Returning to College for Adults in Cedar Rapids Area
Adults over 25 are encouraged to return to college with non traditional programs at Kirkwood Mount Mercy Coe Cornell and Cornell College. Counselors urge taking one course start slow and use support services including seminars and credits for prior learning.
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Kurt Roghan Lazette
Cedar Rapids Area
Coe
Cornell
Kirkwood Community
Mount Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Kirkwood
Tom Meade
Meade
Larry Gordon
Gordon
Jackie Wallace
Wallace
Linn County
Mount Mercy College
Judy Fuller
Fuller
Back to high school program remains popular
Kirkwood Community College reports strong demand for its back to high school program for adults over 18 who never finished high school. The free tuition program offers regular high school classes at eight locations or home correspondence courses, helping about 1000 people earn diplomas or GEDs last year.
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Kirkwood Community College
All-day kindergarten expands at College Community Schools
The College Community Schools move to all day kindergarten this fall with 160 kindergartners, up from 180 last year’s cohort, amid enrollment decline. Administration expands the gifted program and adds staff while shifting to a seven period day for high school and increasing daily foreign language offerings.
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Robert Bostwick
Bostwick
High School Remedial Courses Outpace Advanced Classes
NCES notes a higher share of students taking remedial math or English than those taking advanced courses. In 1980 more than one third of sophomores and 30 percent of seniors had remediation, while 23 and 27 percent of sophomores and seniors pursued advanced English and 24 and 23 percent took advanced math.
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National Center For Education Statistics
NCES
Sopho
College Community School District 1982-83 Calendar
The College Community School District publishes its 1982-83 calendar with start dates and holidays. Key dates include August 26 first day, several no school in September and November, end of quarters on October 28 and January 13, spring break from March 31 to April 4, and June 2 last day with 10 a.m. dismissal. Snow day makeup dates: March 31, April 4, June 2 and 3.
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College Community School
College
Did You Know Facts From History
In 1536 King Henry VIII had his wife Anne Boleyn arrested on treason charges. Joan of Arc entered Orleans on April 29 1429 and secured a major victory by expelling the English.
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Henry VIII of
England
Anne Boleyn
Kirk Joan of Arc
Orleans
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