The YouthBuild at Rosie the Riveter High School is a community service program, in which you can build housing for homeless and other low-income people, providing the most valuable and visible commodity for our communities: affordable housing.

 Qualifying students can receive academic and on-the-job monetary incentives!

 • It is a High School education program, in which you spend 50 percent of your time pursuing academic goals, which may include vocational and remedial education, study toward a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma, and preparation for higher education.

 • It is a job training and pre-apprenticeship program, in which you receive on-site training in construction skills during 50 percent of your time in the program from qualified instructors who are often union journeypersons, and then get placed in construction-related jobs or apprenticeships.

 • It is a leadership development program, in which you share in the governance of our program and participate actively in community affairs, learning the values and the lifelong commitment needed by effective and ethical community leaders.

• It is a youth development program, in which you participate in personal counseling, peer support groups, and life-planning processes that assist you in healing from past hurts, overcoming negative habits and attitudes, and pursuing achievable goals. 

For more infomation contact:

Director of Youth Programs: Mary Mercado (562) 431-0302 ext.101 or  mmercado@winterwomen.org  

Apply Today! Enrollment is Limited!

 Or pick-up an application at: 

Rosie the Riveter Charter High School - 690 Studebaker Rd Long Beach, CA 90803 Tel. (562) 431-0302