West Piedmont Regional Adult Education Blog

Pittsylvania County GED Tests

Science, Social Studies and Language Arts, Reading. Must register in advance to take the tests. To register, call 1-434-432-9416 to schedule and appointment.

Pittsylvania County GED Tests

Mathematics and Language Arts, Writing. Must register in advance to take the tests. To register, call 1-434-432-9416 to schedule and appointment.

Race to GED Scholarship Golf Tournament Huge Success

Race to GED Scholarship Golf Tournament Huge Success

The 2^nd annual Race to GED Scholarship Golf Tournament, held at Forest Park Country Club on April 16, was a huge success according to tournament coordinator, John Kovack.  Proceeds from the tournament will provide scholarships to pay for nearly 300 individual GED tests over the next year.

“A total of 44 players participated in this event and our sponsorship list grew considerably over our first year’s tournament,” Kovack said. “While no one won the car sponsored by GR Chevrolet, Inc. of Stanleytown, the prospect of winning a car brought in more players than we had last year. And a couple of people came within 3-4 feet of driving home in a new Malibu.”

Franklin County Adult Education Center was also a platinum level sponsor of this year’s tournament along with GR Chevrolet.

Gold level sponsors were Bird’s Tree Service (Patrick Springs), Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce (Martinsville), and National College (Danville). Silver level sponsors included Dutch Inn (Collinsville), Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, Pamela C. Cobler (Martinsville), Bobby and Linda Martin (Martinsville), El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant (Collinsville), Adult Learning Center Staff (Henry County), Stanleytown Ruritan Club (Stanleytown), and Stacey Wright (Boone’s Mill). Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar (Martinsville) was a bronze sponsor.

Stacey Wright, program manager for West Piedmont Regional Adult Education, the host of Race to GED Scholarship Golf Tournament commented, “Many thanks go out to all of the participants in this year’s tournament and a special thanks to all of our sponsors. Our goal is to realize a booming economy in the West Piedmont Region by creating an educated workforce that will attract new industry to our area. Providing GED test scholarships will remove a barrier for many of our citizens who lack funds to pay for this first step in developing skills that will make them competitive for employment. We are thrilled with the results of our tournament and the resulting opportunities for West Piedmont adults.”

Golf Tournament Sponsors

Many thanks go to the terrific sponsors of our 2nd Annual Race to GED Scholarship Golf Tournament:

Platinum Sponsors:  GR Chevrolet (Stanleytown) and Franklin County Adult Education (Rocky Mount)

Gold Sponsors:  Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce (Martinsville) and National College (Danville)

Silver Sponsors:  Bird’s Tree Service (Patrick Springs), Dutch Inn (Collinsville), El Ranchito (Collinsville), West Piedmont Workforce Investment Board (Martinsville), Stacey Wright (Rocky Mount)

Bronze Sponsors:  Applebee’s Grill and Bar (Martinsville)

The sponsors have generously agreed to sponsor our cause. Please support them with your business!

Race to GED Scholarship Golf News

There is still time to register for our 2nd Annual Race to GED Scholarship Golf Tournament at Forest Park Country Club in Martinsville on Friday, April 16 at 1PM. The registration fee is $45 for individuals and $160 per foursome.

GR Chevrolet of Stanleytown is sponsoring 3 (not one, but 3) hole-in-one prizes: 1)  A new car! 2) A set of golf clubs! and 3) A wonderful vacation!

The first place team will split a cash prize of $400 cash. Second and third place teams will also receive prizes. There are also closest to pin and other prizes.

Terrific prizes, great company, lots of fun - all while helping raise money to provide GED testing scholarships for area adults who cannot afford the test fees. Don’t miss out on the fun.  We hope to see you on April 16th!

Spring Break

This winter’s snowy weather has caused some area school systems to use some of spring break as make-up days. Spring break for West Piedmont’s adult education programs are as follows:

Franklin County Adult Ed - closed the week of April 5 (will re-open Monday, April 12)

Henry County Adult Ed - closed Friday, April 2, Monday, April 5 & Tuesday, April 6 (will re-open Wednesday, April 7)

Martinsville City Adult Ed -

Patrick County Adult Ed - closed Friday, April 2 and Monday, April 5 (will re-open Tuesday, April 6)

Pittsylvania County Adult Ed - closed week of April 5 (will re-open Monday, April 12)

West Piedmont Regional Adult Education Office - closed week of April 5 (will re-open Monday, April 12)

Enjoy your spring break!

Save the Date!

The Race to GED Scholarship Golf Tournament is scheduled for Friday, April 16, 2010, at Forest Park Country Club in Martinsville. Starting time is 1:00 PM. Last year’s event (our first) was terrific. We had great prizes, great food, and lots of fun. Even better, we raised enough money to help pay for nearly 90 GED tests! We hope you will join us for our second annual tournament. If you want to participate, call John Kovack at 1-540-484-1324.

Franklin County GED Tests

GED Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts, Reading tests. Candidate must register in advance to take the tests. To register, call 1-540-483-0179.

Franklin County GED Test

GED Math and Language Arts, Writing tests. Candidate must register in advance to take the tests. To register, call 1-540-483-0179.

Martinsville City GED Tests

Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts, Reading tests. Candidate must register in advance to take the tests. To register, call 1-276-403-5466.