College Planning Workshop at PVAEC

Our next College Planning workshop will be held Monday, April 29th at 9 am.  Register today at:  http://pvaec.maineadulted.org/courses/course/college_planning .

Call 564-6525 for more information.  

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on April 4, 2013

PVAEC Graduation 2013 - Are you going to be there?

You've worked hard to accomplish your goals, and now they are in sight.  Our graduation ceremony, for all our students who have earned a high school diploma or a GED during this year, will be held in June 2013.  Time is running out to complete all your work, but it's not too late!  

Here's our current schedule:

Mondays:  Dover-Foxcroft 8 to 11; Milo 2 to 5

Tuesdays:  Dexter 8 to Noon; Guilford 4 to 7

Wednesdays: Dover-Foxcroft 1 to 7

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on March 26, 2013

Uncover your inner artist!

PVAEC has two art classes starting next week:  Landscape Painting, and Drawing.  Both are starting next Tuesday, March 26th.  Drawing is at 9 am, and Painting is at noon at our PVAEC office on Morton Ave in Dover-Foxcroft.  Both are being taught by Suzette East.  It's not too late to come join the fun!  Call us at 564-6525 for more information.

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on March 21, 2013

From Bootcamp to Transition Town, PVAEC has great classes starting next week.

Have you signed up yet?  There's still time to get into these one-of-a-kind classes.  Need a beginning computer class?  Our Bootcamp for Computers starts Wednesday, 3/13 at 6 pm. Food Preservation and Seed Starting, which are both joint offerings between UMaine Ext Office and our adult ed program, start on 3/13 as well.  Plying on the Fly starts Thursday, 3/14.  And, in Milo, we are offering the informative "What is a Transition Town" workshop on Thursday 3/14.

Call PVAEC at 564-6525 for more information.

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on March 8, 2013

PVAEC holds CNA Pinning Ceremony January 24, 2013

PVAEC held a CNA Pinning Ceremony for our latest class of graduating students on January 24, 2013 at our facility.

Pictured left to right:  Marya Bailey, Brandy Reynolds, Anna Whitney, Valerie Rudmin, Nancy Hoskins RN (Class Instructor),  Vicki Garland, and Beth Vincent-Foster.

Not pictured:  Stephen Lackey, Helen Morrill and Celeste Myers.

Congratulations to All!

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on March 5, 2013 | Read more in: News and Events

PVAEC has a great line-up of classes starting this week!

Digital Cameras and Photography, Women's Self-Defense, Genealogy, MS Office, Fiber Studies, Transition Towns, and more!  What a great selection of classes that are beginning this week at PVAEC!  Register online, or call 564-6525 for more information.

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on March 4, 2013

PVAEC offers Online Courses for Adobe Programs

Do you need to become more productive with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or Dreamweaver programs?  PVAEC offers online courses in all Adobe programs.  We're offering a brand new course in Adobe Edge Animate - learn to create animated interactive content for the web.  We also offer online courses in InDesign, Flash and Acrobat.   If you are working with Adobe programs, we have the online training for you!  Visit us at www.ed2go.com/pvaec for more course information.

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on February 13, 2013

PVAEC Spring 13 Brochure is online!

For those that can't wait for the mailman, PVAEC's Spring 13 brochure is now online, and registration is open!  We have great new offerings for you, as well as all your favorite classes.  New fiber arts classes, more classes from the You Can... series with the Extension office, two great bus trips, cooking classes, snowshoeing, and so much more!   Call 564-6525 today for more information.

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on January 14, 2013 | Read more in: News

How costly is the decision to drop out of school?

How costly is the decision to drop out of school?

Consider a few figures about life without a diploma:

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The average dropout can expect to earn an annual income of $20,241, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (PDF). That’s a full $10,386 less than the typical high school graduate, and $36,424 less than someone with a bachelor’s degree.

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Of course, simply finding a job is also much more of a challenge for dropouts. While the national unemployment rate stood at 8.1 percent in August, joblessness among those without a high school degree measured 12 percent. Among college graduates, it was 4.1 percent.

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The challenges hardly end there, particularly among young dropouts. Among those between the ages of 18 and 24, dropouts were more than twice as likely as college graduates to live in poverty according to the Department of Education. Dropouts experienced a poverty rate of 30.8 percent, while those with at least a bachelor’s degree had a poverty rate of 13.5 percent.

  PVAEC Adult Education is the answer.   Call us today at 564-6525

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on December 13, 2012 | Read more in: News

Meet the PVAEC Staff!

We've updated our Staff photo, so take a peek!

Posted by Kathy Normandin  on October 25, 2012