AQUIDNECK ISLAND ADULT LEARNING CENTER
435 BROADWAY – TRIPLETT SCHOOL
NEWPORT, RI 02840
401-847-7171
* Adult students must be out-of-school at least 6 months before entering Diploma plus classes. Transcripts will be evaluated by AIALC counseling department. When adult students have no transcripts, or when 2 years of high school has not been completed, adults may enter after successful completion of a test of Adult Basic Education and a GED.
* Adult Diploma Plus Via the GED
o Student must be 16 years or older and not have been enrolled in high school for at least six months.
o Student takes the GED test and achieves a score of 2250 or higher (with a minimum of 410 on each of the 5 tests) to earn ten HS graduation credits.
o When student earns total of 22 graduation credits, he/she is eligible to receive a RHS diploma at the annual adult education graduation ceremony.
o Cost - $100.00 per credit
* RHS diplomas will be awarded to any adult student, 16 years of age and not enrolled in any high school.
* Concurrent high school students may enter Diploma Plus classes with written permission of the sending schools and will be awarded diplomas from those schools. Concurrent students must have successfully completed a minimum of two years of high school in order to gain entrance. Tuition for these students will be charged to the student or the sending school. The sending school will determine what course/s the concurrent students needs to take in the Diploma Plus program prior to entrance.