LUMBERTON — Every college’s goal is to prepare its students for life, but The Apprentice School takes that a step further, as the trade school in Newport News, Virginia gives students hands-on experience.
Lumberton High School senior Jalen Terry-Winston knew he wanted to attend the school. Getting to wrestle there is a bonus, and he signed on Friday to do so.
“It’s a great option to go to school,” Terry-Winston said. “You’re technically getting paid to go to school and you can start saving early. Overall it’s just a really good option. Wrestling was just an option; I definitely could’ve applied to that school normally and probably got in, but wrestling is something that I wanted to still do. I feel like if I’m not doing something sports-wise, I’m not really active.”…