Event encourages students to complete their high school equivalency | Eastern North Carolina Now

    The Division of Continuing Education at Beaufort County Community College will hold its annual Assessment Day Wednesday, Aug. 20, to encourage area residents to complete their high school equivalency degrees.

    Participants will have the opportunity to test their readiness to take the battery of high school equivalency tests and to learn more about classes offered at BCCC by Basic Skills that prepare students for the exam.

    The Assessment Day will begin at 9 a.m. in the auditorium of Building 8 on the BCCC campus to give those students who may have started, but not completed their high school equivalencies, the chance to see where they stand. Sign-in will begin at 8:30 a.m.

    Members of BCCC's Basic Skills staff will be on hand to advise participants about their remaining high school equivalency coursework.

    The event will also be a good time for those who have not yet started their GEDs to take the assessment to see if they, too, can earn their high school equivalencies, according to Penelope Radcliffe, Basic Skills Assessment and Retention Specialist.

Penelope Radliffe, Basic Skills assessment and retention specialist, Pat Lurvey, volunteer with the Beaufort County Literacy Volunteer, and Denise Morris, with BCCC's Basic Skills, at last year's Assessement Day, are prepared to welcome participants again this year on Wednesday, Aug. 20.
    In addition to a brief assessment, the event will include lunch and door prizes donated by Nautilife, Down on Main, Cottage Junkies, Dominos, Subway, Franks Pizza, Zaxbys, Pizza Inn, State Employee Credit Union, First South Bank, the BCCC Foundation, Literacy Volunteers of Beaufort County and Pecheles Automotive.

    BCCC offers the GED®, the nation's most recognizable high school equivalency exam and typically taken by people who want to further their education and become eligible to take college courses.

    For more information about the event, contact Radcliffe at 252-940-6325 or by email at peneloper@beaufortccc.edu. Information about upcoming changes in the GED is also available at www.beaufortccc.edu/coned/ged.htm.

    Beaufort County Community College is a public comprehensive community college committed to accessible and affordable quality education, effective teaching, relevant training, and lifelong learning opportunities for the people served by the College.