GED / Evening High School

Alliance for Lifelong Learning can help you get your high school diploma. Two low-cost programs are available: Evening High School and GED. If you are 17 or older, call a counselor for further information.

Evening High School: 847-825-7719
GED: 847-635-1426

Evening Classes Are:

• Small and upgraded
• Held two times per week from 6 to 10 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Taught at Maine South High School.

Eligibility:

• Resident of Maine, Northfield, or Niles Township
• 17 years of age or older
• Maine and Niles residents: Apply to your high school principal for special permission to enroll.
• Glenbrook residents (District 225) must apply to Frank Santa, Principal of Glenbrook Evening High School, 847-486-4465.

Counseling:

Bring a transcript of your high school credits to:

Evening High School Coordinator
Alliance for Lifelong Learning
Maine South High School
1111 Dee Road, Park Ridge, IL 60068 

Call 847-825-7719 from 6–9 pm, Monday through Thursday, to set up an appointment. During daytime hours, phone Tom Cole at 847-755-2634 or John Tyler at 847-692-8524.

Cost:

Classes are $12 each (books available on free loan).

What is GED?

Test Prep — Spring 2010

Spring GED and Pre-GED Classes

Pre-GED Classes

GED Classes

Summer 2010 GED and Pre-GED Classes

Bonus for ESL, Literacy, and GED Students

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What is GED?

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GED stands for General Educational Development. Passing the GED Tests enables a student to earn a GED diploma. This credential is accepted by most employers and schools.

Eligibility:

Resident of Cook County and 17 years of age or older (Age 16, call the GED Office at 847-635-1426 for specific requirements.)

Test Application:

Students must complete an application to take the GED Tests. Forms are available through the Cook County GED Testing Program at 847-328-9795 or online at www.cookcountyged.org.

GED Placement Testing and Counseling

New students must come to one of the locations listed below for two evenings of placement testing, counseling, and registration. Attendance is required on both evenings. Students must arrive on time and bring a calculator.

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Spring 2010 Placement Testing

If you wish to begin GED test preparation classes in April, you must attend one of these sessions. Each session is two nights. You must attend both sessions. Please be on time.

Niles North High School, 9800 Lawler, Skokie
(West of Old Orchard Shopping Center)
Room number will be posted.
March 15 & 17 (Monday and Wednesday), 6:30–10 pm

• No Charge.
• Attendance is required on both nights. 
• Bring a calculator.

District 65—Family Center, 1500 McDaniel, Evanston, IL
March 22 & 24 (Monday and Wednesday), 9:30 am–12 pm

• Attendance is required on both days.
• Bring a calculator. 

Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston
March 22 & 24 (Monday and Wednesday), 6–9 pm

• Attendance is required on both days.
• Bring a calculator. 

Oakton Community College is committed to equal access to educational opportunities for students with disabilities. To request disability accommodations, please contact Theresa O’Sullivan at 847-635-1759.

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Spring 2010 GED and Pre-GED Classes

General Information

New students who do not attend the testing and counseling sessions pay the fee that appears in parenthesis after each course listing, for example, ($98). Continuing students and students who attend the testing and counseling pay the lower fee for GED-level classes and no fee for Pre-GED classes. Call the GED office at Oakton Community College at 847-635-1426 for more information.

Tutoring is available for GED students on Tuesday evenings, 7–10 pm, at Oakton Community College in Skokie. Call 847-376-7682 for an appointment.

Pre-GED Classes

PRE-GED MATH SKILLS   FEE: NO CHARGE ($47)
Elementary addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; percents; interpretations of graphs and charts.
EDU A07-05, NILES N, 7 Wed., 4/7, 7–10 pm
EDU A07-06, ETHS, 7Mon., 4/5, 6:30–9:30 pm

PRE-GED READING SKILLS     FEE: NO CHARGE ($47)
Instruction in elementary reading skills: recognizing the main idea and supporting details, drawing inferences, and learning methods of organization; includes review of vocabulary development skills. EDU A04-03, NILES N, 7 Mon., 4/5, 7–10 pm

PRE-GED ENGLISH SKILLS FEE: NO CHARGE ($47) Beginning preparation for the GED Writing Skills Test with a review of English usage, sentence structure, punctuation and spelling.
EDU A02-03, NILES W, 7 Thu., 4/8, 7–10 pm
EDU A02-04, ETHS, 9 Tue., 4/6, 6:30–9 pm

GED Classes

GED ENGLISH REVIEW FEE: $4.50 ($47)
Review of high school English grammar, sentence structure, correct usage, punctuation and spelling.
EDU A03-03, NILES W, 9 Thu., 4/8, 7–9:30 pm
EDU A03-04, ETHS, 7 Mon., 4/5, 6:30–9:30 pm

GED READING REVIEW FEE: $4.50 ($47)
Review of high school reading skills incorporating prose, poetry and drama; course provides practice in critical reading skills needed for three major areas of the GED tests.
EDU A05-03, NILES N, 7 Mon., 4/5, 7–10 pm 

GED MATH REVIEW FEE: $4.50 ($47)
Review of high school math including rapid review of fractions, decimals, and percents, but focusing on algebra, geometry and story problems.
EDU A08-05, NILES N, 7 Wed., 4/7, 7–10 pm
EDU A08-06, ETHS, 9 Tue., 4/6, 6:30–9 pm

CONSTITUTION REVIEW FEE: $3 ($32)
Instruction on the U.S. and Illinois Constitutions and the Declaration of Independence; course can enable students to fulfill the Constitution Test requirement of the GED Tests.
HIS A01-04, MAINE E, 6 Tue., 4/6, 7–9:30 pm
HIS A01-05, NILES N, 6 Mon., 4/5, 7–9:30 pm

GED COMPLETE REVIEW FEE: $10 ($98)
Intensive review of the five subject areas of the GED Tests; course is intended for those close to taking the tests.
EDU A09-04, NILES N, 14 Mon. & Wed., 4/5, 6:30–10 pm
EDU A09-05, Dist. 65 Fam. Cent., 14 Mon. & Wed., 4/5, 9:30 am–12:30 pm

SPANISH LANGUAGE-COMPLETE REVIEW FEE: $10 ($98)
Preparation in all five areas of the GED Tests; course is taught solely in Spanish and is intended for students wishing to take GED Tests in their native language.
EDU A11-03, MAINE W,14 Mon. & Wed., 4/5, 6:30–10 pm
EDU A11-07, ETHS, 15 Mon. & Wed., 4/5, 6:30–10 pm

Summer 2010 Pre-GED
and GED Classes

Summer GED Placement Testing and Counseling
New students must come to the Ray Hartstein Campus, 7701 N. Lincoln Avenue, Skokie, on Tuesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 3 for placement testing, counseling, and registration. Attendance is required from 6:30 to 10 pm on June 1, and for one hour on the evening of June 3. Bring a calculator.
Tutoring is available to all students enrolled in the Oakton GED program on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 pm at the Skokie campus. Call 847-376-7682 for an appointment.

Pre-GED Classes

PRE-GED ENGLISH SKILLS    FEE: NO CHARGE ($47)
EDU A02-31, OC/SK, 7 Tue., 6/8, 7-10 pm
EDU A02-32, ETHS, 7 Thu., 6/10, 5:30-8:30 pm

PRE-GED READING SKILLS    FEE: NO CHARGE ($47)
EDU A04-31, OC/SK, 7 Mon., 6/7, 7-10 pm

PRE-GED MATH SKILLS    FEE: NO CHARGE ($47)
EDU A07-31, ETHS, 7 Tue., 6/8, 5:30-8:30 pm
EDU A07-32, OC/SK, 7 Thu., 6/10, 7-10 pm

GED Classes

GED ENGLISH REVIEW    FEE: $4.50 ($47)
EDU A03-31, ETHS, 7 Tue., 6/8, 5:30-8:30 pm

GED MATH REVIEW    FEE: $4.50 ($47)
EDU A08-31, OC/SK, 7 Wed., 6/9, 7-10 pm
EDU A08-32, ETHS, 7 Thu., 6/10, 5:30-8:30 pm

GED COMPLETE REVIEW    FEE: $10 ($98)
EDU A09-31, OC/SK, 8 Mon. and Wed., 6/7, 6:30-10 pm
EDU A09-33, District 65 Family Center, 9 Mon./Wed., 6/7, 9:30 am-12:30 pm

CONSTITUTION REVIEW    FEE: $3 ($32)
HIS A01-31, OC/SK, 6 Thu., 6/10, 7-9:30 pm

SPANISH LANGUAGE-COMPLETE REVIEW    FEE: $10 ($98)
EDU A11-32, RRC, 14 Sat., 5/22, 9:30 am-1 pm
EDU A11-33, RRC, 8 Mon. and Wed., 6/7, 10:30 am-1 pm
EDU A11-34, RRC, 8 Mon. and Wed., 6/7, 5-8 pm
EDU A11-35, ETHS, 8 Tue. and Thu., 6/8, 6-8:30 pm

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Bonus for ESL, Literacy, and GED Students

Instructor led drop-in computer lab

January 7–May 27, 2010

Monday–Thursday, 9:30 am–2:30 pm and 6:30–9:30 pm

Skokie campus, Room A210