GED

SPECIAL INTEREST

Adult Basic Skills Enhancement & GED Preparation

Penta’s Basic Skills program is a student-centered learning opportunity for adults who want to continue to improve their learning and earning opportunities.

Why enroll in Basic Skills? To improve reading, writing, and math skills, to get and/or to keep a job, to meet entrance requirements for your skill training courses or college, to study for your GED, or to help your children with their homework.

Pre-Registration Required – Call 419.661.6555 to register.

All Basic Skills classes are offered free of charge! Students must be at least
19 years of age.

Legal requirements for minors (16 & 17 year olds) to enroll in Basic Skills classes are different from the requirements to take the actual GED exam. Please call 419.661.6555, for information relating to laws for minors attending Basic Skills classes or alternative high school programs.

Basic Skills classes are available to businesses and companies under the Corporate Services Group Program on page 36.

ACADEMIC SKILL ENHANCEMENT / GED PREP SCHEDULE

MORNINGS

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER (Spencer-Sharples) / BASIC SKILLS
330 Oak Terrace Blvd., Holland
T & TH 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

EAST TOLEDO FAMILY CENTER
/ BASIC SKILLS
1020 Varland Ave., Toledo
M & W 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS / BASIC SKILLS
1001 Indiana Ave., Toledo
M & W 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

LOCAL 14 / BASIC SKILLS
5411 Jackman Rd., Toledo
M & W 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

MOTT LIBRARY / BASIC SKILLS
1085 Dorr St., Toledo
TH & F 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

NORTHERN HEIGHTS / BASIC SKILLS
Harry Hanson Community Building
3300 N. Erie St., Toledo
T & TH 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

OREGON CAREER & TECH CTR/BASIC SKILLS
2424 Seaman Rd., Toledo
SAT. 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

PENTA CAREER CENTER / BASIC SKILLS
9301 Buck Rd., Perrysburg
M & W 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

PICKETT ACADEMY / BASIC SKILLS
1415 Lawrence Ave., Toledo
T & TH 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

ROSSFORD LIBRARY / BASIC SKILLS
720 Dixie Hwy., Rossford
M & F 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

THE SOURCE / BASIC SKILLS
1301 Monroe St., Toledo
M & W 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

THE SOURCE / BASIC SKILLS
1301 Monroe St., Toledo
FRI. 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

TOLEDO MAIN LIBRARY / BASIC SKILLS
325 Michigan St, Toledo
SAT. 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

WOOD COUNTY LIBRARY / BASIC SKILLS
251 N. Main St., Bowling Green
T & TH 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

AFTERNOONS

BIRMINGHAM LIBRARY / BASIC SKILLS
203 Paine Ave., Toledo
T & TH 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

HOLLAND BRANCH LIBRARY/ BASIC SKILLS
1032 South McCord Rd., Holland
M & W 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

MOTT LIBRARY / BASIC SKILLS
1085 Dorr St., Toledo
M & T 12:00 noon - 2:30 p.m.

NORTH BALTIMORE / BASIC SKILLS
230 N. Main St., North Baltimore
M & F 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

PENTA CAREER CENTER / BASIC SKILLS
9301 Buck Rd., Perrysburg
M & W 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

THE SOURCE / BASIC SKILLS
1301 Monroe St., Toledo
T & TH 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

ST. PAUL’S COMMUNITY CENTER/BASIC SKILLS
230 13^TH., Toledo
SAT. 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

SYLVANIA CITY SCHOOLS / BASIC SKILLS
Adm. Bldg., 4747 Holland-Sylvania Rd. , Sylvania
T & TH 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

WOOD COUNTY LIBRARY / BASIC SKILLS
251 N. Main St., Bowling Green
T & TH 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

YWCA TOLEDO / BASIC SKILLS
(Females Only - Some Restrictions Apply)
1018 Jefferson Ave., Toledo
M & FR 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

EVENINGS

FRIENDLY CENTER / BASIC SKILLS
1324 N. Superior St., Toledo
T & TH 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

LUCAS COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE
CENTER / BASIC SKILLS
2275 Collingwood Blvd. Toledo
T & TH   4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

OREGON CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CENTER
/ BASIC SKILLS
2424 Seaman Rd., Toledo
M & W    5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
T & TH    5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

PENTA OSAGE COMPLEX/ BASIC SKILLS
370 Osage Dr., Maumee
M & W 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

SYLVANIA CITY SCHOOLS / BASIC SKILLS
Administration Building
4747 Holland-Sylvania Rd. , Sylvania
M & W 4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

TOLEDO GOSPEL RESCUE MISSION OUTREACH CENTER / BASIC SKILLS
670 Phillips Ave., Toledo
T & TH 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY MAIN LIBRARY /
BASIC SKILLS
325 Michigan St, Toledo
TUE. 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

The GED application fee for all first-time test takers will be $40. Re-testers will be charged
$10 per subject test being retaken, up to a maximum of $40.

Please call Lucas County Educational Service Center at 419.245.3809 to register. Lucas County Educational Service Center has several testing sites within the region, including a testing site several times a year at Penta.

The test is given over two days and includes the following components: Math, Science, Reading, Writing and Social Studies.

An applicant who is at least sixteen years of age, but is less than eighteen years of age, is
eligible to take the GED test with written approval from a parent, guardian or court official¹and
the school superintendent from where the applicant last attended school or presently resides.²

An applicant who is at least eighteen years of age, but is less than nineteen years of age, is eligible to take the GED test with written approval from the superintendent from where the applicant last attended school or presently resides.²

For registration, information or questions about the GED exam, contact Penta Adult Education during office hours. Our office staff is available year-round from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday, except holidays.