unCommonConstruction

Building houses. Framing character. Empowering H.S. Apprentices with skills & experience for college OR career.

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

Learn more about the unCommon Construction experience and hear from these awesome youth in this video! https://t.co/Ddan9r5RVz

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

@edreform @YassPrize @AaronFrumin @ConstructorMag 🧡🧡🧡

[Mary Bliss McCrossen @BlissFactor]

Join me on 9/9/23 for unCommon Construction’s 9th Birthday Bash featuring a tiny build auction, great food, and music with the Honey Island Swamp Band – all in celebration of the @uCCNOLA apprentices and partners in the New Orleans community.

https://t.co/L9inPcVAby

[Britebound @Britebound]

.@Llauren, @K12DiveNews is joined by Jonathan Johnson, @RootedSchool, @CoreyMohn, @NetworkCAPS, @SylviaSymonds, @GatesFoundation, & Aaron Frumin, @uCCNOLA for a conversation on promising models that blend high school, higher ed, & workforce development. #JFFHorizons

[Britebound @Britebound]

“What really matters is the opportunity to explore; for young people to find out what they like and want to do.” -Aaron Frumin, @uCCNOLA #JFFHorizons

[The Center for Education Reform @edreform]

Louisiana has the highest rate of unemployed, out-of-school young adults in the nation. #YassPrize awardee @uCCNOLA aims to change that with their apprenticeship program where students earn wages and credits. @AaronFrumin #educationinnovation

[The Center for Education Reform @edreform]

We had an absolute blast with @uCCNOLA during their community build day! So great to work with their #apprentices on a bluebird New Orleans day! @AaronFrumin @CarolineGAllen1 #yassprize #educationinnovation

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

Tune in now for the @YassPrize launch w/ @Forbes! https://t.co/zoIrICO3wp

[The Yass Prize @YassPrize]

Flipping houses into classrooms! Learn more about 2023 Yass Prize Awardee @uCCNOLA and the college dropout who is changing the way kids in New Orleans do school. @NBC6News https://t.co/BlXu4xmtAS

[Laura Cassidy @LauraCassidy17]

So proud of this Louisiana apprenticeship program!!

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

Thank you @NOLAnews for this feature on our high school apprenticeship program! We’re so excited for lots of growth this year thanks to #CatalyzeChallenge and @YassPrize!

https://t.co/JSC0duA1Qm

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

Thank you to @CatoInstitute for this #FridayFeature on our high school apprenticeship program and selection as a finalist for the @YassPrize! (And a special shoutout to our friends at @wolverine in it, too!)

https://t.co/wnGDdmrdJd

@edreform

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

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@edreform 🧡🧡🧡

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

As we approach the end of the year, we're shining a spotlight on each of our organization's core values by featuring apprentices, alumni, and community members who've exemplified safety, grit, integrity, and equity throughout 2022 here: https://t.co/aAbuQPeHfL

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

Today’s the last day of our fall semester, and we asked a few of our #UCCNOLA Apprentices, “What makes you unCommon?” Here’s what a few had to say:

#BuildingHousesFramingCharacter

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

Thank you - THANK YOU! - to Janine and Jeff Yass for seeing and celebrating our work from such an incredible pool of applicants, and to the incredible team at @edreform for creating such an incredible experience, community, and movement through this award! (4/4)

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

Wow! unCommon Construction has been selected as a $500,000 winning finalist for the @YassPrize - a national award for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless Education (STOP)! (1/4)

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

Learn more about the other winners and what this means for unCommon Construction through links and video here: https://t.co/nkMCp1W0sB (3/4)

[unCommonConstruction @uCCNOLA]

With this incredible investment at such a pivotal moment of growth, we'll continue to deepen our work in New Orleans, sustain the newly launched program in Minneapolis, and imagine and pursue what's possible beyond. (2/4)

[Forbes @Forbes]

Forbes And The @YassPrize Announce $1 Million Yass Prize Winner https://t.co/4jsj4KzkmT