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ed2go Online Learning Center
with ed2 go
Gray-New Gloucester Adult & Community Education offers a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet. All of our courses include expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Our online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient, and geared just for you.
Explore our catalog at https://www.ed2go.com/gngadulted/
Note: courses are not free
HiSET Academy - Online HiSET Preparation
with GNG Adult Education Instructors
Gray-New Gloucester Adult Education also offers students the opportunity to work at home, at your own pace with HiSET Academy. Students can work on reading, writing, science, social studies and math to improve their skills. Using a combination of Zoom for direct instruction and HiSET Academy, students can prepare for all 5 subjects in the comfort of their own home. This option is available to students working toward a high school credential and/or preparing for college.
Students must complete the enrollment process to be eligible for these courses.
To find out more call 657-9612.
HiSET Preparation Learning Labs
with GNG Adult Education Instructors
Our HiSET preparation learning labs are designed to help students preparing to take the HiSET in math, reading, writing, science or social studies.
Winter/Spring 2025 Schedule:
Mondays - 4pm to 7pm
Tuesdays - 1pm to 4pm
Wednesdays - 4pm to 7pm
Thursdays - 10am to 1pm
Reading & Writing Learning Lab
with GNG Adult Education Instructors
Students enrolled in this course will develop basic, everyday reading and writing skills in a relaxed, comfortable environment. This is a great course, designed to help brush up on communication skills, formatting for letters, reading texts for information and prepare for the HiSET. Students will learn about different types of text, author meaning, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. Join this class now to prepare for your future.
Mondays: 4pm to 7pm
Thursdays: 10am to 1pm
Maine College and Career Access: College Prep Reading & Writing Class
with A. Requena A. Patkus
In this reading and writing course, students will strengthen their understanding of the interconnected relationship between reading and writing for academic purposes. Students will apply their comprehension of paragraph and essay structure to analyze and produce narrative, compare and contrast, cause and effect, and persuasive writing. Students will gain digital literacy skills through working with online learning technology. At the completion of this course, students’ work will be analyzed to determine readiness for ENGL 080 or ENGL 100.
English 040
Instructor: Alexandra Requena
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1/21 - 5/10
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
English 080
Instructor: Anna Patkus
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1/21 - 5/10
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: SMCC / Online via Brightspace and Zoom
Fee: Free, but must pre-register
Job Search Workshop
with Lisa Sweet
Ready for a new job or a career change? Join us for one, two, or all three workshops. March 5: Job Search Strategies; March 12: Resume Strategies; March 19: Interview Strategies.
Instructor: Lisa Sweet, New Ventures Maine
Maine College and Career Access: College Success
with Cathy Guiffre-Renaud
This course will focus on the essential skills of a successful college student which will include study skills, time management, decision-making strategies, financial literacy, career pathways exploration, and building the writing skills necessary for academic readiness.
This free course is offered through Cumberland County Adult Education.
This class fulfills a required college graduation credit at both Central and Southern Maine Community Colleges.
Mandatory in-person classes on 3/10 and 4/28, 5pm to 8pm
Financial Aid Workshop
with Randi Paine
The Financial Aid Workshop hosted by the TRIO Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC) will provide an overview of the financial aid process and the completion of the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). (Please note: to file the FAFSA, participants must have created an FSA ID no later than one week prior to the workshop. FSA IDs may be created online at https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch.).
Please bring a copy of your 2023 federal tax return (if applicable) to aid with the filing of your FAFSA if you hope to start college in the fall of 2025.
Due to grant constraints, participants must be adults hoping to enter post-secondary education.
The class is FREE but pre-registration is REQUIRED.