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Show Adult education classes begin winter registration Winter semester of the Uintah School District's Adult High School Evening Program will begin Monday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. with registration at the first class session. Registration for young mothers, will be at 9 a.m., Friday, Jan. 9, and for the daytime Alternative Program at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 9, at the Uintah Basin Adult Education Center, 1077 North 2500 West. The semester begins Monday, Jan. 19, for these two classes. Evening courses to be offered are auto mechanics, instructed by Ted Mumford, Tuesday and Thursday beginning Jan. 6 in the auto mechanics shop at Uintah High School; carpentry, instructed by Clifton Brady, Tuesday and Thursday, beginning Jan. 6 in the Woodshop at Uintah High School; literature, instructed by Jan Nelson, Tuesday and Thursday beginning Jan. 6 in room 16E at Vernal Junior High; math, instructed by Richard Jacobsen, Monday and Wednesday beginning Jan. 6, in the business building at Uintah High's Vocational Complex; welding, instructed by Craig Mitchell, Monday and Wednesday beginning Jan. 5 in the metal shop at Uintah High; world history, instructed by Valda Massey, Monday and Wednesday beginning Jan. 5 in Room 4SS at Vernal Junior High. Since education is without tuition in Utah to the high school diploma, adult students do not pay for any course which applies toward their diplomas. Non-credit students are welcome to all adult high school classes, but pay tuition. The Uintah Adult High School is composed of three segments: the evening program. Young Mothers', and the daytime alternative program. Young Mothers' is open to any mother or expectant mother, regardless of age, . who does not have a high school diploma and wants to work toward a diploma. Young Mothers' is a daytime program, and pre-school children and infants come to school with their mothers. Child care is provided. The daytime alternative program began last semester and is designed for adults and youth under eighteen who are not attending school or may make better progress in a smaller school. Those under eighteen must be approved ap-proved for transfer from Uintah High School by Bill Caldwell, principal, before they can be accepted in the adult program. The evening program is for those who need a diploma and is helpful to those who work during the day. Utah allows adults to receive one unit of high school credit for seventy-two hours of class time with good performance. per-formance. Adults are allowed up to two units of credit for work experience after they reach the age of twenty-five. Adults who have been in the military service are allowed one unit of credit for basic training and may apply for credit for service schools. After eighteen, a person may take the General Education Development Tests and receive five units of credit for passing at the required level. Credit already earned from accredited high schools in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades applies to an adult high school diploma. |