Isola Excel By 5

Welcome to Isola Excel By 5!

Isola, MS became an Excel By 5 Candidate Community in January of 2013. We recruited a group of passionate community residents to serve on our community coalition and successfully completed the requirements and became the first Certified Early Childhood Community in Humphreys County in 2017!

More information about Isola, MS:
Isola Mississippi is a small community located in Humphreys County.  The town’s name is a derivative of the word isolation.  Due to the location of the town being on the outskirt of the county it was named Isola. Isola, MS is also one of many food deserts in the Mississippi Delta.  The population of the community is around 713 residents.  The community is served by the Humphreys County School District.

Browse through our section of this website to see what steps were taking to sustain our Child-Friendly designation.

Coalition Partner: Children’s Defense Fund (Southern Regional)

Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative (SRBWI)– organizes, trains and nurtures women in 77 impoverished rural counties in Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama to incubate businesses, build networks of leaders and advocate for public policies that help families and communities.

For more information: Contact Bobbie Miller at bgbmiller44@gmail.com or Georgia Bankhead at gdb47@live.com – Certification Managers -Isola’s Excel By 5 Community Coalition.