Inspiring 67-Year-Old Woman Celebrates Finally Earning High School Diploma After Droppig out 40yrs ago

Cursory: Carol, a 67-year-old Black woman, is celebrating graduating highschool after dropping out before. The determined woman who didn’t let past obstacles derail her academic success, said that, her younger classmates helped her pull through and she is greateful to them

Renee Carroll, a 67-year-old Black woman from Washington, DC, is celebrating finally graduating high school.

She graduated as the oldest person in her class from Goodwill Excel Center, a tuition-free adult charter high school.

“I graduated with my high school diploma at 67 years old,” Carroll told WTOP. “I just raised the roof on where I’m going.”

Goodwill Excel Center, located in Washington, DC, awards adult learners who did not graduate in the past with high school diplomas rather than a GED.

Carroll attended the school’s program which is made up of 5 terms that are 8 weeks long each.

As the oldest student in her graduating class, Carroll said she kept her motivation thanks to the people around her at the school.

“Returning to school after about 40 years was very hard work,” she said. “The younger people really rallied around me and carried me through.”

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