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
MORNING…
EAST TOLEDO FAMILY CENTER
/ BASIC SKILLS
1020 Varland Ave., Toledo
M & W 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
/ BASIC SKILLS
1001 Indiana Ave., Toledo
M & W 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon
LOCAL 14 / BASIC SKILLS
5411 Jackman Rd., Toledo
M & W 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon
MOTT LIBRARY / BASIC SKILLS
1085 Dorr St., Toledo
TH & F
9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon |
OREGON CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CENTER
/
BASIC SKILLS
2424 Seaman Rd., Toledo
SATURDAY 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon
PENTA CAREER CENTER /
BASIC SKILLS
9301 Buck Rd., Perrysburg
M & W 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon
THE SOURCE / BASIC SKILLS
1301 Monroe St., Toledo
M & W 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 noon
WOOD COUNTY LIBRARY /
BASIC SKILLS
251 N.
Main St., Bowling Green
T & TH 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
AFTERNOON…
BIRMINGHAM LIBRARY /
BASIC SKILLS
203 Paine Ave., Toledo
T & TH 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
(Spencer-Sharples)
/
BASIC SKILLS
330 Oak Terrace Blvd., Holland
T & TH 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
HOLLAND BRANCH LIBRARY/ BASIC SKILLS
1032 South McCord Rd., Holland
M & W 2:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
PENTA CAREER CENTER / BASIC SKILLS
9301 Buck Rd., Perrysburg
M & W 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
ST. PAUL’S COMMUNITY CENTER /
BASIC SKILLS
230 13TH., Toledo
SAT. 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
THE SOURCE / BASIC SKILLS
1301 Monroe St., Toledo
T & TH 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
YWCA TOLEDO /
BASIC SKILLS
1018 Jefferson Ave.,Toledo
M & FR 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
|
LUCAS COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE
CENTER / BASIC SKILLS
2275 Collingwood Blvd. Toledo
T & TH 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
OREGON CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CENTER
/
BASIC SKILLS
2424 Seaman Rd., Toledo
T & TH 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
PENTA CAREER CENTER /
BASIC SKILLS
9301 Buck Rd., Perrysburg
M & W 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
|
Be sure to call and
ask about our new locations opening soon!
GED TESTING
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.
GED
TESTING Requirements
-
Student must register in advance and meet
age requirements if under 19 years of age.
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Student must bring Drivers License, State
Issued ID or Passport with photo and have
Social Security number shown on ID or bring Social Security card.
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Student must arrive a minimum of 20
minutes early to sign in.
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Student transportation must arrive for
pick up 1/2 hour before the scheduled end time.
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 official1
and
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
1
Parental Consent Form
2
Age Waiver Form
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.
Updated
July 26, 2010
