High School Equivalency

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CARSON CITY — Make 2020 about improving your education and your employment skills. Register today to become part of Western Nevada College’s Adult College Career Education and Literacy program.

It was a celebration unlike any other for family and friends of Western Nevada College’s Adult Literacy and Language program honorees on Thursday night at the Carson Nugget Hall on the Carson City campus.

The AL&L program honored an outstanding group of High School Equivalency recipients, National Adult Education Honor Society inductees and College and Career Transition students to salute the transformation in their lives through a return and embracing of education.

CARSON CITY — Employment in Nevada increased by 1,700 jobs over the month and is up 47,200 over the year, according to the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s March 2019 economic report.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Education has started a program that will allow adult learners to complete their high school equivalency and concurrently enroll in college courses.

Improve your skills: Registration for Western Nevada College’s Adult Literacy and Language Program is Jan. 7-17, 2019. This free, grant-funded program strives to help adults gain critical skills and reach their goals. WNC’s Adult Literacy and Language program will help individuals interested in:

Tucked inconspicuously into the iStorage business park off U.S. Highway 50 East in Carson City is the Northern Nevada Dream Center, a local non-profit known for helping meet the essential needs of low income individuals.

For years, Western Nevada College’s Adult Literacy and Language program has transformed many lives, providing individuals with a solid foundation to reach their education goals and career aspirations. On Friday night, the program honored its latest group of High School Equivalency recipients, National Adult Education Honor Society inductees and College and Career Transition students.

There really can be too much of a good thing. For one Carson City area non-profit, the growth of its programs and services has prompted it to search for a larger space.

There really can be too much of a good thing. For one Carson City area non-profit, the growth of its programs and services has prompted it to search for a larger space.

They did it. Western Nevada College’s Adult Literacy and Language program prepares students to reach their education goals and career aspirations.

At the end of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge surprises the humble Cratchit family with a prize turkey for Christmas dinner. Although that story is fiction, the Northern Nevada Dream Center's (NNDC) annual Dream Christmas dinner event in Carson City is not.

June marks an exciting time for high school seniors awaiting their graduation from high school and for some, this is not the easiest feat.

For those youth ordered to one of the 3 Nevada juvenile justice facilities — Summit View Youth Center, Caliente Youth Center and Nevada Training Youth Center — graduating from high school may not have been something they thought they could achieve.

Earn your High School Equivalency with Carson Adult Education. Registration begins Aug. 3rd with classes beginning Aug. 24th. Classes are offered Mon., Tues., Wed., evenings from 6-9 p.m. and are free. HSE exams are given monthly. We also offer credit recovery classes.

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Registration begins soon for GED Boot Camps scheduled for Western Nevada College’s Carson City and Douglas campuses. The free GED Boot Camps provide intensive instruction and preparation for students interested in passing a GED or high school equivalency exam.

“The GED boot camp covers all sections of the official GED exam: science, social studies, reading, writing and math,” said Angela Andrade-Holt, WNC Adult Literacy and Language program coordinator. “Students also receive test-taking skills and a week of review prior to the administration of the official exam.”