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In order to do their job, elected representatives need to hear from us.  After all, how can they represent us, if they don't know who we are, what we do, and what we need?  CCAE reminds us to help them help us by meeting with them during their August recess. From CCAE Legislative News: Dear CCAE Members,   All members of the US Senate and US House will be on recess during the entire month of August. Most of them will be back home meeting with constituents. While the summer is not the best time for us to organize visits with them the recess does provide a great opportunity to have our policy makers meet face to face with students/staff. Hit the "read more" link to learn more.   These types of meeting are held in their state offices but are scheduled through their DC office. There is usually one person in each DC office that is in charge of scheduling.   We have found that the most successful meetings with Senators and House members have been made b...

Mario Gomez graduated in June with a High School Diploma story.  His story, here in his own words, is powerful testament to the strength of himself and his family and the value of Adult Education. My name is Mario Gomez, and I firmly believe that the importance of education is something that we learn at the young age. I came from a humble family in Guatemala. Neither of my parents had an opportunity to attend high school, and faced many struggles in their lives. When I was five years old my single mother left me with my relatives in Guatemala, and she decided to come looking for better opportunities in the United States. Even though I spent most of my childhood without my parents, I never felt alone because I had the love of my relatives. They made a commitment early in my life to do everything in the correct way within their power to instill in me a love of learning and an understanding of the importance of hard work and dedication. My childhood was not easy, but I ove...

The July 10, 2015 Technical Webinar had a lot of helpful information to help guide us through new waters we're sailing through. Implementation Focus Group's Draft Guidelines                Listen to the Recording

From San Mateo County Times (July 2015) Columnist Carolyn Livengood , a story of why Adult Education matters: Proud San Mateo Adult School 2015 Graduates Photo Credit: Tom Jung San Mateo Adult School awards 44 high school diplomas, 31 GED certificates  San Mateo Adult School awarded 44 high school diplomas and 31 GED certificates at its annual graduation ceremony held June 17 for graduates ranging in age from 17 to 51 years old this year.  Mr. T and Graduate Photo Credit:  Tom Jung About 180 people, including 24 of the 75 total graduates, attended the annual graduation ceremony held June 17 at the College of San Mateo. Graduate Rebeca Zuleta, who earned two scholarships, and Director Lawrence "Larry" Teshara, known affectionately as "Mr. T" by the students, welcomed them to the event.  The adult school, part of the San Mateo Union High School District, is at The SMART Center in San Mateo. Scholarship awards, totaling $15,050 were presented to 15 students. The wi...

Thank You to Our Helping Foundations We would like to take the time to thank our supporting foundations for which most of what we do is because of their generous donations. A big thank you goes to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation for helping out VALUEUSA and by sponsoring our Susan D. Green Memorial Award Dinner, an annual meeting and award banquet event on Wednesday, August 12 for the upcoming Leadership Institute. Another thank you goes to the Anderson-Rogers Foundation for providing general support enabling the Leadership Institute to continue operating and reach its goals. We appreciate both of their continued support to VALUEUSA.         Limited Free Registrations We are pleased to announce that we have been granted a scholarship from SMRT Education to provide adult learner students outside of Texas a free registration! This is what SMRT Education has to say: ...