 20 years down

the road. You’ve taken more than my heart, you’ve

taken my soul. I hope that you and I can grow

old.

Dozens of students and staff donated blood in January. The drives help raise money for scholarships.

Army Staff Sgt. Aumtep Hill visited with students, discussing with them careers in the Army and questions about entry into the armed services.

Workforce Advantage Academy donors are making it possible to offer students a deeply discounted visit to Atlanta during spring break. Students will visit the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola, the CNN Studios, Underground Atlanta and more.

Orlando Utilities Commission collections analyst Ebony Whitby mentored students, honing their interview and employability skills. She emphasized that in addition to basic reading and math abilities, successful employees must be capable of high-order thinking, such as creativity, reasoning and problem solving. She discussed personal qualities that lead to advancement, such as a good attitude, honestly, self-control and a team spirit. Whitby also engaged students in an active discussion about how they would handle a variety of ethical issues and challenging situations they often will face on the job. She kept everyone’s attention, and students learned so much from her.

The Workforce Advantage Academy Phoenix basketball team played hard and won its most recent game by four points, 39-34.

The WAA Phoenix basketball team won its first two games and will play again on Saturday. This past weekend, the team won 72 to 9 against the Titans