OXFORD — Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education and Bancroft Contracting Corporation have announced a new welding training opportunity. Professional welding students will learn the welding processes used by Bancroft Contracting Corp. and other local employers. Students will learn how to produce high quality welds and will be tested on those skills at the conclusion of the […]
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Adult ed classes announced for October
PARIS — Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education announces October classes: Tuesday, Oct. 9: Understanding Medicare I with Robert Harvey from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Friday, Oct. 12: Stargazing Jumpstart with Terry Robinson from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Cost: $25. Tuesday, Oct. 16: Ballroom Dancing with John Blanchette from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday for nine weeks. Cost: […]
Open enrollment orientation at Region 9 adult ed
MEXICO — Region 9 Adult Education will offer open enrollment orientation sessions at 9 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Sept. 4 to 6. New students or those who have not attended in more than three months should plan to attend two of the three days. For returning students from June, plan to attend one day. […]
Lewiston Adult Education's summer enrichment features new classes, partnerships
LEWISTON — Enrichment classes for families and children will return for the summer at Lewiston Adult Education. They will feature staff from Bates College, the Maine State Library and 4-H. Museum L-A has become the newest partner with Lewiston Adult Education. The local nonprofit organization will host a class in August. All the events will […]
Students graduate Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education
NORWAY — Twenty Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education students graduated on Tuesday, June 12, at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School. Superintendent Richard Colpitts and school board Chairman, Ron Kugell, conferred the diplomas. Special guest speakers included graduating student Adelaide Roma and Corey LeTourneau, an OHCHS and Adult Education graduate who is a systems engineer at Peregrine Turbine […]
Franklin County Adult Ed prepares to graduate 40
FARMINGTON — Nearly 40 students of the Franklin County Adult Education program will be honored at a graduation ceremony Thursday, June 14, at Bjorn Auditorium on Mt. Blue Campus. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will follow. Graduates include those who have completed the certified nursing assistant program and the college transitions […]
Training program prepares candidates for construction hires
LEWISTON — A group of students graduated from the WorkReady/Construction training program on May 14. The event was hosted at Community Concepts and is offered through the collaboration of Lewiston Adult Education, Western Maine Community Action (WMCA), Lewiston CareerCenter, John T. Gorman Foundation, Community Concepts, City of Lewiston and Take 2. Area contractors joined the […]
Adult ed student explains how he reached his goal
LEWISTON — Bryce Smith needed his high school credential in order to hold on to his job at the Auburn-Lewiston Airport. He did it in two months. Smith plans to attend graduation for Lewiston Adult Education at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, in the Lewiston High School gym. He took the HiSET exam to receive his […]
Certified nursing assistants graduate
Five women graduated as certified nursing assistants at Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education commencement exercises at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris on May 23. They are, back row from left, Daphne Foster, Bethany Bowers, Kayla Farrar, Katie Hall and Kayla Dyer. In front, from left, are instructor Marcia Campbell, R.N., Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education […]
Students get job offers after welding training
PARIS — Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education offered its first professional welding class this semester, part of the efforts to revamp the work force training component and to provide needed training for students seeking to work as welders. The program continues to offer the enrichment welding class, but employers reported that they required additional training components […]