LITERACY

ADULT LITERACY EDUCATION AND HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA IN CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES

Your future could start here! Adult literacy classes are at no charge to students. You can attend our classroom instruction or home study programming to improve your reading and math skills and prepare for the High School Equivalency Exam.

We also provide English as a Second Language options for those students interested in improving their English skills who do not have a US high school diploma or equivalent. The following is a list of the agencies in our community that provide these services. We would encourage you to explore these options and contact them directly for more detailed information or visit their websites:

Adult literacy education and high school equivalency diploma in Cayuga and Oswego counties
Contact Phone Address County Website
Jennifer Driscoll
Case Manager
jdriscoll@cayboces.org
(315) 253-4899 Center for Learning
12 Allen Street
Auburn, NY 13021
Cayuga https://www.cayboces.org
Amie Abold
Oswego CiTi BOCES
Literacy Coordinator
aabold@citiboces.org
(315) 593-9471 179 County Rt 64
Mexico, NY 13114
Oswego https://www.citiboces.org
Elisa Hunt
LV Cayuga County
Executive Director
literacycayuga@gmail.com
(315) 253-5241 12 Allen Street
Auburn, NY 13021
Cayuga https://www.facebook.com/literacycayuga
Meg Henderson
Program Coordinator
mhenderson@oco.org
(315) 342-8839 45 Schuyler Street
Building 31, Fort Ontario
Oswego, NY 13126
Oswego https://www.oco.org

NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY (HSE) DIPLOMA

NYSED supports four different pathways to an HSE diploma. Taking the HSE exam is only one of those four options:

  • Take and pass the five subtests of the High School Equivalency exam
  • Working in the National External Diploma Program (a competency-based option that does not include the exam)
  • Regents HSE Exam (using passing Regents credits toward a diploma)
  • 24 College Credits

The New York State Education Department website provides detailed information about each of the four pathways.