Get Your GED!

Submitted by james on October 2, 2012 - 3:06pm

A partnership has been forged between Denver Parks and Recreation, Denver Public Library and Community College of Denver (CCD) to bring General Education Development (GED) preparation classes into easily accessible recreation centers and libraries in the Elyria-Swansea, Sun Valley and Athmar Park neighborhoods.

The GED tests measure the major academic skills and concepts associated with four years of regular high school instruction. They provide an opportunity for persons who have not graduated from high school to earn a high school equivalency diploma.

Starting in early October, three recreation centers and two Denver Public Library locations will host GED classes and children’s activities on an ongoing basis, making it easier than ever before for a person to prepare for their GED. This program intends to remove barriers to earning a GED thus helping participants to get one step closer to their educational dreams of attending college.

The classes will be offered at Rude Recreation Center, Hadley Branch Library and Swansea Recreation Center. Congruent children’s activities will be offered at Valdez-Perry Branch Library in the Elyria Swansea neighborhood and Athmar Park Recreation Center, which is close to Hadley Branch Library.

GED classes begin monthly, and the cost of the program is $40. This includes a pre-assessment test to be taken at the GED Institute at Community College of Denver on the Auraria Campus.

Online GED classes can be completed during Hadley Branch Library’s Community Learning Plazas, held Mondays and Tuesdays, 5-7:30 p.m. or anytime the Hadley Branch or any Denver Public Library location is open on the free public computers.

If you have questions about this program, consult the GED in the Neighborhood document (PDF), CCD website, or call 303-556-3805.

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Comments

Submitted by Michael on October 13, 2012 - 4:42pm.

How odd that there is no explanation anywhere in all this text and in the linked PDF as to what GED is and what the letters stand for. Had to go to Google where it is sort of explained, with several suggested meanings...

Submitted by james on October 15, 2012 - 8:48am.

Michael, thanks for pointing that out. I will update the blog post to spell out and explain what the GED (General Education Development) acronym means.

Submitted by Stefanie on October 3, 2012 - 11:20am.

If you know Spanish speakers who might be interested in getting their GED, the GED exam is also administered in Spanish. The library has practice resources in Spanish available online to Denver Public Library Card holders provided through Learning Express Library as well as materials available for checkout with a library card. GED test prep and practice in Spanish is also possible as part of the library's Plazas de Aprendizaje at several branches.

The GED is administered in Spanish at these locations, among others:
Emily Griffith Technical College
Colorado Mountain College (Mountain communities)
Adams 14

Submitted by james on October 3, 2012 - 1:47pm.

Thanks, Stefanie. This is great information as the classes described in this post are conducted in English.