The Goodwill Excel Center will open in Aurora in August.
Adults who didn't finish high school will have the chance to get their diploma for free at a new Goodwill Excel Center in Aurora.Adults who couldn't finish their high school education will have a second chance to earn their diploma and improve their job options at the newmeant to boost the local workforce.
Excel Centers are adult high schools meant to develop the local workforce. During the past decade and a half, Goodwill has opened 41 Excel Centers in nine different states and Washington, D.C. Colorado is one of four states where new centers are opening; the location in Aurora, at 15445 East Iliff Avenue, opens on August 5 and will be the state's first.
The adult high school will operate with the help of $4.7 million from the Colorado Department of Education, which will be spread out over three and a half years. Goodwill of Colorado is using roughly $2.4 million of its own money to renovate and equip the site, which used to be Reign Church. Only adults ages 22 and older can enroll, but everything the school offers is free, including tuition and the daycare that will be in the school.
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