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I~JI.?L!7iri ~ t <br /> November 13p 1998 <br /> CONTACT:Marcia Peeters, Parks Volunteer Coordinator, 682-4845 <br /> From Public information Section, 682-5523 <br /> FOR IMME$.IIATE RELEASE <br /> STUDENTS WORK HARD IN PARKS TO EARN GED <br /> Getting a high school diploma can be hard work. Just ask the students who are moving <br /> gravel at the skinner Butte climbing columns to help get a general equivalency development <br /> (GED) certifiicate. <br /> This Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a group of students from the High School <br /> Equivalency grogram at the University of Oregon will help move gravel from the bottom of the <br /> climbing coliitmmns to the top of the columns in Skinner Butte Park. <br /> The students have the opportunity to get their GED in one term. The program, which is <br /> funded throu~h the Department of Agriculture, has an 85% success rate in helping students go on <br /> to higher edulcation or acquire better jobs. One of the requirements of the program is community <br /> service. This is the first term that the community service is being required, and this is the second <br /> group to come and work with the City's Parks Volunteer Program. The first group helped pick <br /> up garbage o~ the top of Skinner Butte, helped with trail work at the columns, and helped haul <br /> gravel up the' columns trail in October. <br /> To qualify for the program, students must be over 16 years old, have no high school <br /> diploma, and be able to demonstrate that they or a family member have worked 75 days over the <br /> (more) <br /> <br /> Pudic Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl + Eugene, OR 97401-2727 • Phone: (541) 682-5262 • FAX (541) 682-6826 <br /> <br />