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Add a little class to your night life through Laconia Adult Education LACONIA — Peggy Selig, program director for Laconia Adult Education, urges people to add a class to their night life. A new season of exciting enrichment courses are scheduled to begin the week of January 23-26. Among the offerings are Fly Tying, Yoga, Welding, Gluten Free Cooking, Zumba, Quilting, Calligraphy, Belly Dancing, Water Color Painting, Dog Obedience, Dance Party Exercise and Computer classes. Selig says that people can prepare for the SAT or the GED Exams, attend Laconia Academy to get their high school diploma, or enjoy the evening Wine Tasting Seminar and Gourmet Dinner. Enroll in a free Financial Success Workshop Series and learn how to make smart investments in stocks and bonds for today’s market. Learn how to make informed decisions in Planning for Retirement and InvestCALENDAR from preceding page
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 Open Door Dinners offer free weekly meal in Tilton. 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. An outreach housed at Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street, downtown. provides a free hot meal open to all members of the community. All are welcome to eat and all are welcome to help out. For more information, especially about volunteering, please call Pastor Mark at 286-3120 or e-mail him at markk@trinitytilton.org. Free clothing ministry, Closet 2 Closet. Open the second and fourth Saturday of every month. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Calvary Assembly of God, 100 Academy St., Laconia. 524-7559.
ing Strategies: What Every Woman Should Know! Enroll in a Reiki, Tai Chi or Parenting Class Workshop Series. Be adventurous and try your hand at Knitting for Beginners, Yoga in a Chair: Get Fit When You Sit! Learn Sign Language or how to speak Spanish, French, Arabic, Sign Language or Italian. Enjoy a class in Mah Jongg Made Easy, Digital Photography or Sculpture: Faces & Figures in Clay. Learn how to do Cake Decorating or How to Cook Gourmet Delights in Half Hour. Computer classes for the Computer Illiterate are offered in addition to Microsoft Office Basics: Word, Excel, and Power Point, Accounting and Bookkeeping Basics, or learn how to create your own Website, learn to play Golf this spring or learn how to Paint with Wax. Take a class in Welding Basics Arc, Gas, Mig & Tig, Food Intolerances and Allergies or Eat Well: A Recipe for Good Health. Photography courses for the beginner or advanced camera buff is also offered in addition to Woodworking and an Advanced Welding specializing in TIG Techniques. Find out about the benefits of Holistic Roots to Healthy Living and Lifestyle Choices taught by Brian Paterson, ND. or enroll in an Estates, Wills, Trusts and Guardianship Planning Seminar taught by Scott McGuffin.Try your hand at Creative Writing, Baking and Pastry Techniques for Beginners or Animal Reiki for you and your pet. Algebra 1, Chemistry & Lab, Human Biology & Lab are all available for pre-nursing students. Fill leisure hours and have fun in Genealogy. Enroll in a
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seminar on Acupuncture, Herbs & Holistic Medicine with Brian Paterson, ND. A free Reiki seminar is offered in addition to a Reiki Level I and Reiki Level II Certification. Get rid of the stress in your life and learn Meditation for Health and Relaxation. Learn to train your dog in a Basic or Advanced Dog Obedience class that will help fill leisure evening hours productively. Learn to speak, read, write and understand English for those individuals living in the Lakes Region from a foreign country. The classes are free and meet Tuesday & Thursday from 6-8:30 p.m. for 11 weeks. Learn to speak and understand English in a friendly environment. If you know of someone who needs ESOL help, please call the Laconia Adult Education Office at 524-5712. A high school diploma enables one to get a job or job promotion, enlist in the military service, get a pay increase, and improve one’s sense of self-esteem and personal self-worth. Laconia Academy, the adult high school diploma program, enables anyone wishing to return to the classroom at night, the chance to get a high school diploma. Classes meet from 6-9 p.m., Monday - Thursday nights. A high school transcript from the last school attended is required. Credit is given for those courses successfully passed. Life experience credits are also given for work and military service. Laconia Academy is also approved for anyone eligible for Veterans’ Benefits. Laconia Academy also enables In-School Youths, lacking the proper number of credits to graduate in June 2012 with their class to enroll and take courses. Permission is needed from the principal of the sending school in order for an in-school youth to enroll at Laconia Academy. Credits for courses successfully passed at Laconia Academy will be transferred back to the day program prior to the June graduation date. Laconia Savings Bank is providing limited sholarship help to residents of Laconia, Gilford, Meredith, Moultonborough, Center Harbor, Plymouth and Bristol, wishing to attend Laconia Academy and get a High School Diploma. Financial need must be demonstrated. The Adult Success Program through a Grant from the NH Charitable and the Pardoe Foundation will also provide limited scholarship help depending on demonstrated financial need. Statistics show that one out of seven adults in New Hampshire does not have a high school diploma. Some 1,151 Lakes Region adults have earned their high school diploma through Laconia Academy. Call 524-5712 to set up an appointment to enroll in classes for the Winter (BELMONT, NH) Semester 2012. (603)527-3551 Adult Basic Education Classes help adults to improve their basic math and reading skills in a classroom setting. The Adult Math and Reading Clinics emphaADULT ED page 21
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