MILWAUKEE (SPECTRUM NEWS) — From binging the latest show to learning a new hobby… everyone’s doing their best to fill the time during this new normal spent mostly at home. For thousands of Wisconsinites who never got their high school diploma, now could be the perfect time to go back to school virtually.

With hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites out of work related to COVID-19, Holly McCoy, Executive director of Literacy Services of Wisconsin says adult literacy education can be an important component of our state’s road to economic recovery. 

“There are over 100,000 adults in the Milwaukee and Waukesha area that still need to complete their high-school credential and we think our online summer high school equivalency program is going to be a great option for that,” McCoy says.

Like many non-profits across Wisconsin, LSW is adapting to our new normal.“The digital and blended learning model with the distance learning with face timing, zoom, and all of that stuff has increased our capacity and allowed us to do education in a different way,” McCoy says. Since transitioning their programs exclusively online, LSW will provide laptops to all students who need them. 

“Literacy is really interwoven into anything and everything we do and it makes it that much more important that we get the word out about what we are doing and how we are doing it so that students and adults who might have thought this wasn’t an opportunity for them know that we are here and know that we are ready to open our doors for them even if it is virtually,” says McCoy. 

Apply by May 22. Summer classes begin on June 1.  

Everything you need to know can be found on their website.