The GED/Life
Skills program provides experiential learning for people 17 and older
who have faced challenges in their high school careers with intensive
GED training, life skills courses, career development and parenting
workshops. Twelve-week GED and pre-GED courses are offered at a cost of
$55 per student.
Life Skills courses focus on self-esteem, conflict resolution, decision making and goal-setting. Career development training focuses on resume writing, interviewing skills and office decorum. Students are recruited through word-of-mouth and by referrals from our community partners, including the Memphis City Schools system. The program currently serves 80 students per 12-week period.
Students are required to take an entrance exam and must be able to fully commit to one of the following classes:
- Monday & Wednesday morning (8 a.m. to Noon)
- Monday & Wednesday afternoon (1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
- Tuesday & Thursday morning (8 a.m. to Noon)
- Tuesday & Thursday afternoon (1 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
- Monday - Thursday evening (6 p.m to 9 p.m.)
- Life Skills: One Friday a month (8 a.m. to Noon)
Admission is based on the results of the Test of Basic Adult Education
(TABE). This four hour test is given monthly. Students with scores in
the fifth to eighth-grade range are assigned to a pre-GED class, and
students with scores of 8.1 and above are assigned to a GED class.
One of our mottos is: “In order to get something different, you have to do something different.”
Here in the GED/Life
Skills Program we are here to help our students do just that!
For more information, contact GED@bridgesusa.org or call 901.260.3700