Monday, February 8, 2016

New Adult School on the Coast

Many of our students drive "over the hill" from Half Moon Bay and other coastal cities for their ESL classes.  For a long time, because of the cuts to Adult Education, there was no Adult School on the coast of San Mateo County. 

Teacher Shari Deghi
Coordinator of La Costa Adult School
But now there is! 

The name of the new Adult School is La Costa Adult School.  "La Costa"is Spanish for "the coast."  

La Costa Adult School is part of ACCEL, our Regional Consortium.  All the schools in ACCEL work together to serve the county of San Mateo.

Our own Teacher Shari is the coordinator of La Costa.

Here is some information from Teacher Shari about the school:
 
La Costa Adult School


The Western Coast of San Mateo County
La Costa Adult School, the newest adult school in California, serves residents from Montara to Año Nuevo on the San Mateo County coast and is affiliated with the Cabrillo and La Honda/Pescadero Unified School Districts.

La Costa has two locations: Half Moon Bay and Pescadero. Half Moon Bay just started its first classes on January 11 and already over 200 students are taking English as a Second Language (ESL) classes every Monday and Wednesday evening from 6-9 pm at Cunha School. La Costa plans to start GED/HiSET preparation classes this semester and has a waitlist for interested students.

Puente de la Costa Sur has been serving its residents with ESL classes for many years and thanks to increased funding through La Costa Adult School, it is able to increase its offerings. Puente offers ESL, GED/HiSET preparation, Language Skills for Workforce Careers, and primary/secondary education in Spanish.

La Costa works closely with Cañada College and a consortium of all the adult schools and community colleges in San Mateo County to provide education for immigrants, courses for high school equivalency, career technical education programs, apprenticeships and classes for disabled adults.

Volunteers are greatly appreciated and La Costa has current openings for credentialed teachers.

For more information, contact:

La Costa at 650-712-7140

Director Raj Bechar

Coordinator Shari Deghi












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