Dear e-Visitor,

I extend to each of you a warm welcome! The Apprentice School is an educational and career opportunity unlike any other. Since 1919 the school has maintained its traditional roots as a trade school, but proudly includes a modern college curriculum that challenges many institutions of higher learning. With a high tech campus, world renowned academic program, relevant and transferable industrial experience, and a multitude of ancillary student activities, including intercollegiate athletics, you will make a fine choice in coming to our program. My name is Everett Jordan, and I am the Director of The Apprentice School, but most of all, I am also a graduate of The Apprentice School.

When you choose to come to The Apprentice School, you will benefit!

You will benefit by gaining transferable experience in industry. You will join more than 750 current apprentices pushing new boundaries of achievement and exploring new opportunities in a complex and challenging workplace while you proudly build and maintain nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines for the United States Navy that will defend our country for decades to come – all along, under the watchful eye of a craft mentor (supervisor) that is also him/herself a graduate of the program.

You will benefit by obtaining an academic degree. During your 4 or 5 year apprenticeship (depending on the option you choose), you will earn while you learn. You will take an academic load of college tuition free classes while “on-the-clock” that will be of value to you wherever your future aspirations might take you. We offer associate degree tracks in either Business or Engineering. Also, as the school is fully accredited, your classes are fully transferable to other institutions if you plan to continue your education.

You will benefit by being a part of a dynamic student body that is involved in a multitude of activities outside the craft and academic arenas. The students at The Apprentice School have a rare, contagious enthusiasm and pride in their School. In the numerous student organizations and in the School’s six Division III-level intercollegiate sports, apprentices embrace activities that create lifelong friendships and memories, while developing the personal qualities and interpersonal skills needed to meet the challenges of a great career.

The Apprentice School is privileged to have a caring faculty and staff that hope to make you feel comfortable in our learning and work environment. More than 100 faculty and staff deliver 20 different programs and over 75 course offerings that will enable you to gain not only the skills, knowledge, and pride of workmanship, but also the educational foundation and personal qualities needed to fully meet the challenges of a shipbuilding career. As you browse our website, I encourage you to learn more about The Apprentice School and the possibilities of taking the next step into a promising future and rewarding career.

Sincerely,
Everett H. Jordan Jr.
Director, The Apprentice School

Our Mission

To contribute to the profitability and growth of Newport News Shipbuilding by recruiting, training, and developing men and women for careers in shipbuilding.

To provide the Company with a continuous supply of journeypersons who possess the skills, knowledge, and pride of workmanship which have traditionally distinguished the shipbuilding craftsman.

To develop a core of leadership principles in all students along with the character and technical competence that is required to fully meet the challenges of a shipbuilding career.

The Apprentice School
Newport News, VA 23607
(757) 380-3809