Adult and Community Education of Martha's Vineyard

EVENTS: Free or suggested donation

4/12 - ACE Authors' Readings 3pm-4:30 at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore with Cynthia Riggs and writers from her workshops. You’re invited to hear representatives from author/ACE MV instructor Cynthia Riggs’ writing classes and workshops. Readers include: Cynthia Riggs, Lisa Belcastro, Lynn Christoffers, Peter Dreyer, Catherine Finch, Mark Johnson, Shirley Mayhew, Carolyn O’Daly, Mary Lou Piland, Amy Reese.

other spring classes open for registration:

4/16/14 - 6:30 to 8pm How to Prevent, Recognize, Diagnoise, and Treat Tick-Borne Illnesses  with Michael Loberg, et al. at MVRHS. Sponsored by MV Boards of Health and MV Tick-Borne Illness Institute. One class left. (click)

In May:

ACE AUTHORS’ READINGS

ACE MV

Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard and

Bunch of Grapes Bookstore

Present:     ACE MV Authors’ Readings

Saturday, April 12^th - at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore

3:00 - 4:30pm

You’re invited to hear representatives from author/ACE MV instructor Cynthia Riggs’ writing classes and workshops. Readers include: Cynthia Riggs, Lisa Belcastro, Lynn Christoffers, Peter Dreyer, Catherine Finch, Mark Johnson, Shirley Mayhew, Carolyn O’Daly, Mary Lou Piland, Amy Reese.

FREE to members- suggested donation of $5 for ACE

ARTICLE: ADULT EDUCATION

• Adult education is an investment in the Island’s future providing job skills training, certificate courses, GED, college preparatory classes, college courses and enrichment.

• Enrollment in adult education has doubled in 6 years; to continue providing these opportunities an adequate professional staff is needed.

• The 65+ age group is predicted to triple to 1/3 of the MV population by 2030. It is essential to create intergenerational programs for life-long learning.

• The proposed one-year contract for this program of social and economic value requires the support of each town.

• The cost amounts to less than $6.67 per MV resident!

A breakdown of each town's share of $90,000 is shown below:

There’s a new opportunity to sustain ACE MV and participate in our offerings. See the MEMBERSHIP PAGE (click) for information on the ACE MV Community Supported Education membership program with great membership benefits. Join us today!

Online registration: starts Dec.1- Course catalog download plus more detailed descriptions, instructor bios, and registration form: www.acemv.org. Pay online via PayPal or credit card.

In Person: March 4th, 2014 – Walk-in Registration:  4:30pm to 6:00pm MVRHS lobby.

By mail: Please register by mail two weeks before class starts. Complete a registration form (see inside back cover or download online) and send a check or money order made out to ACE MV (with course names on memo). Mail to: ACE MV, 80 Chase Road, Edgartown, MA 02539.
 

PLEASE register EARLY to secure a place in class: Sign-ups the day of class have an added $10 late fee. Classes have limited sizes.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION: E-mail lynn@acemv.org; leave a voice mail message at 774-310-1131. For full class descriptions, instructor bios, etc. visit ooline.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: E-mail Lynn Ditchfield at lynn@acemv.org; leave a voice mail message at 774-310-1131. For full class descriptions, instructor bios, etc. visit www.acemv.org.

SEE MEMBERSHIP INFO FOR GREAT BENEFITS click

THANK YOU ACE MV Business Supporters:

Cronigs Market – sponsor of the Winter Spring ’14 catalog

Atria

Beach Plum Inn

Educomp

Flatbread Pizza

McIntosh Motors

MV Center for Living

Off Shore Ale Co.

Thanks for our fall/winter/spring grants: MV Cultural Council, MV Savings Bank Charitable Fund, MV Vision Fellowship

Special thanks to our new members and donors for 2013-2014: Benefactor, Pillar, Leader and Booster Members: Steve Bernier, Harvey John Beth, Cynthia Bloomquist, Sam Feldman, Inez Janger, Gerald Jones, Judy Miller; Friend Members and donors: Anne Bennett, Ellie Beth, Judy Boykin-McCarthy, Dolly Campbell, Nan Doty, Stephanie Elliot, Carol Fligor, Catherine Gallagher, Jean Hay, Esther Hopkins, Carol Kenney, Deborah Maher, W.Clark McFadden II, Chris and Barbara Murphy, Paul and andy Pimentel, Pete Sprayregen, Leslie and Myra Stark, Mary E. Wagner

ACE MV Board: Sam Hart, Julie Hitchings, Judy Miller, Grace Sullivan, Lynn Ditchfield; Board Advisors: Mike Adell, Harvey John Beth, Cynthia Bloomquist, Eleanor “Tabi” Haller-Jorden, Inez Janger; Honorary Board Members: Nell Coogan, Esq., MPH, Henry Lewis Gates, Jr, Ed.D., Jessica Hoffman Davis, Ed.D., Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Ed.D., Stephen K. Levine, Ph.D., D.S.Sc., James Weiss, Ed.D. ACE MV Staff: Lynn Ditchfield, M.A,, Ed.M. (Founder/Director), Sarah Monast (Assistant Director); volunteer staff: Harvey John Beth, Deborah Maher; editors/writers: Julie Hitchings, Susan Strane, Elissa Turnbaull; Curriculum Committee: Susan Strane (Chair), Lynn Ditchfield, Shari Geistfeld, Julie Hitchings, Janet Holladay, Esther Hopkins, Sarah Monast; and many Advisory Council members – Grace Sullivan (Chair), Nan Doty (facilitator); Teacher Volunteers: Jan Buhrman, Daniel Carbon, Kendall Dudley, Linda Gaberson, Sam Hart, Janet Holladay, Sue Hruby, Michael Jacobs, Michael Loberg, Ed Merck, Judy Miller, Dori Mintzer, Matt Poole, Lena Prisco, Abe Seiman, Grace Sullivan, Sam Telford, Christian Thornton, Gerald Yukevich; Other Volunteers: Heidi Carter, Lynn Christoffers, Susan Currier, Catherine DeGrandpre, Sandra Demel, Meredith Dillon, Mara Ditchfield, Mike Ditchfield, Victoria Dryfoos, Eládio Falcao, Shari Geistfeld, Rick Glassberg, Maxine Hamilton, Janet Holladay, Alice Kyberg, Mary Leddy, Daisy Lifton, Madalena Lopes, Deb Maher, Susan Markwica, Hunter Moorman, Barbara Murphy, Sarah Nevin, Tatiana Parilla, Abe Seiman, Ann Smith, Valerie Sonnenthal, Pat Valenti, Kate Warner, Marilyn Yas; Special thanks to our hosts, sponsors, co-sponsors and affiliates for Winter Spring ’14 classes: Atria, Beach Plum Inn, CCCC, Chilmark Writing Workshop, Cronigs Market, Edgartown School, EduComp, Featherstone Center for the Arts, Fitchburg State University, Island's Boards of Health. MV Center for Living, MVRHS, The MV Tick-Borne Illness Institute, McIntosh Motors, The Yoga Barn; Staffs of Edgartown School, MVYPS, MVRHS, MVPCS and the Yoga Barn especially: Pam Alwardt, Amanda Carter, Blue Cullen, Dawn Feinsmith, Anne Fligor, Woody Filley, Rich Hammond, Marjorie Hayes, Greg Hines, Rex and Scarlet Jarrell, Michael McCarthy, Bob Moore, Inez Montaneile, Nancy Nash, Steve Nixon, Jennifer Reekie Goeckel, John Stevens, John Tate, Bonnie Tilton, Jim Weiss.

VENUES for classes: Blank’s Music Studio (OB), Chilmark Writing Workshop (Chil), Edgartown School (Edg), Featherstone Center for the Arts (OB), MVRHS (OB), McIntosh Motors (Edg), The Yoga Barn (WT).

We are honored that Tim Madden and Kaylea Moore took time to deliver the award at the Spring Symposium-“Igniting Innovation... Creative Leadership and High-Impact Practices”at Lesley University on May 22, 2013. 

This year ACE MV has advocated for the arts in the One-Day University: Arts, Culture Sustainability in collaboration with Arts MV/MV Arts and Culture Collaborative and the MV Vision Fellowship; classes co-sponsored by Featherstone Center for the Arts and other Island arts organizations; classes in dance, theatre, media, writing, voice, calligraphy, movement, culinary arts and culture supported in part by a grant from the MV Cultural Council; arts integration offerings for college credit in higher education through Fitchburg State: Arts, Inquiry, Media and Culture in Education.

Arts|Learning collaborates and coordinates with state agencies such as the MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, MA Department of Higher Education, and Massachusetts Cultural Council and represents Massachusetts as a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network.

see link to Gazette article 5/30/13

Adult and Community Education of Martha's Vineyard (ACE MV) is a non-profit organization that provides a diversity of educational programs, including enrichment classes, practical training, college preparatory and credit courses, and special programs, to all generations, economic classes, and cultures on an Island with limited adult education opportunities. By collaborating with many other organizations and businesses, ACE MV makes life-long learning accessible and rewarding. ACE MV is a tax deductible 501 (C) (3) non-profit organization.

Contributors to our photo gallery include photographer Kelley DeBettencourt

 and photographer Lynn Christoffers