Adult Education classes at YHS

BY EARLENE WARD
SPECIAL TO SIERRA STAR

Yosemite Adult Education will offer a variety of classes starting within the next few weeks. For more information, log-on to the Yosemite Joint Union High School District Web-site at www.yosemiteuhsd.com, e-mail the Adult Education office at pfranck@ysoemiteuhsd.com or call 683-8801 ext. 303.

Unless otherwise noted, all classes are held on the Yosemite High School campus on Road 427, Oakhurst.

Prepared Childbirth Education classes start Tuesday, Feb. 24, and continue through March 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School on Road 427, Oakhurst; cost is $55 per couple. The six-week class includes physical and emotional preparation for birth including comfort measures, breathing and relaxation. Newborn care, breast-feeding and Cesarean birth are also covered. Review couples are welcome. Participants are to wear comfortable clothing and take two pillows.

Introduction to the Internet will be held Saturday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to noon in Computer Lab 32; cost is $20. Students will learn how to go onto the Internet and what to do once they are there. They will learn about e-mail and how to search a topic.

Jump Start Office 2000 starts Monday, March 8, and continues through May 10 from 6-9 p.m. in Computer Lab 31; cost is $35. This eight-week class will concentrate on using all the programs in Office 2000. Two weeks will be devoted to Word, two to Excel, two to Access and two to PowerPoint. This class is geared to the beginning student.

Intermediate Macromedia Flash MX will start Tuesday, March 9, and continue through April 13 from 6-9 p.m. in Computer Lab 32; cost is $30. This program allows users to integrate video, text, audio and graphics for marketing and presentations, e-learning and application user interfaces. This five-week class will teach students motion tweening, bitmaps, buttons movie clips, working with text and sound.

Intermediate Adobe Photoshop 7.0 starts Monday, March 15, and continues through April 26 from 6-9 p.m. in Computer Lab 32; cost is $30. Basic knowledge of Photoshop is a prerequisite. This five-week class will teach photo retouching, pen tool techniques, advanced layering techniques, how to create special effects and to combine Illustrator graphics and Photoshop images.

Fast Internet: “So You’ve Got Fast Internet, Now What?” will meet Tuesdays, March 26 and 23, from 6-9 p.m. in Computer Lab 31; cost is $20. This two-week class covers thinks to do with high speed Internet and how to protect yourself against common Internet threats.

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