Port of Los Angeles High School

Welding, Construction, Electrical and Plumbing

POLAHS is unique in offering three skilled trades pathways during the school year, including marine transportation, construction (residential and commercial) and welding.

For the past four years, POLAHS has implemented ambitious, successful summer programs and this summer they continued to expand their scope and take the program to new heights.

Partnering with Dynamic Education, 72 POLAHS students earned high-value industry-based credentials from American Welding Society (AWS) and National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER). Many of these students attained journeymen-level credentials in plumbing, electrical, pipe welding and TIG welding. 

15 students also earned dual enrollment college credit by completing automotive technology coursework through a partnership with El Camino College. 

 

“If you learn how to weld, you can own a company, you can be a contractor, you can be a foreman.’’

Pam Richardson, welding instructor, Port of Los Angeles High School

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The Impact

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Past Prize Winners

More than 100 teachers across the U.S. have been awarded the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence.

Let’s Build It

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