ABC Adult School

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12254 Cuesta Dr., Cerritos, CA 90703(526) 926-6734

www.abcadultschool.com

Fitness Academics Citizenship Computer Training English (ESL) Fine Arts/Crafts GED High School Diploma Home Decorative Arts Parent Education

Apple, Basic Computer

Repair, Office 2007,

Digital Camera, Photoshop,

QuickBooks, AutoCAD,

MOS Certification

Speaking and Pronunciation,

Grammar, Idioms and

Conversation, Movie Idioms,

Citizenship, CBET

Parent Education

Parent Leadership Academy

Music, Fine Arts, Cooking,

Upholstery, Needle Arts, Oil Painting,

Public Speaking

Senior Aerobics, Walking to

Fitness, Chair Total

Fitness Workouts,Living Skills

High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE),

GED, English Writing and Literature,

High School Diploma

Vocational Diploma and Certificate of Proficiency

Fine Arts - Home

Economics

Health and Fitness

Program for Older AdultsAdults with Disabilities

Consumer Awareness

See page 4

Parent Education Program

See page 5

Academics/GED

High School DiplomaSee page 5

Computer Training

See page 3

ESLBeginning,

Intermediate, Advanced,

Multi-LevelSee page 6

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The Career Technical Education Center (CTEC) specializes in Computer related training for the workplace and home.

The CTEC has classes ranging from Medical Terminology and Medical Billing and Coding to Basic Computer Upgrade, Typing, Microsoft Office 2007, Digital Camera, Bookkeeping/Accounting, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean classes, QuickBooks, Windows and many other courses. Our classes are designed to meet the needs of students who have never used a computer, have basic computer skills, or those students who are in advanced skills modes.

Classes are held Monday through Thursday 8 am to 9:30 pm, Friday 8 am to 4 pm. The CTEC Office is open Monday through Thursday 7:30 am to 8 pm, Friday 7:30 am to 4 pm.

Registration is available for classes in person at the CTEC office, room G4 or online via our www.abcadultschool.com web site. Most classes are $15 and some classes will require a purchased textbook. Other classes will cost from $25 to $140 dependent on the curriculum.

The CTEC is also an Authorized Testing Center for Microsoft Office Specialist program offered by Microsoft Corporation. Tests are available by appointment at a cost of $85 per exam.

Career Technical Education Center (CTEC)12254 Cuesta Dr.Cerritos, CA 90703(562) 926-6734, ext 25101 and ext 25109

Career Technical Education

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Rules1. Parking: Obey all traffic laws, signs and directions. Use the correct entrances and exits. Park in the correct lots. Do not park in Staff Parking, or in restricted spaces. Obey the speed limit and drive in the correct direction. Park head first.

2. Campus: Keep the campus clean and safe. This is a no smoking site. Don’t litter. Throw away the trash. Don’t throw gum on the ground.

3. Offices: Do not ask to use office phones. Stay in the classrooms until the end of classes. Tell your transportation when you will be out of the classes.

4. Classrooms: Please follow teacher directions. No eating or drinking in the classrooms. Don’t chew gum. Keep your cell phones on silent and answer calls outside.

5. Restrooms: Do not write graffiti on the walls.

ABC Adult School Mission StatementThe mission of the ABC Adult School is to provide meaningful educational opportunities that encourage lifelong learning and improve the quality of life.

Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs)

ABC Adult School students will be:

Self-directed lifelong learners who➜ acquire knowledge and skills appropriate to their stage

of life ➜ set and achieve personal, educational, and/or

vocational goals➜ seek continuing educational, and/or vocational training

opportunities

Effective communicators who➜ demonstrate appropriate listening, speaking, reading,

writing, creative, and/or computational skills➜ apply communication skills to real-life situations at

home, in the community, and at work➜ enhance and improve their ability to understand others

and to be understood by others

Critical thinkers and problem-solvers who➜ exercise their powers of judgment, conception, and

inference to solve problems and create projects➜ seek to understand and solve problems at school, work,

home, and in the community➜ apply acquired knowledge to real-life settings

Health and Safety We offer a wide variety of health and fitness classes for all adults. For the senior citizens, there are specific classes, including Aqua Cardio Fitness, Chair Aerobics, Individual Workouts and all levels of Aerobics.

For all adults, we offer various aerobic workouts, Aqua Cardio Fitness, Power Walking, Kickboxing, Yoga, and Tai Chi Chuan.

There are dance fitness classes, including Dancersize, Hula, and Line Dancing.

Focus on Health workshops are offered periodically.

Home EconomicsFine ArtsA wide variety of home and fine arts are offered. We have many different traditional painting and drawing classes.

Needle ArtsWe offer Brazilian embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, and Bobbin Lace.

Stained glass, ceramics, beading, and crafts are popular classes.

A student can take a basic sewing class, pattern drafting or quilting. For the new computerized embroidery/sewing machines, we have classes to train the student to fully utilize the capabilities of the machine and to use the internet to

find patterns.

Music With six music teachers, we have a full range of classes, including singing, piano, guitar, ukulele, and recorder.

Culinary Arts Our cooking classes cover everything

from basic nutrition and food preparation to cake decorating, pastry and sugar arts.

CraftingThe upholstery program is world-class with the tools and space required. Basic woodworking is also offered.

Other classes include public speaking, cultural studies, a class to help seniors (over 55) write their life stories, Feng Shui, and computer enrichment for seniors.

With many of our teachers bilingual, they can teach in Korean, Chinese, and Spanish in addition to English.

Older Adults Older Adults classes at ABC Adult School are designed specifically for the senior population we serve in our communities. Courses are designed to offer adults lifelong education that will provide opportunities for personal growth and development, community involvement, and skills needed for self-maintenance. These classes provide intellectual, physical, and social stimulation regardless of ability or circumstance, such as joy of singing, piano, percussion, life stories, computer enrichment, and physical fitness.

Consumer Awareness

Classes are free or low Cost;

offered throughout Cerritos,

Artesia and Hawaiian Gardens.

Morning, afternoon and evening

classes available Monday

through saturday.

stop by at the Main office

(12254 Cuesta Dr.

Cerritos, CA 90703 for

more info.)

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Basic Education Reading Improvement Basic Language Arts General Math Review

GED Preparation Reading Comprehension Essay Writing Mathematics

Passage of the GED exam is considered the equivalent of a high school diploma to most colleges and employers.

High School Diploma Subjects Algebra Health Art Appreciation Life Science Economics Mathematics Electives Physical & Earth Science English United States History Government World Cultures and History

A total of 180 semester credits and passage of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) is required for a high school diploma.

Academic students must meet with a counselor to enroll. Coursework may be completed in a lab setting, as a homework program, or in structured classrooms.

Morning, afternoon, and evening programs are available.

The parent education program provides Parent Participation Classes at five parent education centers at various locations throughout the school district. Serving parents with children ages six-months to five years of age.

Parents, guardians or caregivers attend class with the child. Classes are designed to enable parents to observe and participate with their child in a learning environment that stimulates the physical, intellectual, social and emotional growth of the child.

Gahr (Cecilia Damron) Parent Education Center 11111 Artesia Blvd., Cerritos, CA 90703 (562) 926-6734 ext 21415

Burbank Parent Education Center 17701 Roseton Ave., Artesia, CA 90701 (562) 229-7939

Stowers Parent Education Center 13350 Beach St., Cerritos, CA 90703 (562) 926-7411

Gonsalves Parent Education Center 13650 Park St., Cerritos, CA 90703 (562) 926-5777

Cabrillo Lane Parent Education Center 20122 Cabrillo Ln., Cerritos, CA 90703 (562) 926-6734 ext 25161

Parent Leadership Academy Parents are welcome to attend monthly Parent Education Workshops on topics of interest to parents of children from kindergarten through high school.

Tackling the Homework Dilemma What You Should Know About Nutrition & Children Overview of 6th Grade Family Life and Sex Education Program Accessing Student Information Using the Internet Can You Hear Me Now? Standardized Tests and Test Taking Tips How to Maximize Success in My Gate Student Surviving the Adolescent Years Internet Safety

Academic ProgramParent Education Program

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ESL Level Classes Beginning Literacy Beginning Intermediate Advanced

Specialized Skill Classes Speaking Conversation Pronunciation Idioms Movie Idioms Writing Grammar

Citizenship Classes

CBET (Community Based English Tutoring)

Distance Learning (Learn English at Home)

Cultural Field Trips

Language Media Center

ESL OfficesCuesta Campus: 12254 Cuesta Drive, Cerritos, (562) 926-6734 ext 25015

Fedde Campus: 11949 East 215th St. Hawaiian Gardens, (562)926-6734 ext 24681

English as a Second Language (ESL)

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The mission of the ABC Adult School is to provide meaningful educational opportunities that encourage lifelong learning and improve the quality of life.

What does this mean to the students? The mission is the important work we do. Provide meaningful educational opportunities means we give students lessons that are important to them. Encourage lifelong learning means Adult School students can continue learning every day of their lives. Improve the quality of life means students’ lives can be better, happier, and richer.

The ABC Adult School ESL classes are a Program.

What does this mean to the students? A Program means that the Skills classes and Level classes are all together, from the Beginning to the Intermediate and to the Advanced. Students start in a class and advance to the next class. All the classes have the same types of lessons, for health, shopping, working and home. The teachers teach with the same types of practice using partners, table groups, and the whole class. The teachers have the same ideas about the ESL Program. We are all proud of our ESL Program. In the morning, at 8 and 9 am, students take Skills classes with different teachers, Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Grammar. Then, after the break, students take Level classes to learn how to use English in their lives everyday. In the afternoon and evening classes students learn and practice the same skills as the morning classes with their classmates and teachers.

The Language Media Center is for students to practice the same Skills individually, using many books, videos, audio lessons, and computers. They can also have conversations with volunteers from the community. This classroom is open from 8 in the morning until 7 in the evening.

ABC Adult School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (562) 926-6734

Community Resources

Bus Passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (562) 916-1202

Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 540-4000

Child Care Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 424-2246

Community Services and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Elder Abuse Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (877) 477-3646

Food Stamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (562) 807-7869

Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (888) 747-1222

Housing Advice and Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 569-4287

Human Services 24-hour info line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 339-6993

Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 755-0777

Legal Aid Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (562) 435-3501

Meals on Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (562) 806-5400

Medi-Cal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (877) 597-4777

National Domestic Violence Hotline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 799-7233

(562) 402-4800

Senior Citizen Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800) 677-1116

Suicide Prevention Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (877) 727-4747

WIC Nutrition Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (888) 942-9675

Youth and Family Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (562) 924-5526

Health & Safety911 - for life/safety emergency only!

Local Police/Sheriff: _______________________ (non-emergency)

Local Fire Department: ____________________ (non-emergency)

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General InformationCustodiansWe expect that students will cooperate and help to keep the school clean. What does this mean to students? Students clean up their tables in the classrooms. Students throw away trash after they eat, and keep all areas of the school clean.

SecurityWe expect that students will respect other students in classrooms, in public places and in the parking lots. Our Security Intervention Agents watch our school carefully to keep this school safe. What does this mean to students? Students do not make or have trouble. They obey the rules.

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1. ABCUSD Central Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16700 Norwalk Blvd., Cerritos2. AEC Cuesta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12254 Cuesta Dr., Cerritos3. Artesia Christian Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11614 183rd St., Artesia4. Artesia Community Center . . . . . . . . . . . .18750 Clarkdale Ave., Artesia5. Artesia High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12108 Del Amo, Lakewood6. Burbank Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17701 Roseton Ave., Artesia7. Cabrillo Lane Education Center . . 20122 Cabrillo Lane, Cerritos8. Carver Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19200 Ely St., Cerritos9. Carmenita Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13435 166th St., Cerritos10. Cerritos Senior Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12340 South St., Cerritos11. Cerritos Park East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13234 166th St., Cerritos12. Clontarf Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18432 Gridley Rd., Cerritos13. Damron Parent Education Center (Damron PEC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11111 Artesia Blvd., Cerritos14. Elliott Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18415 Cortner Ave., Artesia15. Faye Ross Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17707 Elaine Ave., Artesia16. Fedde Adult Education Center (Fedde AEC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11949 215th St., Hawaiian Gardens

17. Furgeson Elementary . . . . . . . . 22215 Elaine Ave., Hawaiian Gardens18. Gonsalves Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13650 Park St., Cerritos19. Hawaiian Elementary . . . . . . . . . .12350 E. 226th St., Hawaiian Gardens20. Helen Rosas Center . . . . . . . . . 22150 Wardham St., Hawaiian Gardens21. Juarez Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11939 Aclare St., Cerritos22. Kennedy Elementary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17500 Belshire Ave., Cerritos23. Melbourne Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21314 Claretta St., Lakewood24. Niemes Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16715 S. Jersey Ave., Artesia25. North Artesia Community Center. . . . . . . . . 11870 E. 169th St., Artesia26. Pat Nixon Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12340 South St., Cerritos27. Robert Lee Community Center. . . . . . . . . 21815 Pioneer Blvd., Hawaiian Gardens28. Stowers Elementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13350 Beach St., Cerritos29. Tracy High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12222 Cuesta Dr., Cerritos30. Twin Palms Care Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11900 Artesia Blvd., Artesia31. Willow Elementary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11733 E. 205th St., Lakewood32. Wittman Elementary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16801 Yvette St., Cerritos33. St. John Lutheran Church . . . . . . . . 18422 S. Bloomfield Ave., Cerritos

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