Agency Type: Local Education Agency The Adult Education Center offers complete academic refresher classes in reading, writing and mathematics to prepare for the GED test, college, trade school, military enlistment, and/or employment. English as a second language (ESL) classes are also offered. All programs are FREE. PROGRAMS:
The Community Education Center at Stevens SChool offers free Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes to anyone who wants to improve reading, math, English, or basic computer skills. Classes are designed to prepare students for higher education or job entry. The General Education Diploma (GED) program is designed to prepare adults for the GED test, which is the nationally recognized measure of secondary education attainment.
Day or evening hours are offered with the complete diagnostic evaluation and academic refresher classes in reading, writing, and mathematics to prepare for the GED test, college, trade school, military enlistment, and/or employment. Five Blair County sites currently operate. Special interest courses are offered when sufficient need exists. All programs are FREE. Eligibility: 18 yrs. or older and officially withdrawn from or completed high school.
ELECT/ EFI PROGRAMS Eligibility: Pregnant or parenting students under the age of 22 are eligible. The student can be attending middle school, high school, or GED classes.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) Eligibility: Anyone who was not born in the U.S. or whose native tongue is not English. Anyone who comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant. Anyone who has difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language.
Eligibility: A family is one parent/guardian and his/her child who ranges in age from newborn to 8 yrs. Any adult who has an education or an employment goal is eligible.
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