Barbour County BOLT Newsletter

Building Opportunities For Learning Together

December 2001 Volume 1 Issue 3

Congratulaltions to New GED Graduates
November:                 December:
Malena Richard          Araby Nicholson
Eric Skidmore           Wayne Ross

What is BOLT?
        BOLT is a state-wide students organization of adult education and literacy programs. It was formed in June of 1999 in Jackson's Mill, WV. BOLT stand for Building Opportunities for Learning Together. It is affiliated with the West Virginia Adult Education Association, Inc. (WVAEA, Inc.) BOLT's activities are guided by its mission statement;

  • To expand the role of adult students as learners
  • To promote adult education and literacy effort throughout WV
  • To be a resource for adult education
  • To heighten public awareness
  • To advocate for effective policies and practices
  • To promote the understanding that all who want to improve their skill can do so
  • To unite all learners in literacy and adult education programs

New GED Test
        The new GED testing will begin sometime in March. We will be tutoring on the proper use of calculators to be used on the new test. We will need to improve on all basic skills, since the new test will be more intense. Remember, the new test is not much different than the old one.
 A Short Story    By: Brandi Wagner

The Christmas Tree

        One snowy Christmas night my family and I were decorating our Christmas tree, when all of the sudden my dog rubbed against the tree and it fell over on my grandma. The funny thing about it was that her teeth fell out and rolled down the stairs. We looked but we couldn't find them anywhere. It was funny when we found the dog chewing on them two days later, but that was only the top half. Now grandma walks around with only the top half of her teeth. The funny thing was that the dog ate the two front teeth.

If you think SCHOOL is boring... wait until you sit around an unemployment office

        The BOLT newsletter is written and published monthly by the students in the Barbour County Adult Basic Education program.

        For more information on the class schedule click here to see reversed side.


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