A number of Tamaqua Area Senior High School students successfully completed the YES course offered by the Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Council and were recognized at a breakfast held recently at the Pottsville Club. The Your Employability Skills (YES) certification program is designed to bridge the worlds of education and work by developing and enhancing basic job skills sought by managers in all business/industry fields. To successfully complete the program, students must pass the in-class curriculum; attain a proficiency in Reading, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics scores on the Test of Adult Basic Education; score 21 or better on the Wonderlic Personnel Test; successfully pass a six panel drug screening; and have a 95 percent or better attendance rate. TAHS students and staff participating in the YES program are: (first row) Rebecca Akins, Jennifer Kabana, Erin Fegley, Rea Alexi Darker, Kristen Sanchez, Natalie Ohl, Tawnie Gerber, Brianna Boyle, Emily Thompson, Dana Ansbach; (second row) Nicholas Toth, Zachary Matsago, Brad Hosler, Evan Mashack, Chris Boylan, Marshall Hersey, Maximilian Schmitt, Kyle Boyer, Stephen Toth, TAHS Principal; (third row) Tom McCabe, TAHS Assistant Principal, Zachary Hunsicker, Bryan Peters, Jacob Fegley, Dalton Nunemacher, Derek Drum, Jocelyn Schafer, TAHS teacher, John Matulevich, TAHS, teacher.