High School Equivalency classes are returning to Mount Olive, joining other Wayne Community College offerings in southern Wayne County.
WCC Transitional Programs for College and Career provides the tuition-free classes which prepare students to successfully pass either the GED® or HiSET® test and earn a high school equivalency diploma.
The classes will be held at Mount Olive Presbyterian Church, 105 N. Breazeale Ave., 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 8-May 9, 2019.
To register, students report to the site with picture identification and Social Security card. Students will only be registered the first week of classes and then during the first week of each month.
Adult students attending classes at the church are encouraged, but not required, to attend an orientation session at the college’s campus in Goldsboro. The orientation schedule can be found in the “Workforce Continuing Education Course Schedule” at www.waynecc.edu/course-schedules.
Students under 18 must go to the college campus to meet with Student Support Coordinator Harold Warren prior to registering. Contact Warren at (919) 739-6921 for more information.
For more information on the High School Equivalency Diploma class, call Erica Babb at (919) 739-6908.
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WCC will offer English Language Acquisition (ELA) classes at six locations in southern Wayne in the Spring 2019 semester.
The tuition-free classes for adults who speak English as their second language focus on group conversation, grammar and writing instruction, reading comprehension, civics, and employment skills.
ELA class sites and times are:
Mount Olive WAGES (Carver Head Start/Early Head Start/NC Pre-K), 612 S. Breazeale Ave., Mount Olive,
9 a.m.-noon, Monday through Thursday, Jan. 7-May 8;
University of Mount Olive, 634 Henderson St., Mount Olive,
5:30-8:30 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Jan. 7-June 26;
Maria Reina de Las Americas, 636 Whitfield Road, Mount Olive,
English classes: 6-8:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Jan. 8-May 7,
Computer classes: 6-8:30 p.m., Thursdays, Jan. 8-May 7;
Brogden United Methodist Church, 2918 US 117 South, Dudley,
9 a.m.-noon, Wednesdays, Jan. 9-May 8;
Brogden Middle School, 3761 US 117 South Alt., Dudley,
6-8:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Jan. 8-May 30; and
Spring Creek Middle School, 3579 NC 111, Seven Springs,
9-11:30 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Jan. 7-June 5.
For information on ELA registration, contact Amelia Hall at (919) 739-6911 or Maria Abalo-Zarate at (919) 739-6924.
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WCC Workforce Continuing Education Services’ Cosmetology Program has a site in Dudley. Hair and nail technology courses are taught at the Circle of Love Academy, 409 Stanley Chapel Church Road. The classes provide the training and contact hours that fulfill North Carolina State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners licensure requirements.
Spring semester cosmetology classes start Jan. 14 and run through middle May. Interested students should contact Monica Miller at (919) 739-6933.
Wayne Community College is a public, learning-centered institution with an open-door admission policy located in Goldsboro, N.C. As it works to develop a highly skilled and competitive workforce, the college serves 13,000 individuals annually as well as businesses, industry, and community organizations with high quality, affordable, accessible learning opportunities, including more than 70 college credit programs. WCC’s mission is to meet the educational, training, and cultural needs of the communities it serves.