If you didn't finish high school, you know that your job choices can be limited. Even with talent and drive, the lack of a high school diploma can limit your opportunities. Increase your lifelong earnings by earning your high school credential.

The HiSET® exam has replaced the GED as Maine’s High School equivalency assessment. If you are an adult without a high school diploma, the HiSET® could be your route to improved career prospects, a college education, and increased earnings potential. To earn a HiSET® credential, you are required to successfully pass five exams in the areas of Reading, Writing, Math, Social Studies, and Science. HiSET®exam preparation and testing are free to Maine residents.

Please call our office for your first informational appointment. 288-4703. Rolling admissions, year round.

Need only a few credits to complete your high school diploma? Through an online learning program as well as face-to-face tutoring, you can work at your own pace through step-by-step lessons while working with a teacher on a weekly basis to earn those lingering credits. Special focus and attention will be on your college and career interests. We even have a survey course you can take to explore a career option!

Step one is to meet with our Director, Anne Patterson. mdiae@mdirss.org. We'll be here when you are ready! Rolling admissions.

Continue your high school education at your own pace by building on previously earned credits through class work and independent study. Call 345-3217 or email rsu16adulted@rsu16.org for more information or to make an appointment.

Similar to the GED®, the HiSET® exam measures learning developed through life experiences in areas of Reading, Science, Social Studies, Math and Writing. Preparation classes, predictor tests and exams are free. Must be seventeen or older. Accommodations are available for persons with documented disabilities per Americans with Disabilities Act.  Please call 345-3217 or email rsu16adulted@rsu16.org for more information or to schedule an appointment. Start working toward your HiSET credential now!

If you are an adult without a high school diploma, the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET) program could be your route to improved career prospects, a college education and increased earnings potential. Adult diploma programs are central to the mission and tradition of Maine Adult Education. Get your diploma and be one step closer to achieving your life's goals! Our daytime learning center is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., and Friday 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.. We also have an evening session Wednesday and Thursday from 4:30-7:00 p.m. at Camden Hills Regional High School.

Future students meet with our intake person and learn what can be accomplished at Spruce Mountain Adult and Community Education. 

Is HiSET a good fit or is an adult education diploma a better option?  

What career path is a good fit? 

Math and reading assessments are done to meet the student at their level of learning.  Students get to know the instructors and formulate a schedule that works best for them. 

Orientation is offered on Friday starting at 9am. 

Call today and get your appointment!

If you want to practice strategies for reading and writing in a safe, friendly environment, this is the course for you. Reading and writing are complex. The teacher will share the skills necessary to understand what you read, and to build your vocabulary and your confidence with writing. Using articles, books, vocabulary exercises and online computer applications, increase your ability to read, write, remember, and feel confident in the world. Ongoing enrollment.

Please contact Ellsworth Adult Education at 664-7110 or adultedinfo@ellsworthschools.org to make an appointment with our student advisor before registering for this class.

This academic lab can help prepare you for the HiSET, Accuplacer, 

pre-employment tests, computer skills for students enrolled in academic prep or work place skills and more.

Free to students enrolled in academic classes with Adult Ed.