Know the News - How a student graduated high school and got a college degree at the same time

Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

May 27 2022 | 00:26:50

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Thirty-nine high school seniors in Northwest Arkansas received an associate degree from Northwest Arkansas Community College along with their high school diploma when they graduated this month.

We’ll talk about that with Sydney Overton, a 2022 Rogers New Technology High School graduate, and Jorge Amaral, Early College Experience director at NWACC in this week’s edition of the Know the News podcast.

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