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Click to enlarge,   Hillary Akers

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Hillary Akers

Click to enlarge,   Caroline Griffith

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Caroline Griffith

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Alejandra Lopez 

Click to enlarge,   Nathaniel Newell

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Nathaniel Newell

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Anthony Smith 

Click to enlarge,   Raul Zamora-Duprey

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Raul Zamora-Duprey

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Rodolfo Zelaya 

05.12.2010Lee Early CollegeStudents/Graduates

桑福德——年轻的九年级先驱者开始了对独特的探索, challenging educational experience in 2006. They found it at Lee Early College, 这是中央卡罗莱纳社区学院和位于学院李县校区的李县学校之间的合作项目.

Now, less four years later, 这些先驱者中有7人不仅获得了高中文凭,还获得了副学士学位或大学转学学分, giving them a major boost toward their educational goals. 

而他们在传统高中的同龄人则在四年后获得文凭, 2010届LEC班的学生已经获得了文凭和副学士学位,或者可以转学分继续他们的大学教育. 

“Lee Early College has been the most amazing experience,” said Hillary Akers, 2006年,年仅13岁的她成为LEC的首届学员. “我想来这里是因为我知道在大学校园里我会成长得更多.” 

Now 17, 她在5月13日的推荐正规买球平台春季毕业典礼上获得了文学副学士学位, where she will be one of the speakers. 埃克斯将继续在北卡罗来纳大学彭布罗克分校学习大众传播专业.

其他从学院获得副学士学位的LEC学生是Nathaniel Newell, who will attend UNC-Chapel Hill on a full-ride scholarship to study biomedical engineering; Raul Zamora-Duprey, who plans to study psychology at the university level; and Caroline Griffith, 谁要去夏威夷杨百翰大学主修推荐正规买球平台. 鲁道夫·塞拉亚将在夏季学期完成他的副学士学位. 

“I feel fantastic,” said Newell, who was 14 when he started at LEC and now, at 17, has earned his Associate in Arts degree. “Lee Early College met my expectations and, in addition, allotted me such a degree of freedom to excel.”

副学士学位的学生将在第一学期作为大一新生进入他们的大学, according to LEC counselor Dave Nourse. After that semester, 所有推荐正规买球平台学分将被转移,他们将具有大三学生的学术地位.

Instead of earning associate degrees, 一些学生用他们获得的大学学分继续在社区大学学习. 安东尼·史密斯将转到费耶特维尔技术社区学院,主修葬礼服务教育. Alejandra Lopez正在申请推荐正规买球平台的副学士护理课程.

2010届毕业生也将于5月17日在LEC的高中毕业典礼上获得毕业证书. Wicker Civic Center. Due to the event scheduling, 这些学生处于独特的地位,他们在获得高中文凭之前就获得了大学学位.

其他首批毕业生将于2011年12月或春季毕业.

“Lee Early College是一次非常成功的合作,” said 推荐正规买球平台 President Bud Marchant. “学院很高兴能与李县学校合作,提供这种独特的教育环境,让这些年轻人能够脱颖而出. 我们欢迎他们加入推荐正规买球平台校友的行列,并祝愿他们在继续学业、事业和生活中取得圆满成功.”

LEC是李县学校下的一所学术先进的非传统高中. Current enrollment is about 260. During the first two years, 学生们由LCS老师授课,专注于他们对高中文凭的要求. During the second and following years, they shift to college-level courses, taught by 推荐正规买球平台 instructors.

李早期学院制定了学生的学习时间表,以便他们可以在四年内完成文凭和副学士学位/转换学分, though the students are allowed five years if needed. 

“我们为李初大学生的表现和奉献感到非常自豪,” said Lee County Schools Superintendent Jeff Moss. “他们的努力表明,当今社会的年轻人可以通过付出时间和精力获得高中文凭和大学学位.”
 
LEC成立于2006年,是当时的n.C. Gov. 迈克·伊斯利(Mike Easley)呼吁学区与学院和大学合作,改善和扩大高中生的教育机会. 北卡罗来纳现在是建立早期大学的领导者. 在全国范围内,24个州大约有130所早期大学,其中42所在北卡罗来纳州.

比尔和梅林达·盖茨基金会通过北卡罗莱纳州新学校项目为LEC提供了初始资金. LEC接受标准的北卡罗莱纳高中教育基金, so students do not pay for tuition or books, even after they have transitioned to college classes. It also receives funding from the N.C. 公共教学部高中创新项目.
 
Students must apply to be considered for acceptance. 他们和他们的父母要经历一个面试过程,未来的学生必须提交一篇论文,说明他们为什么想上这所学校. The student body makeup reflects the population of Lee County.

“If students are really motivated and work hard, 他们在李early学院的经历是等待他们的美好机会的开始,” Nourse said. “I’ve had a lot of fun with this inaugural class. 他们已经成长为真正伟大的人——这让我微笑.”

李初书院的第一批毕业生带着成就感和信心离开,他们相信自己有能力取得更大的成功. 

“I’m grateful to have had this opportunity.” Griffith said. “参加李early学院鼓励你看大局,尽早开始生活. 在这里让我走得更快.” 

欲了解更多关于李早期学院的信息,请访问其网站, www.leeearlycollege.com. 有关中央卡罗莱纳社区学院的更多信息,请访问其网站, delcxy.ospifse.net.