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Literacy Volunteers Helped Record Number of Adults Pass the GED Test in 2013
A record number of local adults passed the GED test and earned their high school equivalency diploma in 2013 thanks to Literacy Volunteers of Union County’s free GED Test Prep Program.
The non-profit held morning, daytime and evening classes in Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield, Rahway, Roselle, and Scotch Plains.
Registration is now open for new classes in Elizabeth and Roselle beginning Monday, February 3. For more information or to register, contact Dawn at Literacy Volunteers of Union County, 908-486-1777.
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Under the direction of Literacy Specialist Dawn Harrison of Scotch Plains, and with the support of 16 trained volunteer tutors, Literacy Volunteers GED Test Prep Program aims to help adults advance in their current job, get a better job or go to college.
Launched by Literacy Volunteers of Union County in 2009, in response to the growing need in the community for more flexible, student-centered programming for students with the greatest educational and financial need, Literacy Volunteers’ free GED Test Prep classes are offered four to six hours a week, for ten to fifteen weeks.
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"We have been tremendously successful in enrolling, tutoring, and preparing our adult students to take the GED high school equivalency exam," said Dawn Harrison, literacy specialist and coordinator of the GED program. "Our unique one-on-one and small group student-centered approach to teaching provides adult students who have significant educational and financial challenges with the needed support and flexibility of scheduling to effectively prepare for the test. Our wonderful highly trained volunteer tutors make this tremendously valuable program possible!"
In just a few short years, LV-UC's award-winning GED Test Prep Program has grown from five students in 2009 to now serving approximately 200 students a year.
The growing list of students who have already successfully passed all or part of the GED Test includes:
Maria Ramahlo of Edison
Gisela Arriaga of Elizabeth
Victor Aviles of Elizabeth
Xiomara Banitto of Elizabeth
Nancy Figueiredo of Elizabeth
Carlos Gonzalez of Elizabeth
Marisol Gonzalez of Elizabeth
Omisa Greene of Elizabeth
Veronica Huerta of Elizabeth
Anna Kumor of Elizabeth
Vera Leitao of Elizabeth
Paolo Lussati of Elizabeth
Erna Macenars of Elizabeth
Maria Monteagudo of Elizabeth
Tamara Ovalle of Elizabeth
Leonilia Ribeiro of Elizabeth
Julissa Rosa of Elizabeth
Michael Salgado of Elizabeth
Veronica Solis of Elizabeth
Hueguette Tcheo of Elizabeth
Jennifer Torres of Elizabeth
Tameeka Tucker of Elizabeth
Nolan Welch of Elizabeth
Timothy Hopkins of Fanwood
Gerald Cooper of Hillside
Lisette Rodriguez of Hillside
Frank Maglio of Linden
Karen McDougald of Linden
Maria Mendes of Linden
Gad Montogomery of Linden
Phillipa Oscar of Linden
Donna Perez of Rahway
Keith Richardson of Rahway
Youlande Shearer of Rahway
Anthony Bullen of Roselle
Lydia Charles of Roselle
Joseph Cruz of Roselle
Veronica M. Huerta of Roselle
Yullisa Castillo of Plainfield
Christine Exum of Plainfield
Emmanuel Gary Wright of Plainfield
Franz Bedatsky of Scotch Plains
Liseta Leite of Union
Ethel Archer of Vauxhall
Janet Thompson of Vauxhall