Scarborough Adult Education
Maine Adult Education Program
Try Something New This Year
Make this the year you get your high school equivalency (HiSET) credential. Or, get inspired by learning a new skill or hobby. We offer cooking, crafts, and practical courses and seminars so that you can live your best life.
Whatever new skill or life change you’re dreaming of, there’s a good chance your local Maine adult education program can help you get there! Check out a few upcoming classes below:
May
21
Dough Bowl Candle & Glass Jar Lantern Workshop
Dough Bowl Candle: Learn how to create beautiful, aromatic candles using dried flowers and natural ingredients. Under the guidance of Jenn from Candlewood, you’ll design and craft your own unique candle in a charming dough bowl. The combination of delicate dried flowers and spring decor with fresh scents will result in a truly special piece […]
May
31
A Walk Through Black Point Cemetery
Black Point Cemetery has roots back to Scarborough’s earliest days, and the grave-markers that have survived there span a 250 year period. Black Point contains the best local collection of rare and unusual hand-carved grave-markers by the Sikes family from the late 1700s. Boston-imported gravestones join locally-made slate markers from the early 1800s. Some mid-century […]
May
31
A Walk Through Dunstan Cemetery
Dunstan Cemetery was established in the 1870s but has a surprising earlier history as a common burial ground. Many families moved graves from their farm-based private cemeteries into Dunstan, often bringing the original early gravestones with them. Dunstan holds a fine collection of early 1800s slate markers from our region’s first stonecutter, Bartlett Adams. Marble […]