{"id":103649,"date":"2019-06-07T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T19:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103649"},"modified":"2019-06-07T09:49:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T13:49:20","slug":"class-of-2019-high-school-equivalency-candidates-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103649","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2019 high school equivalency candidates graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Some GED graduates pose with Assemblyman John Salka.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Nineteen adults earned their high school equivalency diplomas and one student received her United States citizenship with help of the Madison County Reads Ahead program. Eight students attended the graduation ceremony held at the Sullivan Free Library recently where guest speaker Assemblyman John Salka, District 121 and a Brookfield resident, addressed those in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI got my GED \u2026 I think I worked\nharder on that than I ever did in high school,\u201d he commented. Salka went on to\nbecome licensed in radio and tv repair, later earning a degree in respiratory\ntherapy. He served as town supervisor for 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A quote in the event\u2019s program by\nTory Burch stated, \u201cWe may live in an age of instant messaging, instant\ngratification and Instagram, but there is no way to short-circuit the path to\nsuccess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salka echoed this sentiment. \u201cI am\nso proud to be here today as a kid who quit high school and later became a New\nYork State assemblyman. It shows you that success it right down the road as\nlong as you keep trying,\u201d he stated. Salka said he ran for state assembly three\ntimes before being elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MCRA is a unique program providing a\nvaluable service to residents of Madison County, said Tara Truett, director.\n\u201cTutors work with learners at the rate and the pace each individual needs,\u201d she\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MCRA is a free program where adults\ncan obtain their high school equivalency or help with English for speakers of\nother languages (ESOL). Volunteer tutors meet one-on-one with clients at their\nlocal library at times that are convenience to the students. Partner libraries\ngenerously provide space for the pairs to meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truett noted that new laws make it\neven easier for many to obtain their high school equivalency diploma. School\nrecords showing successfully taking regents courses now can shorten the process\nand cut down on the number of tests required to reach a diploma, she said. In\nsome cases, participants only need to take one test in a subject area of their\nchoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s graduates are: Barbara\nAlesci, Nathan Barrow, Crysta Carlucci, Alyssa Crandall, Joseph DeJohn,\nNicholas Derracq, Leann Drummon, Christopher Eaton, Kaleb Fraser, Kelsey\nHarden, Sebastian Lum, Cynthia Pickard, Zachary Schenck, Margaret Stein,\nMiranda Vann, Kelly Ventura, Allison Williams, Ashleigh Williamson, Brandon\nWorkman. Martha Altwal obtained U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about Madison\nCounty Reads Ahead, contact Tara Truett at (315) 345-1468.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nineteen adults earned their high school equivalency diplomas and one student received her United States citizenship with help of the Madison County Reads Ahead program. Eight students attended the graduation ceremony held at the Sullivan Free Library recently where guest speaker Assemblyman John Salka, District 121 and a Brookfield resident, addressed those in attendance. \u201cI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-qXL","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Resized_20190523_175643.jpeg?fit=1280%2C622&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}