Maine Adult Education Association

College Planning Workshop at PVAEC

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:08:35 -0400

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.

PVAEC Graduation 2013 - Are you going to be there?

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:40:35 -0400

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

Thursdays: Dexter 11 to 7

Fridays: Dover-Foxcroft 8 to 3

Call us at 564-6525 and let's make sure there is a seat for you on the stage in June!

Uncover your inner artist!

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:30:34 -0400

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.

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

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:16:35 -0500

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.

PVAEC holds CNA Pinning Ceremony January 24, 2013

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:22:59 -0500

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!

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

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:35:34 -0500

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.

PVAEC offers Online Courses for Adobe Programs

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:09:09 -0500

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.

PVAEC Spring 13 Brochure is online!

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:50:28 -0500

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.

How costly is the decision to drop out of school?

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:06:43 -0500

How costly is the decision to drop out of school?

Consider a few figures about life without a diploma:

$20,241

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.

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.

30.8

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

Meet the PVAEC Staff!

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:24:05 -0400

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

PVAEC has moved to new Learning Center in Dexter

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:12:28 -0400

PVAEC announces our new Learning Center is now open in Dexter ME. We've uploaded photos of the center and our students to our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.448791528506845.116453.104727079579960&type=1

This new center creates a much-improved learning enrivonment for our students. Call 564-6525 today to get started!

PVAEC moves to new Learning Center in Dexter

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:11:35 -0400

PVAEC has moved to a new Learning Center in Dexer ME. We've taken over the old superintendent's building, right next to the Post Office in downtown Dexter. The new center is very convenient for our students with it's central location and larger rooms for quieter study. Are you ready to join us? Call 564-6525 today to set up an appointment.

PVAEC Fall semester - still time to sign up!

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:11:20 -0400

So many of you are already enjoying your classes this semester. There's still time to sign up and learn a new skill. Learn to make natural cosmetics from your garden, start a family tree with our genealogy class, learn to quilt, or learn to dance! Browse our courses to find the one for you!

Call 564-6525 for more information.

PVAEC's first class of the semester starts Wednesday August 29th

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:33:41 -0400

Decorative Painting - the first session starts Wednesday, August 29th at the Dexter Learning Center in the Old Town Hall. The class will run from 2 to 4 in the afternoon. Bring your brushes and paints and join Shirley Groody for a fun time!

The ASVAB career exploration test is not just for students interested in military.

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:32:13 -0400

The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) encourages students to explore a wide variety of careers in line with their interests and skills. While the program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, this career exploration tool is for every student, 10th grade and up (ages 16 to 23), not just those interested in the armed forces. There has never been a requirement that a test-taker with a qualifying score enlist in the military, and the test may simply determine personal aptitude at a particular career.
PVAEC offers an ASVAB Test Prep course which will help prepare you for this important test. Call 564-6525 for more information.

Start changing your life!

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:42:56 -0400

Congressman Mike Michaud is handing a diploma to one of our 2012 graduates. Should that be you in the picture? Do you have some unfinished business?

We want you on the stage next time.

Tuesday, July 24^th at 1 p.m. PVAEC Adult Ed will have its next academic orientation. You are invited to attend. Call 564-6525 to register.

If you have already started your GED testing, you need to be aware that the test is changing after this year, and scores will not carry forward when the new test is in place. Call 564-6525 for more information.

PVAEC Adult Education Graduation Ceremony - June 13, 2012

PVAEC CNA Class starting tonight

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:50:17 -0400

Congratulations to all those selected to enroll in our latest CNA class!

The class is starting tonight at 5 pm at the Tri-County Technical Center in Dexter, with instructors Nancy Hoskins, RN and B J Jennison, RN.

Call 564-6525 for more information.

PVAEC presents pins to CNA graduates

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:07:42 -0400

PVAEC Adult Education honored our most recent CNA graduates at a pinning ceremony on Thursday, June 14, 2012.

These 10 students successfuly completed our 208 hour course, and today they received their certificate and their pin.

Congratulations to all!

Pictured from left to right: Brady Ladd, Monique Plummer, Susan Page, Tonisha Bassett, Laura Micoletti, Instructor Sue Duplisea, RN, Jessica Brown, Heather Woodbury, Cindy Cooley and Chris Fagan. Not pictured: Hanna Baldwin.

Call 564-6525 for information on our next CNA class.

Graduation! PVAEC graduation ceremony was Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:13:23 -0400

PVAEC celebrated its graduates Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the Center Theatre in Dover-Foxcroft ME. The keynote speaker was Congressman Mike Michaud. Family and friends joined in the celebration, as the congressman told the graduates that learning was life-long. He stated they had accomplished something no one will ever be able to take away from them; their high school diploma. Music was provided by North Country Strings. It was a wonderful evening. Congratulations to all!

Photos are on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=401009056618426&set=a.401007703285228.104377.104727079579960&type=3&theater

Call 564-6525 for more information.

PVAEC offers new online course - Digital Scrapbooking!

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:34:16 -0400

PVAEC is pleased to announce a new online course: Introduction to Digital Scrapbooking.

Learn to use digital editing techniques to show off your photos and memorabilia in Introduction to Digital Scrapbooking! Using Photoshop Elements, this course will teach you how to make the most of your scrapbooking talents and artistic ideas when you combine traditional and digital scrapbooking.

For more information on this course call 564-6525 or visit us at:

http://pvaec.maineadulted.org/courses/course/introduction_to_digital_scrapbooking_online