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Maritime program offers Houston high school students a career ahead of graduation
7 Aug 2023
HOUSTON — It's never too early to start thinking about what comes after high school. A great option is trade school, and you don't have to wait until graduation to get started.
High schools here in Houston can prepare students for a vocational career that includes a maritime program offered by Port Houston.
"We are probably Houston's best kept secret, and that's one of the myths we're trying to break," Jacquie Young, Maritime Education Outreach Manager - Port Houston, said.
The word they're working to spread is about Port Houston's Maritime Education Program.
"About 50% of the people who work along the Houston Ship Channel and at Port Houston are over the age of 50, so we needed to figure out how do we infuse and encourage that next generation of maritime talent," Young said.
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