GED

The Columbia Area Career Center's Adult Learning Center can help you change your life. You can get your GED (diploma) and prepare for a better job or college at your own pace. You can be uplifted and encouraged to be the person you want to be. Remember that dream you had to get an awesome paying job, to go to college, to buy a house, to buy some sweet wheels, to give your kids the best that life has to offer? No matter who you are, it can happen at the Columbia Adult Learning Center. Our teachers and staff want you to be successful, they want you to follow your dream, they want you to stand on the shoulders of giants.

"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."
--Frank Loyd Wright

Have you ever...

• had a teacher, parent or somebody else tell you that school is just not for you and that you should probably go ahead and just get a job?
• had friends tell you, "Man, school is not cool. You can't get respect from going to school."?
• been involved with drugs, alcohol or gangs and they stopped you from being you, from making something of your life?
• been so busy with kids, work and bills and trying to make ends meet?
• quit school, because you're different and nobody understands?
• quit school, because you feel you don't have enough freedom and you're not being treated like an adult?
• felt down and discouraged, because life is too hard?

Our classes are free and open to the public.

In our adult education and reading enrichment classes, you can improve on these:

• Reading--read to understand and use the information to your benefit
• Writing--sentences, punctuation, paragraphs, essays
• Math--the basics, Algebra, Geometry, word problems, and fractions
• Communication--effective ways to say what you mean, get what you want, and listen to others
• Critical Thinking--taking information, thinking about it and forming an opinion or idea
• Problem Solving--making good, reasonable choices that benefit not only you but also others
• Life Skills--things you need to know to improve your life
• GED Preparation--learn and practice for your diploma

To register for classes, stop by Douglass High School Building and enter on the north end. Go to room 113, in person to sign up for a class. Office hours are Monday-Friday, from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.. If you have any questions, email us at ALCinfo@columbia.k12.mo.us, or just give us a call at 573-214-3690.

Classes available:

GED Classes

• 8:30-11:30 A.M . Monday-Friday
• 9:00-12:00 P.M. Monday-Friday at the Resource Center
• 9:00-12:00 P.M. Monday-Friday at Vandiver Square, 1301 Vandiver Suite 105
• 1:00-4:00 P.M. Monday-Thursday at the Resource Center
• 5:00-7:30 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday at Vandiver Square, 1301 Vandiver Suite 105
• 6:00-9:00 P.M. Monday-Thursday
• In Centralia at Chester Boren Middle School 6:00-9:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday
• In Mexico at the Mexico Methodist Church 8:00-11:00 A.M. Monday & Tuesday
• In Mexico at the ATC 5:00-8:00 P.M. Tuesday & Thursday

Reading Enrichment Classes

• 12:00-2:00 P.M. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
• 5:00-8:00 P.M. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

GED Application
DESE/GED Testing