Forty-three students completed a general equivalency diploma (GED) over the last year through the free program at Finger Lakes Community College.
FLCC’s program allows students to work at their own pace with an instructor to prepare for the four exams necessary to earn a high school equivalency diploma. Students take in-person assessments in math and reading to gauge their skill levels.
See our online photo album from the June 13 ceremony
Details about FLCC’s GED and English as a Second Language programs are available at flcc.edu/abe, (585) 785-1431, or ged@flcc.edu. Classes are offered in Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties at FLCC locations, libraries and workforce development offices.
Among the speakers was retired professor and current adjunct Linda Ross. Linda was a high school dropout working as a seamstress when she decided she wanted more out of life. She embarked on an educational journey that ended with a doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Click here for an audio recording of her personal story.
GED graduates are listed below by county and town.
ERIE
Buffalo: Alexis Rejewski
MONROE
Fairport: Bradley Foti
Rochester: Nathaniel Abel
ONTARIO
Bloomfield: Jewelea Olsen
Canandaigua: Olivia Frarey, Amanda Powers, Matthew Shugars
Clifton Springs: Jayden Blair, Emily McDonald
Farmington: Justine Shaw
Geneva: Jacob Cintron, Patrick Doyle II, Emmanual Huertas Lebrun
Honeoye: Daniel Cosgrove
Ionia: Kehah Dennie
Naples: Dominick Abbott, Amarah Lebo, Michael Pergolizzi, Grace Simmons, Nadia Simmons, Owen Slover
Shortsville: Naomi Weed
Victor: Olivia Shanks
SENECA
Romulus: Landen Bennett
Seneca Falls: Faith Dibble, Jaden Preston, Dylan Harris
Waterloo: Kenneth Corsner
WAYNE
Clyde: Brittney Spino
Macedon: Zoe Stauffer
Newark: Omri Kemp, Meghan Roland
North Rose: Kayla Heindl
Ontario: Jamie Griffin
Palmyra: Isabella Worcester, Kayleigh Zagata
Savannah: Kevin Ryan
Walworth: Jackson Price
YATES
Branchport: Aiyana Soyring
Dundee: Jacob Wood
Penn Yan: Tristan Oliver-Stebbins, Camron Wahl, Brenden Manahan
Congratulations to all! I think getting a GED is even harder than high school education. You are all to be commended for your diligence and hard work.