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WAVE: Excel Center Director Dr. Marsha Berry, student Jonathan Taylor discuss Excel Center on WAVE Listens Live!

 

 

WAVE: The Excel Center is Kentucky’s first tuition-free adult high school

 

 

Goodwill’s Excel Center to hold second graduation ceremony

LOUISVILLE, KY. – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s tuition-free high school for adults, The Excel Center®, will hold its second graduation ceremony on Friday, December 8, from 6-8 p.m. at New Century Fellowship Christian Church, located at 1875 Farnsley Rd., Louisville, KY 40216.

 

 

WAVE: The Excel Center® to start new term in August

WAVE’s Brian Shlonsky welcomes Goodwill to the Listens Live studio to talk about The Excel Center and its upcoming term. 
 

 

WHAS: Goodwill’s high school celebrates first graduating class in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Goodwill’s tuition-free high school celebrated its first class of graduates in Louisville.

 

 

WAVE: The Excel Center® will graduate 33 students in first ceremony

WAVE’s Brian Shlonsky welcomes Goodwill to the Listens Live studio.
 

 

The Excel Center®, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s tuition-free high school for adults, to hold inaugural graduation ceremony

LOUISVILLE, KY. – The Excel Center®, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky’s tuition-free high school for adults, will hold its inaugural graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 29 at Muhammad Ali Center’s View Pointe Hall from 6-8 p.m. The first of its kind in Kentucky, The Excel Center® will honor more than 30 individuals who have completed the requirements necessary through the school to graduate with a state-accredited high school diploma.

 

 

Courier Journal: Kentucky’s first-of-its-kind school to hold first graduation in June

Rachel Sloss has always dreamt of walking across the stage and receiving her high school diploma. But after aging out of the high school system in Kentucky, she thought that dream was out of reach.

 

 

Spectrum News: U.S. Congressman Morgan McGarvey visits Goodwill’s Excel Center in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s touted as a first of its kind program in Kentucky. Goodwill’s Excel Center gives adults ages 18-64 a second chance at earning their high school diploma.

 

WHAS: Goodwill of Kentucky’s Excel Center receives big gift from Kroger

The Goodwill Excel Center is a tuition free high school for adults in Kentuckiana offering free childcare, small class sizes, college and career pathways, and life coach support. Recently, Kroger gifted $46,000 to the Excel Center that will be used to provide healthy snacks for kids in the daycare program. GDL reporter Elle Bottom has the story.

 

 

WDRB: Goodwill’s Excel Center on Preston Highway helps adults complete high school education

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A one-of-a-kind school in Kentucky opened a few months ago that’s giving adults a second chance at getting a high school diploma. 

 

KET: Goodwill Excel Center now open

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky opened the state’s first high school for adults in October. KET joined the staff to report on the first week of classes at the Center, located in Louisville. 

 

Louisville Business First: Goodwill opens first-of-its-kind high school in South Louisville

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky officially opened the Excel Center, a tuition-free high school for adults, on Wednesday — the first of its kind in the state.

 

WDRB: Goodwill of Kentucky opens the state’s first high school for adults

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Goodwill of Kentucky opened the state’s first high school for adults on Wednesday. 

 

WLKY: New tuition-free high school for adults now open in Louisville

A first-of-its-kind adult high school is now open in Louisville. Goodwill Industries of Kentucky cut the ribbon on the Excel Center in Newburg on Monday.

 

WAVE: Goodwill Excel Center hosts ribbon cutting for adult high school in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Goodwill Industries of Kentucky has opened the first tuition-free adult charter high school in the commonwealth on Wednesday.

 

Spectrum: Kentucky’s first Excel Center, a tuition-free adult high school, to open Oct. 4

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky’s first Excel Center, a tuition-free adult high school, opens on Tuesday, Oct. 4. On Wednesday, executives from Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, state and city officials visited the center in southern Louisville for the ribbon cutting. 

 

Executive Insights: Education 2022 – featuring Excel Center Director Dr. Marsha Berry

Louisville Business First explored visions for educational organizations, how they are working to meet employers needs and how they are improving access to education across populations. Participating were: Dr. Travis Haire, chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College in Sellersburg, and Dr. Marsha Berry, interim director of The Excel Center at Goodwill Industries of Kentucky.

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky names Dr. Marsha Berry
interim director of The Excel Center®

Goodwill Industries of Kentucky has announced that Dr. Marsha Berry is the interim director of The Excel Center®, Kentucky’s first tuition-free high school for adults. Berry will lead a team of teachers and career coaches to help adults who dropped out of high school earn a state-sanctioned diploma.

Photos from August 17 press conference

Check out this gallery of images from our August 17 press conference.

Excel Network general information

The Excel Center ® is a free, public school that provides adults the opportunity to earn a state-recognized high school diploma and begin post-secondary education.

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(PRESS RELEASE) LOUISVILLE, KY.

Today, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky announced plans to open a one-of-a-kind tuition-free, public high school for adults in the fall of 2022.

MEDIA RECAP – AUGUST 18, 2021

Yesterday, we held a press conference to announce plans to establish a one-of-a-kind, tuition-free high school for adults in Louisville, known as The Excel Center.

The Excel Center® is operated by Goodwill Education Initiatives, Inc., a not-for-profit organization formed by Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana.

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