High School Credential

High School Diploma

Students can earn a high school diploma from a participating high school. CVABE helps students with their reading, writing, and math skills to meet diploma requirements. Vermont's High School Completion Program (HSCP) is available to out-of-school youth from the age of 16 through 21, while the Vermont Adult Diploma Program (ADP) is available to all adults over the age of 21.

GED Credential

The GED (General Educational Development) is nationally recognized as a high school equivalency. Teachers help students to study for this credential.  Official GED testing is regularly scheduled at CVABE Learning Centers. A test fee is required.

High School Completion Program

The Vermont High School Completion Program (HSCP) was authorized by the Vermont State legislature as a high school diploma program for persons between the ages of sixteen and twenty-two.  A CVABE teacher will help you complete an individual graduation education plan.  This plan identifies the courses, instruction and credits necessary to obtain a diploma from a participating area high school.

Adult Diploma Program

Adults can earn a high school diploma from a participating high school through the Vermont Adult Diploma Program (ADP), which is open to students 21 years of age and older.  Students 18 - 21 may get an age waiver if they have employment skills and experience.  CVABE helps ADP students with their reading, writing, and math skills to meet diploma requirements.

ADP students also demonstrate a job skill or learn a job skill while in the program and write a short autobiography.  When the student's completed work has the approval of the review committee, the student receives a diploma from her or his local high school.

Thoughts from an ADP Graduate . . .

I'm no longer the person I once was because for me getting my diploma was a masterful achievement. My obstacles were bound together like knots in a string, but I broke through to reach my goal.

- Kelley Sanderson, June 2010