adults who lack basic literacy skills can learn the skills necessary to obtain jobs and promotions, help their children with homework, exercise their rights and responsibilities as citizens, manage their finances more effectively, and read notices of danger, invitation, and opportunity.
Adult High School Diploma Program (AHSD)
provides adults with an opportunity to earn a high school diploma.
Compensatory Education (CED)
designed to serve adults with intellectual disabilities who are over the age of 17. Educational opportunities are centered on helping individuals become as independent and self-directed as possible through acquiring basic and life skills needed to function successfully in daily living.
General Educational Development (GED)
Lenoir Community College organizes classes across the service area to prepare individuals to pass the GED (high school equivalency) tests. The GED test covers content that a graduating senior is expected to know in language Arts-Writing, Social Studies, Science, language Arts-Reading, and Mathematics.
English as a Second Language (ESL)
designed to serve adult speakers of other languages. Adults study the English language through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Additionally, students are offered a course of study to prepare for the establishment of permanent resident status or U.S. citizenship.
Family Literacy
addresses critical factors that limit a family’s ability to rise to a level of economic independence and self-sufficiency by integrating four essential components: adult education, parent and child time (PACT), parenting education, and employability skills.
You can get more information on these and other programs by visiting Lenoir Community College's website at www.lenoircc.edu or by looking at the school's catalog.