PALS (Perimeter Adult Learning Services) is pleased to announce an exciting lineup of classes for the Fall 2020 session running for 8 weeks on Mondays AND Wednesdays beginning September 14, 2020 and running through November 11, 2020. The classes will be virtual using the Zoom platform. The lineup of classes is as follows:
MONDAYS from September 14 – November 11, 2020
10:00 am – 11:00 – ANTARCTICA – WHY NOT? – Bill McLain will explore the highest, driest, windiest, purest, coldest and least inhabited continent on earth and discuss how research in Antarctica has benefited humanity in the areas of medicine, astronomy, physics, biology and psychology among others.
11:15 am – 12:15 pm – OUR EARLY PRESIDENTS – John Evans will discuss the elections and administrations of our Presidents from George Washington to Martin VanBuren, reviewing their achievements and failures; tumults and tragedies; dramas and melodramas. There will be opportunity for discussion and comments.
WEDNESDAYS from September 16 – November 11, 2020
10:00 am – 11:00 am – ELECTION 2020 – Preeminent political science university professors and journalists will guide us through the November 3, 2020 national as well as state and local elections. There will also be experts on subjects such as use of data and polling in elections, how local media views the elections and the effect of the census and elections on reapportionment.
11:15 am – 12:15 pm – AVOIDING SCAMS AND FRAUDS – Experts from the Georgia Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division, the Federal Trade Commission, Renasant Bank as well as experts in the field of internet security, home repair protection and elder law protection will demonstrate how not to be a victim of frauds and scams, particularly as they relate to seniors.
The cost is $55 for all classes for the 8 weeks. Registration and payment must be made on the PALS web page (www.palsonline.info). Further information, with a more detailed description of each class and the presenters can be found at www.palsonline.info. If there are any questions please contact Iris Katz, PALS Administrator by calling the PALS office at 770-698-0801.
Contact:
Iris Katz
(770) 698-0801
dunwoodypals@gmail.com
