High School Diploma

Earn a Skowhegan Area High School Diploma through the Adult Education program. This credit-based program offers both traditional-style classes that meet once a week for 15 weeks, as well as competency-based courses where you learn at your own pace.   Credits previously earned from high school or another adult education program count toward diploma requirements.   Adults with life experience may earn credit for military service, work experience, and volunteer service. Diploma requirements may vary based on the year you would have graduated.   To enroll in the High School Diploma Program, please call 474-7553 to schedule an appointment. Classes are available at no cost to the student. You may be required to pay a book deposit or for class supplies.  

 

High School Diploma Core Course

 

English  

Writing Process and Practice (Plato)

Learn practical language and writing skills for use in everyday life. Available at four levels, this course focuses on core writing strategies useful throughout the writing process as well as on grammar and mechanics.

Location:  Skowhegan Area High School

Day:  TBA                            Time:  TBA

Start date: TBA                       Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth & Sharon Greenlaw             Tuition: No charge to students enrolled in the High School Diploma Program.

Math

 

Algebra I

Are you preparing to take a college algebra course? Avoid taking developmental algebra at the college level. Algebra I will develop your basic understanding of how to use algebraic terms and equations in solving problems. This course is designed especially for people who scored less than 63 on the Accuplacer Algebra Skills Placement Test.

Location: Skowhegan Area High School

Day: TBA Time: TBA

Start Date: TBA

Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth

Number Skills

If you need to take a basic math class to prepare for college, then this course is for you. You will master basic arithmetic of whole numbers as well as fractions, decimals, percents, ratio and proportion, integers, and simple geometry. This class is especially designed for people who received a score of less than 28 on the Accuplacer Arithmetic Test.

Location: Skowhegan Area High School

Day: TBA Time: TBA

Start Date: TBA

Summer 2008

Instructor: Robert Lovelace

Math Fundamentals (Plato)  

This course will improve your skills in numbers and operations, fractions and decimals, and basic geometry and measurement.  Hands-on, interactive learning is encouraged with numerous online tools and manipulative's, including a journal, vocabulary practice activities, and on screen mentoring.

Location:  Skowhegan Area High School

Day:  TBA                            Time:  TBA

Start date: TBA                       Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth & Sharon Greenlaw             Tuition: No charge to students enrolled in the High School Diploma Program.

Pre-Algebra (Plato)

Using the Algebra 1, Part I curriculum, Pre-Algebra teaches students the foundation skills they need to understand and apply basic algebraic concepts.

Location:  Skowhegan Area High School

Day:  TBA                            Time:  TBA

Start date: TBA                       Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth & Sharon Greenlaw             Tuition: No charge to students enrolled in the High School Diploma Program.

Algebra I (Plato)

Algebra 1, Part II teaches students to work with sets and numbers, polynomials and factoring, and equations and inequalities.

Location:  Skowhegan Area High School

Day:  TBA                            Time:  TBA

Start date: TBA                       Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth & Sharon Greenlaw             Tuition: No charge to students enrolled in the High School Diploma Program.

Algebra II (Plato)

Algebra II, Part I, covers rational expressions, graphs, systems of equations. probability, and vectors.

Location:  Skowhegan Area High School

Day:  TBA                            Time:  TBA

Start date: TBA                       Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth & Sharon Greenlaw             Tuition: No charge to students enrolled in the High School Diploma Program.

Extended Algebra II (Plato)

Algebra II, Part II is a high school and beginning college-level course that extends student's mathematical literacy.  It provides students with the background for trigonometry and calculus including coordinates and curves, functions and graphs, and exponential and logarithmic functions.

Location:  Skowhegan Area High School

Day:  TBA                            Time:  TBA

Start date: TBA                       Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth & Sharon Greenlaw             Tuition: No charge to students enrolled in the High School Diploma Program.

Geometry & Measurement I & II (Plato)

Geometry and Measurement I offers an introduction to basic geometric and measurement concepts, relationships, and theorems, while Geometry and Measurement II covers topics in triangles, lines, polygons, symmetry, area, transformations, circles, and solid and coordinate geometry.

Location:  Skowhegan Area High School

Day:  TBA                            Time:  TBA

Start date: TBA                       Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth & Sharon Greenlaw             Tuition: No charge to students enrolled in the High School Diploma Program.

Science

Biology w/Lab

Biology is a study of animal and plant systems.  Learn the structure and functions of cells, molecules, energy, and heredity. Interaction of the living and nonliving environments is considered together with ecology, genetics, and evolution.  This course can be taken for high school diploma credit and meets the prerequisite credit for KVCC and other colleges.

Location: Skowhegan Area High School

Day: T, W, TH Time: 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Start Date: June 24, 2008

6 weeks

Instructor: John Sterling  

Plato Lab/Academic Tutoring

Learn at your own pace in a comfortable and relaxed learning environment. With knowledgeable teachers and the resources of the PLATO Learning System, you work on your own individualized course assignment. If you are self-directed and comfortable learning with computers and the Internet, then this is an option for developing skills for the GED Tests, earning a credit toward your high school diploma, or preparing for college level classes.

Location: Skowhegan Area High School

Day: TBA Time: TBA

Start Date: TBA

Summer 2008

Instructor: Heather Toth & Sharon Greenlaw

 
 

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