Holiday Spirits abound at ENMUR

Last week, Danny Herrera was visited by the spirit of Christmas to deliver some good news!

He left plenty of evidence for the lucky guy!

GED Official Facebook Home

Official GED Facebook page

 Please add this to your bookmarks, if you are interested in getting the latest news and practice tests for the official GED test.

 Official GED channel at YouTube

For information on how to prepare and how to take the GED!

The Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) Celebrates Adult Education and Family Literacy Week

September 13, 2010

COABE recognizes the challenges of adult literacy and is very proud of the students and our members that serve them. We celebrate their efforts during Adult Education and Family Literacy Week on September 13 - 19, 2010 and encourage our member organizations and individual members to inform us of local events and efforts that are scheduled to for this special week of celebration.

Thanks again for all that you do!

Media Note: For more information, visit www.coabe.org or contact Info at COABE

Literacy Day September 8!

A CELEBRATION OF LITERACY

This coming Friday September 8th NMCL, is having a "Celebration of Literacy" in Albuquerque on September 8, Literacy day. It should be a fun event, and you're invited!

This is a good time to think about doing a Literacy Day event in your community.



11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale, SE
Albuquerque, NM


For information call the NMCL at 800-233-7587


We hope you can make it to the festival!

NM ABE WEBS project

The NM ABE WEBS project website is up and running.

 The NM ABE WEBS project is designed to build capacity at the local level, responding to local needs. New Mexico ABE communities will be involved from the inception of this project to assess their professional development needs.  

Please visit.

Press Alert: Congress Declares National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2010

Congress Declares National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2010

Thank you to all who contacted their Members of Congress in response to COABE alerts on this issue. We did it! Your contacts made a difference.

The resolution passed the House on a vote of 369-0 under suspension. Congressman Conyers-Michigan, Guthrie-Kentucky and Loebsack-Iowa also spoke in favor of the resolution during the floor debate last night.

Special thanks to advocates in Colorado for their advocacy work with Congressman Polis. Congratulations to advocates in New York, Arizona, Texas, California, Maryland, Kentucky, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina, Maine, DC, Minnesota, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Tennessee and the Northern Mariana Islands who cinched commitments from House members to co-sponsor the Resolution (H. Res. 1472).

If your House Member co-sponsored, now is a good time to follow up with a note of thanks.

More information on National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week will be posted in the NCL Advocacy Blog in the coming days: http://blog.ncladvocacy.org . Resources will be made available to you soon to help you plan celebration activities. They will be posted at: www.ncladvocacy.org .

So Please share the good news, and mark your calendars for September 13 - 17, 2010!

Distance Education

We are currently working on getting a pilot program ready for January of next year, that will allow us to run a distance education program for our students that are outside of the Roswell area.

After our pilot program, we will be able to provide distance education GED and ESL to our students that are able to participate in the program. More information will be posted as soon as we finish our training.

We are also very excited about the upcoming program  and we hope that everyone can participate!

Roswell ABE Graduation on 5-13-10

 

Last week we held our yearly event for our ABE GED graduates. We are so proud of them, and wish them the best in whatever road they pick.

A poem to those who succeeded in attaining their dream, that which they thought was never possible.

It Couldn't Be Done

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it. 
by Edgar A. Guest

Congratulations to all our ABE graduates!

BRENDA DANN-MESSIER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, ADDRESSES COABE IN CHICAGO

Brenda Dann-Messier has an extensive background in the field of adult education. Most recently Dann-Messier served as president of Dorcas Place, an Adult and Family Learning Center in Providence, R.I. Prior to her work at Dorcas Place, Dann-Messier worked at the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University. Dann-Messier also served in the Clinton administration as the regional representative for Region I in Boston under then-Secretary of Education Richard Riley. Prior to her work at the Department of Education, Dann-Messier directed two TRIO programs, the Rhode Island Educational Opportunity Center (1987-1993) and the Educational Talent Search Program (1991-1993) of the Community College of Rhode Island. Dann-Messier previously served as a member of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education and chaired the Academic and Student Affairs subcommittee for the board. She received her B.A. and her M.Ed. from Rhode Island College and her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Johnson and Wales University.

Cheryl Keenan, National Director of Adult Education and Literacy, Addresses COABE Open Forum

Coffee Hour at the Cougar Den

Good Evening,

The Coffee Hour this month started off on an ordinary note. However, after Lorinda and Donna knocked back two cups of premium coffee followed by two cubes of cheese, things began to change. Before long people were chatting amicably and exchanging pleasantries without much prodding. Overall, the company was good and the food was tolerable. For a hump day event it was nice break in the day. I hope you enjoy the pictures. Please join us again for our next coffee hour.

ESL Class Shower

Good Evening,

I'm very proud to be working with a group of creative teachers who know how to mingle learning with social events. Today three of our ESL classes came together to celebrate a wedding shower. As I looked around the room I noticed students whose first languages were Farsi, Thai, Chinese and Spanish. What I find even more amazing is that these students are coming voluntarily. They are not getting college credit. They are coming to learn and improve their language skills. Yes, I'm feeling pretty lucky today. Above are a few pictures of today's event.

ABE Day at the Legislature 2010

ABE Students in the House Gallery

Representative Nick Salazar meets with SFCC ABE student

Senator Nava meets with ABE students and staff members.

Minority Whip Keith Gardner meets with ENMU-Roswell ABE students Leticia and Aracelli.

Wow--all I can say is wow. The ABE Day a the legislature was simply a "wow" day. Not only did approximately 200+ students show up to tour and visit the legislature, but the students also had the opportunity to chat with Lt Governor Diane Denish and several representatives and senators. I'm attaching a few pictures from the ABE Day. It makes me proud to be able to participate in such events.

Here's some more pictures from last Saturday's Professional Development Meeting

Foundation Scholarship Folks

Above are a few people who are currently being helped attend ENMU-Roswell college courses while working on their GED. All of these students are taking Univ 101 (college success) plus another college course of their choosing that leads to either a certificate or a degree. We wish them the best!

I'm on a roll

The above few pictures were all taken at our recent professional development training held on 1/16/10. Roughly, forty people showed up to this event ranging from work-study students, health care professionals, and our partners in other agencies.

We've been busy!

It's been almost three months since I posted something. For that, I am truly sorry. I'm attaching some pictures from some past events. I hope you enjoy them.