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• ICC schedules adult education enrollment/classes for January 2025

  Itawamba Community College will enroll new adult education students in day and afternoon classes at the Belden Center, Jan. 13.                 Individuals 18 years of age and older will begin at 9 a.m., and 16-/17-year-old students, 1 p.m.                 Participants must have a photo ID, and 16-/17-year-olds should be accompanied by a parent or guardian and bring a withdrawal form from the most recent school attended. Entry into the adult education area is across from the WIN Job Center at ICC-Belden.                 Day and night classes are also offered throughout the Itawamba Community College District. The class schedule includes                 Amory – WIN Job Center (1619 Highland Drive), Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. (Students may enroll the first and third Tuesdays of each month during any class meeting time.);                 Belden – ICC Belden Center (3200 Adams Farm Rd.), Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, 4:30-8:30 p.m. and ELL, Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m.;                 Fulton – ICC (John S. Crubaugh Education Center room 205), Mondays and Tuesdays, 3:30-7:30 p.m. (New ...
• ICC adult education, high school equivalency classes to resume in January

              Itawamba Community College has scheduled adult education/high school equivalency classes for the 2021 spring semester. Day classes will begin Jan. 6, and night classes, Jan. 11.             They include             Chickasaw County – Houston WIN Center, Tuesday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m., Shundria Whitfield, smwhitfield@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1218;             Itawamba County – Fulton Family Resource Center (Old Grammar School), Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Linzy Patterson, lfpatterson@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1538;             Lee County – ICC Belden Center, Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m.-noon and 1-7:30 p.m., and Wednesday and Thursday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Amanda Dickinson, asdickinson@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1514 or Linzy Patterson, lfpatterson@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1538;             Monroe County – Amory WIN Center, Tuesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon, 5-8 p.m., amshannon@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1517; and             Pontotoc County – Pontotoc WIN Center, Monday, 8:30 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m., Shundria Whitfield, smwhitfield@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1218.             English as a Second Language classes meet at the ICC Belden Center Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., ejsullivan@iccms.edu; and Monday and Tuesday, 5:30-8:30 p.m., amshannon@iccms.edu or (662) 407-1517.             There is no cost for ...
• ICC joins National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week celebration, Sept. 15-21

              Itawamba Community College’s Adult Education Department is celebrating September 15-21 as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.             ICC President Dr. Jay Allen kicked off the commemoration with the signing of a proclamation designating the nationwide event.             Additional activities will include Adult Education staff reading to students in both of ICC’s Early Learning Centers (Fulton and Tupelo) during the week.             “The goal of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is to work side-by-side in every state, territory and district to heighten public awareness, strengthen alliances, leverage resources and increase the number of people who understand the vital role adult education and family literacy play in our nation’s and state’s well-being,” according to Audra Perry, ICC director of Adult Education.             In signing the proclamation, Allen said that he “supports the goals and ideals of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week and recognizes the efforts of ICC’s Adult Education Department and its instructors in Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and Pontotoc counties and encourage the participation of all individuals to achieve a high ...
• ICC Adult Education to celebrate literacy week with orientation, outreach activities

  Itawamba Community College’s Adult Education program will celebrate Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, Sept. 13-19, with orientation sessions and outreach activities promoting education and literacy across generations. Adult Education orientation sessions at the ICC Belden Center include: Sept. 14 at 9 a.m. - Registration for Belden daytime classes for individuals ages 18 and older Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. - Registration for Belden daytime classes for individuals ages 16-17 Sept. 14 at 4:30 p.m. - Registration for Belden evening classes for individuals ages 18 and older The program will also partner with the ICC Early Learning Centers in Fulton and Tupelo to encourage a love of reading among younger students. Adult Education Director Audra Perry will read “The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions” by Anna Llenas to approximately 70 preschool students. A copy of the book will be donated to each classroom, and students will receive reading-themed activity bags. “As an Adult Education program, our team celebrates Adult Education and Family Literacy Week every September; however, it is an effort we should all strive to support on a continual, consistent basis,” Perry said. ...
• Adult education classes beginning in ICC's five-county district

  Adult education classes are beginning at several locations in the Itawamba Community College five-county district.             The schedule includes             Chickasaw County – Tuesday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., WIN Job Center (210 South Monroe St., Houston);             Itawamba County – Monday and Tuesday, 4-7 p.m., Old Grammar School (603 South Cummings St. Fulton);             Lee County – Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Belden Center (3200 Adams Farm Road, Belden);             Monroe County – Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m., WIN Job Center, (1619 Highway 25 No., Amory); and             Pontotoc County – Monday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., WIN Job Center (316 Coffee St., Pontotoc).             English as a Second Language classes meet at the ICC Belden Center Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m.             There is no cost for the classes.             GED and HiSET testing is continuing on a weekly basis, and all program-enrolled students take the GED or HiSET free of charge. For more information on scheduling an appointment, contact Priscilla Trice at pbrtice@iccms.edu or call (662) 407-1513.             For general information ...
• ICC to celebrate Adult Education, Family Literacy Week, Sept. 19-25

             Itawamba Community College will join educational institutions throughout the United States in celebration of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, Sept. 19-25.             “The goal of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is to work side-by-side in every state, territory and district to heighten public awareness, strengthen alliances, leverage resources and increase the number of people who understand the vital role adult education and family literacy play in our nation’s well-being,” said Linzy Patterson, director of adult education at ICC.             According to ProLiteracy, more than 43 million adults in the United States cannot read, write or do basic math above a third grade level.             Patterson said that U.S. adult literacy statistics show that bringing all adults to the equivalent of a sixth-grade reading level would generate an additional $2.2 trillion in annual income for the country. Also, he noted that it is estimated between $100-$238 billion in healthcare costs a year are linked to low adult literacy skills. Regarding family literacy, “A mother’s reading skill is the greatest determinant of her children’s ...