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• Caps Off to Shipyard Apprentice School, Grads

Graduation is a big deal for Naval Shipyard Apprentice School students. They wear caps and gowns, march into Willett Hall to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance" and one-by-one walk across the stage to receive diplomas. It should be a big deal. Those who graduate have completed four tough years of work and training by day in the shipyard and attending college classes at night. It's an unbelievable schedule, especially for those who have family responsibilities. This fall, 133 students graduated this fall.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• December 11, 2009

• Work and Play, All Rolled Into One ; the Baseball Players at the Apprentice School Get Paid, Not for Playing Baseball, but for Learning a Trade As a Livelihood.

Jonathan Dehoux's alarm goes off at 4 a.m. every day. He's out the door by 4:15 to commute to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding, a shipyard in Newport News, Va., just across the bay from Norfolk.

• Portland Press Herald
• May 13, 2010

• Trojans Fall to Builders

ETTRICK - Don't tell Franklin Chatman, coach of the Apprentice School basketball team, that you can't go home again. The former Virginia State University basketball player brought the Builders to Daniel Gymnasium and never trailed in an 84-68 victory on Saturday.

• Progress - Index, The; Petersburg, Va.
• November 21, 2010

• Third 'Apprentice' Is College Vs. High School

NEW YORK - Here come Magna and Networth, the latest squads to do Donald Trump's bidding on the third go-round of NBC's "The Apprentice. This time, it's about education and experience. With only high school diplomas in hand, street-smarts team Networth will battle book-smarts team Magna in various tasks involving companies such as Burger King, Home Depot, Domino's and Nescafe.

• Charleston Gazette
• December 27, 2004

• Graduating Apprentices Build Their Futures Along with Ships

When Jerketa Holmes graduated from high school in 2002, she had three college acceptance letters in hand. But college was just too expensive, so she went to work weighing bacon at Gwaltney. A year later, she found out she was pregnant and decided to go back to school. So she enrolled at Northrop Grumman's Apprentice School, which paid her to take classes and work in the company's Newport News shipyard.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• February 21, 2009

• Southern Virginia Campus Briefs

FOOTBALL: At Buena Vista, Va., taking a lead in to the forth quarter, the Southern Virginia University football was looking for a second consecutive win over the Apprentice School, but a late drive by the visitors, gave the Shipbuilders a 20-18 win. The Knights were looking to get back to winning ways, and had a 15-9 lead going in to the fourth quarter. A Tyler Bowen 32-yard field goal at the 7:09 mark of the fourth quarter extended the lead, and things looked to be going the hosts' way. Apprentice responded with a 9-play, 75- yard drive that culminated with a 16-yard touchdown pass that proved to be the winner for the visitors. Things started on the wrong foot for the Knights, as the Builders marched 73-yards on their first drive of the game, and rushed home from 2-yards out, to take a...

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• October 24, 2010

• 3 King's Fork High Seniors Commit to College Football

Three King's Fork High School seniors have made commitments to play football in college. Next fall Donta Steward will play for Division III Newport News Apprentice School. Brian Johnson and Brian Richardson will play for Division II Chowan University of Murfreesboro, N.C.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• April 25, 2010

• Black MBA's Honor College and High School Students for Academic Excellence; 'The Apprentice' winner Dr. Randal Pinkett to deliver Keynote Address at Third Annual Scholarship Awards Gala.

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Noted author, speaker, and serial entrepreneur, Dr. Randal Pinkett, will deliver the keynote address at the Third Annual Scholarshi...

• Business Wire
• February 10, 2009

• Raymond C. Hope

VIRGINIA BEACH - Raymond Clifford Hope, 78, departed this earth Sept. 24, 2010. A native of Norfolk, Ray was born July 24, 1932. He graduated from Maury High School in 1951 and was the smallest and proudest member of the Maury High School football team. He worked with his father in the family business, Hope's Transfer prior to serving two years in the United States Army. In 1965, as a graduate and vice president of the 26th NAS Apprentice School Class, he delivered the salutatory address. Ray then became a self-employed general contractor and custom home builder for the life of his career. He was a member of the Masonic Corinthian Lodge No. 266 AF&AM in Norfolk, and a member of the Virginia Beach Shag Club.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• September 26, 2010

• Raymond C. Hope

VIRGINIA BEACH - Raymond Clifford Hope, 78, departed this earth Sept. 24, 2010. A native of Norfolk, Ray was born July 24, 1932. He graduated from Maury High School in 1951 and was the smallest and proudest member of the Maury High School football team. He worked with his father in the family business, Hope's Transfer prior to serving two years in the United States Army. In 1965, as a graduate and vice president of the 26th NAS Apprentice School Class, he delivered the salutatory address. Ray then became a self-employed general contractor and custom home builder for the life of his career. He was a member of the Masonic Corinthian Lodge No. 266 AF&AM in Norfolk, and a member of the Virginia Beach Shag Club.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• September 25, 2010