Earn Your High School Diploma Now!

There has never been a better time to earn your High School Diploma than NOW! With small class sizes and an individualized approach to learning, Maranacook Adult and Community Education offers adult students the perfect learning environment to achieve success! The High School Equivalency Test (HiSET) is now being administered in adult education programs across the state of Maine. Th e HiSET consists of the following five subtests: Language Arts Reading, Language Arts Writing, Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics. There is NO COST for Maine residents to prepare for and take the HiSET. Local adult education programs provide HiSET testing, preparation materials, pre-tests, and instruction, all at no cost to the learner.

To learn more about our High School Diploma program, please call our Director, Steve Vose, at 685-4923 x1009 for more information.

This high intensity aerobic workout will give you a great opportunity for aerobic exercise through guided routines building on four basic punches and four basic kicks. Some core strength building will also be included. All experience levels are welcome.

Instructor: Carol Spaulding

Begins: Monday, September 16, 2019 (no classes on Monday holidays)

Time: 6-7 pm

Location: Mt. Vernon Elementary

Registration: $10 per class (Drop-ins welcome, please pay Instructor.)

In this 10 week course, you will explore the beauty of clay by learning to make coil pots, boxes, tiles and functional pottery. Students may personalize their approach to learning new wheel-thrown and hand-building methods. Tools will be available during class. Students will be responsible for purchasing their own clay, which will be available the first night of class for $15 per bag.

Instructor: Jeremy Smith

10 Thursdays, 6:30-8 pm

Begins: October 3, 2019

Location: MCHS

Registration: $89

Offered by United Training Center-Maine State Approved EMT Course which prepares students for entry level position on an ambulance. This course utilizes an online platform to enhance learning and classroom activities. This course utilizes an online platform to enhance learning and classroom activities. This course will require a majority of your course work to be done on-line, on your own computer. There will be, face to face, in class sessions with your instructor to learn the practical skills needed to be an EMT. A minimum of 20 clinical hours are required. All students will be required to provide immunization documentation and submit to a criminal background check. Students who successfully complete this course are eligible to sit for the National Registry EMT exam. For more information or to register please visit www.unitedambulance.com or call 207-782-8414.

Course Dates: October 14, 2019 – February 3, 2020, Mondays 5p-9p

Course Location: Professional Development Building, 75 North Road, Readfield

Fee: $995.00 (Includes: Textbook, Online Platforms, Background Check, Clinical Polo, Practical Testing Fees if done through United Training Center).

This class prepares you to meet Maine DMV requirements and gives you the hands-on skills that employers demand. The course consists of 42 hrs of classroom instruction to prepare you for the CDL license process, including written and skills exam. The 30 hours of one-on-one range instruction will prepare you for the road test.

Additional endorsements of Bus, Tank and Hazmat are $10 each. For the bus driving endorsement you must be over 21, have a clean driving record and get a physical exam.

Class fee includes: classroom and behind the wheel instruction, 1 endorsement, state physical exam, delivery of truck for the road exam and all state testing fees. Driving time arranged individually with Instructor.

Location: PDC, 75 North Road, Readfield

Registration: $2500

Instructor: Nancy Frost 

Dates: Begins: November 7, 2019

6 Thursdays, 5:45-9 pm: November 7, 14, 21  December 5,12,19

4 Saturdays, 8am-2:30pm: November 9 & 23   December 7 & 14

This class will provide resources and information for anyone who wants to find the best deals for hotels, cruises, RV travel, Airbnb, escorted tours and more. We will answer questions about RV driving to Alaska and the western US, how to get the lowest prices for escorted tours to almost anywhere, and getting great deals on hotels while traveling at home and abroad. Information will be presented on river cruises for less, as well as airfare tips. In addition, you will go home with valuable online resources.

Instructor: Becky Ranks

Wednesday January 8, 2020 (New date!)

Time: 6-8:30 pm

Location: MCHS

Registration: $20

Enjoy 5 days and 4 nights in “The Big Apple”. Great experiences and beautiful sights include a guided tour of New York City. See Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Wall Street, the 9/11 Memorial and much more! Visit Ellis Island and Liberty Island, home of the Statue of Liberty. Visit the new National 9/11 museum and see the stunning One World Observatory. Our spacious, video and restroom equipped Motorcoach will take us to New York City where we will spend 4 nights.

Four breakfasts and 4 dinners are included.

May 15 – 19, 2020 – Bus departs from Augusta @ 8 am and makes one stop in So. Portland

Price - $649 double occupancy plus a $10 non-refundable fee

$75 deposit upon booking; final payment due March 8, 2020

Travel Insurance available for $59 per person

Enjoy 5 days and 4 nights in the Niagara Falls area. This trip includes guided tours of Niagara Falls & Toronto, A Journey to The Falls on a “Hornblower Niagara Cruise”, gaming at Fallsview Casino, a visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake & Queen Victoria Park and a visit to Casa Loma: Canada’s most magnificent castle. Our spacious, video and restroom equipped Motorcoach will take us to an en route hotel the first night of our trip then take us to Niagara Falls. Six breakfasts and 4 dinners are included.

September 20 – 26, 2020 – Bus departs from Augusta @ 8am and makes one stop in So. Portland

Price - $669 double occupancy plus a $10 non-refundable fee

$75 deposit upon booking; final payment due July 13, 2020

Travel insurance available for $59 per person