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At Academy of Hope- students become part of a learning community where everyone is valued- adds value and is both a teacher and a learner. Academy of Hope is an adult public charter school in Washington D. At Academy of Hope, students become part of a learning community where everyone is valued, adds value and is both a teacher and a learner.
Anacostia Community Outreach Center To provide a comprehensive array of individual, family and community engagement services which create a network of core supports to reduce poverty, strengthen families, improve communities and increase the number of realistic options for individuals to succeed in life. Ballou S. Y School To Aid Youth High School was established in as an alternative high school to provide an opportunity for DC residents to complete their high school education.
Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy offers traditional diploma programming through Summit Personalized Learning, an instructional program that integrates high-quality, individualized digital learning in all core subjects; offering specialized programming to prepare our students for college and the workplace; empowering our young adults with the career skills to succeed in the real world.
In addition to vocational training such as cosmetology and barbering, Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy offers adult basic education classes within our National External diploma program.
Our commitment to our students goes beyond academic achievement, we empower our students transition to life after receiving a certification or high school diploma. Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy To provide opportunities for personal growth, self-improvement and academic achievement to District of Columbia teens 16 through 18 years of age. We provide opportunities for disengaged high school students and high school dropouts; through a highly structured military styled, non-traditional educational environment; via career training, mentoring, diverse educational and extracurricular activities.
The school was founded for immigrants and English-learners and is open to the entire DC community. Our students obtain high school diplomas; pass the citizenship exam and become U. You can also call SED Centers at Arlington Comm.
Should we list a location? Are perhaps adjustments required? We welcome your contributions here. Thank you for your support! The latest edition of the GED exam is totally computer-formatted, the paper-based version retired, the level was raised as was the price tag.
All these changes have urged several states, including New York, Indiana, Montana, and New Hampshire, to choose alternative providers of their high school equivalency exams.
Pairing affordable housing with educational opportunities is a way of connecting the dots—helping our residents gain the education and skills they need to secure meaningful employment, and ultimately, to improve their lives. As we celebrate our 35th anniversary next year, AoH will be raising funds to support a major renovation so that our space can better meet the needs of all learners.
At the helm of those efforts is Mr. Click here to learn more about the many ways you can join us as we take this opportunity to celebrate our accomplishments and turn our focus to redefining the future of adult education.
AoH is deeply grateful for the support of the Alice and Eugene Ford Family Foundation, and we look forward to continuing to build our relationship through our 35th year and beyond! We want to hear your story, too! Marie Brown, 52, transferred to Academy of Hope in from another adult public charter school because she wanted an environment that emphasized one-on-one learning.
She says she found exactly that at AoH. I go with the flow, and the teachers are there when I need them. I come anyway, and I think accomplishing what I want and knowing that I need this education is making me want to come more. A DC native, Marie worked for over 20 years without her high school diploma.
Her last position was as a scheduler for the outpatient clinic at the National Rehabilitation Hospital. Marie served as a volunteer at the hospital for two years before they hired her full time. I love helping out. Marie was content in her career but felt as though there was a ceiling because she did not have her high school diploma, and she wanted to move up. My diploma is my paycheck because a lot of companies and jobs want that high school diploma. In addition to wanting to excel in her career, Marie says she came back to school because she wanted to set a good example for her five kids.
She originally left school in the 11th grade because she had children, and she says it took until now to take the time to focus on her own education. Her youngest child, a daughter enrolled in DCPS, is set to cross her own graduation stage in June I encourage her, and she encourages me!
Marie also says she appreciates the chance to access technology—an important element of the computer-based NEDP program. But for now, she is focused solely on earning her diploma. Having a high school diploma is going to be one of the most wonderful things to have. You can say that you got an education. With your high school diploma, you can do anything you want!
But when I started here at Academy of Hope, it was a brand new day for me. He says he has some happy memories from childhood but that growing up without a dad was tough. Meanwhile, Reggie struggled to read and write in school. I learned to talk well and use big words, even if I could not spell them.
So he dropped out at age 14 without discussing his decision with anyone. Hoping to learn a trade and earn some money to buy nice clothes, Reggie enrolled in Job Corps in West Virginia.
Although he enjoyed learning to operate heavy equipment, he left the training program after less than a month and returned to DC. He managed to go back to school but decided to stay for less than a year.
Reggie attributes many of his struggles—in education, in the workforce and at home—to his use and abuse of drugs. He spent many subsequent years in and out of prison and moved several times from a halfway house to the street and to shelters. By , Reggie entered therapy, joined both an addiction treatment program and Narcotics Anonymous and finally entered recovery from his addiction.
It was at NA that he met Diane, the woman who became his second wife. I could not have accomplished what I have without all the wonderful teachers and volunteers. Reggie was a diligent student—always present and focused on the task at hand. Finally, in , he completed the requirements for the NEDP and earned his high school diploma. I dropped out of school at 14 years old and went to work. I never imagined in all my travels that I would graduate from anything.
They built my self-esteem and self-confidence. Now I believe anything I set my mind to, I can accomplish. On graduation day, Reggie served as a speaker one last time. Today, I am glad to be who I am. Today, I thank god for my journey because I had to go through all that I went through to get where I am today. After graduation, Reggie began working at a drug treatment program and at a transitional housing facility and started studying online to become a certified Addiction Specialist, with the goal of becoming an Addiction Counselor.
Mui was born in outside a small town in South Vietnam. She was the first of eight children. Her Chinese father and Vietnamese mother owned a home and two clothing businesses. So with great sadness, she left school in at the age of The family lost their home and their businesses and was sent to work in the mountains.
As her father was Chinese, they received one-half the normal food allocation, which left them constantly hungry, and because their IDs had been confiscated, they could not get medical care or travel. After roughly five years, they were allowed to return to their hometown, though without IDs, a home, or even a license to sell goods, they continued to struggle.
At first they slept in the market, later they squatted in their old house. With a bit of gold that he had sewn into the hem of his shirt, he paid smugglers to get his daughters to the North, and then to China. Roughly two years later, she and her sister made it to Hong Kong where Mui lived in a refugee camp for five years. You have days after your full price test to use these retakes. After receiving two retakes at the reduced price, the price of the test subject returns to the regular price.
If you do not pass that subject again, you will receive two more retakes at the reduced rate. You must take action to receive one free printed diploma. After logging in, go to My Scores and select Order Duplicates. Select Diploma option and then select the Printed Diploma — Free option.
You can request your transcript and diploma here. Yes, in the District of Columbia you can take all test subjects in the same day, if you can find a testing center with hours that accommodate it. Yes, in the District of Columbia you can take the test in English or Spanish, however, you cannot combine two different languages to earn your credential.
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