Offering a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet.

All of our courses are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Our online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient, and geared just for you.

Ready to explore our catalog? Browse our catalog or check out our Popular, New, and Featured Courses!

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Are you looking for a fun adventure? 

Did you know Cyr Bus Line offers many day and overnight tours with pick up locations in Lewiston and South Portland?

We have partnered with Cyr to reserve seats on their upcoming 2025 tours.  For a complete list of tours, visit their website to learn more and register: https://johntcyrandsons.com/2025-tour-information/

Don’t forget to mention you heard about these adventures through Gray-New Gloucester Adult Education!

** Tours are not free.  Click the link above to learn about registration deadlines and cost.  **

We have an amazing community here in the Bethel area with knowledge and skills that others are eager to hear and learn about. We are always looking for new ideas, topics, and classes to offer to everyone. If you have new, fresh, and innovating topics, hobbies, and skills that you are passionate about and want to share with others, let us know! Maybe you have an idea for a class and we just need to find the instructor~we want to hear from you also!  As our community grows and changes, we want to be able to offer new and exciting opportunities here at Telstar Adult Education. Contact us at adulted@sad44.org or call 824-2136. 

Help us continue to grow our enrichment and workforce courses that local Bethel community members and others as far as Rumford, Gorham, Fryburg, Oxford, and Waterford participate in. We are thankful for you all! 

This Spanish course is perfect for beginners or for those who have taken Spanish before but have forgotten most of it. Learn to speak and understand Spanish quickly and easily.

The course helps you build a foundation by presenting interesting conversations followed by progressive grammar lessons and exercises.  It is a slow to medium pace course. Textbook included.

Open to beginners and those who wish to refresh their Spanish skills. No class the week of 4/21.

Carlos Rosales is a native speaker from Latinoamérica and works with the farm working community in Downeast Maine. He has lived in Maine for 19 years and earned his bachelor's degree in Applied Science from the University of Maine at Augusta.  Carlos enjoys sharing and teaching his native language with others.

June 2026 we will be heading to the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, a Colorado River Trip and so much more! 

To register for the trip you can go to worldstrides.com/register using Trip ID #223082.

Join us for a 3-night deluxe motorcoach tour on this rich springtime experience to Quebec’s beautiful Eastern Townships and Montreal, the cultural capital of Canada. We depart from Portland, head northwest to Magog, Quebec and Parc Marie-Victorin before heading to Montreal. Learn traditional Champagne making (and tasting)! Experience Old Montreal’s rich history, explore one of the world’s greatest botanical gardens, and partake in a magical lanterns festival of light.

Visit https://adventure-marketplace.com/adventures/ to get on the Early Bird List for when Registration Opens

(Passports or Passport Card ID’s Required)

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Join the Registered Maine Guides at Sebago Trails for an on the water adventure. This two hour course will begin with a safety briefing and lesson covering the fundamentals of recreational kayaking. Using the EZ launching system at Sebago Trails Paddling, the tour will explore the water-carved bends and twists of a meandering stream unveiling local wildlife in a rustic backdrop. Then continue onto Jordan Bay of Sebago Lake as the guides share stories dating back to the settlements of the region. Come for the beautiful lake views and leave with your new favorite hobby! This is a great experience for anyone looking to get outdoors. Perfect for first time kayakers and experienced kayaking enthusiasts. Sebago Trails Paddling will provide: Kayak, Paddle, Lifejacket.

What: Come join us for this fire, ice, and sustainability adventure in Iceland and explore how photography canchange how you see the world. You will reconnect withnature while experiencing some of the most inspiring landscapes and sustainable practices in the world today.You will stay at one of the world’s oldest ecovillages, visitstunning waterfalls and volcanoes, explore an Icelandicfarm with sheep and horses, tour a geothermal power plant,visit a traditional Icelandic turf house and farm, andtransform your photography from simply taking pictures tomaking photographs that tell a story of who you are. You will sample traditional Icelandic food, learn about Iceland’sViking history and about the culture and geography thathave shaped who Icelanders are today. And finally, you willbe invited to craft an action plan for growing what you have learned when you return home.

Where: South Iceland, including visits to: Thingvellir National Park, Gulfoss and Skogafoss waterfalls,Geldingadalir and Kerid volcanoes, Mt. Hekla, HellisheidiGeothermal Power Plant, Solheimar Ecovillage, anIcelandic turf house, a traditional Icelandic farm, historicReykjavik, the National Museum, and other sites.

Who: Photography enthusiasts who would like toreconnect with nature while evolving their art ofphotography; share this unique experience with others in asupportive, close-knit community; and learn aboutsustainable practices while experiencing breathtakinglandscapes and macro-beauty in the land of fire and ice.

Leaders: Dave Oakes, co-founder of CELL, formerprofessor of education, and photography enthusiast; and EdPalaszynski, master photographer, will share his passionfor nature and fine art photography and sustainability. Tosee more of Ed’s work, please visit:edpalphotography.photoshelter.com.

Costs: $3,800 per person (includes all in-country food, lodging, travel, and activity fees). Does not include round trip airfare.For more information: Contact Dave via email atdave@cellonline.org or call or text 207-230-4025, or Ed atedpal2@verizon.net. We look forward to hearing from you!