Great Lakes Boat Building School

On Giving…

We can’t express how important your support of GLBBS is to the future of the School and our students.  Likewise, while there are many things we could write about current first-year student Sam Hill, we think his mother’s words are more heartfelt and eloquent than anything we could author.  Following is her recent letter, edited, […]


Posted: January 2, 2017 | View More »


ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT – GUS BELL

2015 GRADUATE GUS BELL HAS SUCCESS ON THE EAST COAST Gus Bell is an inspiration to those students who are considering GLBBS’s two-year career program.  He certainly wasn’t thinking “boat building” a few years ago when he was surfing the internet looking for a carving school and came across GLBBS.  But there it was…offering him […]


Posted: January 2, 2017 | View More »


LEARNING CURVES…GLBBS Educational Objectives

By: Patrick Mahon, Education Director GLBBS is a vocational school in the purest definition.  Vocation comes from the Latin word vocatio, meaning both an occupation for which one is trained and a calling or strong inclination to follow a particular activity.  At GLBBS, we value both types of students, which are now referred to as vocational and avocational students.  Vocational […]


Posted: January 2, 2017 | View More »


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