Durango & Cortez Adult Education Center

Summer Classes are here! We're holding a GED Math class and an ESL class. Registration opens June 17th. Classes run July 8th - August 1st.

Our 5K/10K Fun Run is proudly sponsored by ! Pueblo Community College offers a variety of degree programs to help you achieve your goals. With their affordable tuition and flexible class offerings, investing in your education through PCC just makes sense. Check them out here: https://pueblocc.edu/

is a proud sponsor of our 5K/10K Fun Run coming on August 17th! Alpine Bank has been in Durango for nearly 20 years and believes in creating strong, long-lasting relationships and serving the people and organizations in our beautiful community. Thank you, Alpine Bank for your continued support!

We had a wonderful GED graduation ceremony last night! It was a great turnout, with 12 graduates, and dozens of family, friends, community members, as well as our board members. A lot of happy tears were shed and heartwarming and encouraging stories were told. Jessika Buell, the Mayor of Durango, was our honored guest speaker for the evening. Thank you Jessika! And congratulations to our graduates!!

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This is a fundraising raffle benefitting United Way of Southwest CO and go towards helping youth and families in our community.

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Our graduation is coming up next week! We are so pleased and proud to honor our GED graduates from both our Durango and Cortez campuses! The ceremony is open to the community and we'd love for you to attend!

Every mother that participates in adult education, breaks intergenerational cycles of poverty. Research shows that a mother's reading level is the greatest determinant of a child's future academic success, outweighing every other factor including poverty.

UPDATE: We are combining both graduation ceremonies into a single event, to be held at the Durango Public Library on May 30th at 6pm. Our Cortez graduates will be joining us!

Teacher (noun): A multi-tasking educational rock star who lives to inspire and loves to encourage. Happy National Teachers Day to our rock star team of educators!

Learn more and register for our 5K/10K fun run coming in August! Visit: https://durangoadulted.org/fun-run-event/

Our GED students have already overcome a lot of challenges. Now they are choosing the direction of their life. We are so proud of them as they prepare to take their GED exams in order to graduate!

Some of our students and our Career Advisor attended the Career and Internship Expo at Fort Lewis College yesterday. Amy Benson, our Career Advisor, gathered some great information about various internships, and our students (including Mason, pictured) explored a few job openings with local businesses. It was a great day!

We are holding our 3rd annual 5K/10K fun run fundraiser, coming August 17th! Registration is open! Scan code below or visit https://durangoadulted.org/fun-run-event/ to learn more!

Congratulations to Sangita!! She took our citizenship prep classes and became a naturalized citizen in Denver this past month!

In honor of Women's History Month, the Women's Resource Center is holding a photo display open house at the library on March 12th. Hear the stories of local women who exemplify diversity in our community!

2024 Photo Display Open House Join us for a celebratory event! An opportunity to meet incredible women being honored for Women's History Month! This is a free event!

The Durango Herald wrote an article about Thursday's naturalization ceremony! Check it out!

The end of a long road: 13 new citizens naturalized in Durango As Hector Quintero Martinez sat down, he turned to the apparent strangers sitting to his left and right – Juan Zavala and Vsevolod Mochalov – and exchanged hearty handshakes as a grin lit his eyes. Ma...

Today marks the first time Durango has ever hosted a swearing-in ceremony for U.S. naturalization. 13 immigrants from four different countries became naturalized citizens at the Durango courthouse. They were celebrated by friends, family, and supporters. One of our own ESL students, Obdulia Fonseca, was among them! The League of Women Voters supplied the new citizens with voter registration material, and gifted each of them with an annual parks pass! It was a special day to celebrate a great achievement!

Our ESL and GED students rode the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad yesterday and had a blast! The views from the open air car were beautiful and it was fun to get out and stretch our legs at Cascade to eat lunch! The perfect field trip!

Join our incredible team! We're hiring for a math & science teacher at our Cortez location!!