The Jamaica Plain Community Centers Adult Learning Program is holding its registration period for all levels of intensive ABE/HiSET and ESOL. Registration is running continuously ABE/HiSET and Evening ESOL Monday thru Thursday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm English High School, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain 02130 (entrance on Williams St.) Morning ESOL classes are running at 20 […]
Our morning level two class spent some time thinking critically about what they can do to help improve their global community, as well as their local communities, while working on their reading and writing. After their brainstorming, each student wrote out their ideas on the list. Finally, as a class, they edited their ideas for grammar […]
Our 2014-17 ESOL Level One class designed and wrote a cookbook filled with their favorite recipes. Click the link below to check out our students’ work and get cooking! ESOL 1 Cookbook
HiSET (formerly GED) – ADULT SECONDARY EDUCATION Many jobs require a high school diploma or equivalent. So do Community colleges. Equivalent means you have passed a test of high school skills. In Massachusetts you have the choice of two tests, the HiSET or the GED. We have free classes that will prepare you for either one. […]
ESOL (ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES) We help ESOL students develop their language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This helps them develop the independence to: continue education, for example our GED/ASE program or university get better jobs communicate with their children, their children’s teachers, medical providers, and others participate more in community activities (On the left, […]
Join our strong team of ESOL and ABE/GED professionals – we have been serving the community for over 30 years, providing an innovative, participatory educational program to educationally disadvantaged and Limited English Proficient adults. Our goal is to help students attain the education, skills, and self-confidence that will enable them to more fully participate in […]
The Jamaica Plain Community Centers Adult Learning Program is the ideal way to develop your skills in English, math, reading, and writing, and make progress towards your goals. We offer free day, evening, and online classes convenient for busy adults. ALP is a full-service program where students can begin at any level and advance through […]
Volunteer Application Are you interested in… Volunteering to help motivated low-income adults from Boston and around the world learn to succeed? Tutoring students getting their GED or learning to read, write and master mathematics? Meeting people from other cultures and helping them learn English or prepare for citizenship? Performing volunteer work with others who share […]