Biddeford Adult Education
Biddeford, ME
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Biddeford Adult Education Classes
The Basics of Bookkeeping
with Sharon deFonteny, Biddeford Adult Education

How do you keep track of the day-to-day financial transactions of a business? Whether you are looking to advance in your career, or you’re an entrepreneur, (or maybe you are a part of a family business), this course will help you if you are looking to understand the numbers.
The Basics of Bookkeeping course will help you understand, and know how to record, every penny that comes into your business and every penny that goes out of your business. This course shows you how to create a chart of accounts that meet your needs. All of the money you spend, and all of the money you earn, have a place to go. How do your record them? What are debits and credits? What do the numbers mean? How do I label accounts? Even if you outsource your bookkeeping needs, you should still have a basic understand of what happens with the money earned and the money spent. No one should be blind to his or her finances!
In this course you will learn where the numbers go, and why! You will learn the bookkeeping terminology as well as what it means to keep track of the numbers. At the end of the cycle, what do the numbers mean? The Basics of Bookkeeping will show you how to keep track of the numbers and why!
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YouTube for Business
with Rob Lee, Biddeford Adult Education

Learn how to get your YouTube video on the first page of Google Search. Just like Facebook, YouTube is a social network that needs to be set-up, optimized, and used regularly to be effective. Your patters of behavior on YouTube may be working against you. Learn how YouTube can compliment your current marketing and social media strategy and how to maximize your YouTube Channel to get the greatest return.
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Beginning Handbuilding
with Tamsyn Bodwell, Biddeford Adult Education

During this 4-week session, you will learn the basics of hand-building using pinch, coil, and slab construction to make cups, mugs, and bowls. Weeks 1 and 2 will be constructing items and weeks 3 and 4 will be decorating and glazing. Work will be picked up following week 4.
Beginning Wheel Throwing
with Tamsyn Bodwell, Biddeford Adult Education

During this 4-week session, you will learn the basics of wheel throwing to make simple vessels such as bowls, tumblers, and plates. Weeks 1 and 2 will be focused on throwing and weeks 3 and 4 we will be decorating and glazing. Work will be picked up following week 4.
Paranormal Investigation Fundraiser
with Paranormal Five, Biddeford Adult Education

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Decoupage Seashell Trinket Dishes
with Dawn Burns, Biddeford Adult Education

Join us for a fun and creative class where you’ll transform two beautiful shells into stunning trinket dishes using napkins and decoupage! With a variety of gorgeous designs to choose from, you can personalize your piece to match your style-whether you prefer a scallop shell or a clam shell. No experience is needed-just bring your creativity and enjoy a relaxing time crafting. You’ll leave with one unique keepsake for yourself and another to gift to someone special!
There is a $10 material fee due to the instructor the night of class.
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Walking Tour of Laurel Hill
with Ron Romano, Biddeford Adult Education

Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco was designed in the middle 1800s to encourage visitation. Its inviting pathways, sloping landscapes, and lush plantings (including an incredible display of daffodils each spring) provide a backdrop for a fine variety of gravestone styles, materials, and symbols. Our stroll through this beloved cemetery will take about 90 minutes. Two identical tours will run the same day, at noon and again at 2:00pm. Register early…this tour usually sells out.
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The Narcissists Among Us
with Donna Accettullo, Med, Biddeford Adult Education

Narcissists are everywhere! They may be our friends, family members, romantic partners, or co-workers. They will undermine your confidence, and wreak havoc on your health, career, friendships or finances. In this course, we will examine the 7 types of narcissists, their patterns of behavior, and the tactics they use. This course will arm you with the information you need to spot narcissists quickly and avoid them, or strategies to cope with them in situations where you can’t. Please check for an email (could be in your Spam folder) from the instructor with the Zoom link in the days before the class.”