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King George student earns associate degree before he gets his high school diploma Date published: 6/7/2009
BY CATHY DYSON The only thing Kyle Allwine seems to lack is a halo. The senior at King George High School amazes others with his thirst for knowledge. "Sometimes I wonder, 'How does this kid know so much?'" said Assistant Principal John Carter. After Scott Mechling taught Kyle Western civilization, the two talked about books and historical events "the same way that I would discuss the topics with colleagues," Mechling said. Yet Kyle is hardly a nerd who always has his nose in a book. He's outgoing and talkative, the captain of the tennis team and founder of the lacrosse club. Most of the students with whom he plays golf or works "I try to keep it quiet," he said. "Some people aren't really good at school, and I'm really lucky, I've been good at it." So good, in fact, that the 18-year-old earned an associate degree from Rappahannock Community College in May--before he got a high school diploma. He'll graduate from King George High on Saturday. He crammed two years of college into four years of high school, while completing three years of rigorous studies at the Chesapeake Bay Governor's School. He was one of three high school students who received community-college degrees from Rappahannock in early May. Nathan Rose from Lancaster High School completed the same arduous schedule. Alicia Britt did two years at the governor's school, then spent her senior year at Caroline High School. (See accompanying story.) "It's becoming more common around the state" for high school students to earn community-college degrees, said Felicia Packett, registrar at Rappahannock. "But it's a very small percentage of our graduating class." Cindy Ewoldt, who coordinates the Rappahannock program at King George, believes Kyle is the first King George student to earn the honor. "To me, it's pretty remarkable," she said. "He's been very dedicated and very disciplined. You have to be able to budget your time wisely." Kyle has practically majored in that. For his sophomore, junior and senior years, he has gone to morning classes at the governor's school facility at Bowling Green Elementary School. The governor's school has a partnership with Rappahannock, so Kyle accumulated college credit for courses in marine science and biology, chemistry and physics.
Read more stories about King George Date published: 6/7/2009
These kids are smart and wise by taking actual college courses in high school. Too many kids take AP classes, which does indicate their ability to learn at the college level, but few colleges give credit unless you are Exceptionally Qualified (5). By doing Dual Enrollment through your local Community College, the student gets the actual tranferable credits, the college gets enrollment, parents pay less per credit hour. Win, win, win.
Kyle's success is certainly commendable! His family obviously values education, which can be an example for others! This is all in spite of some career "educators" and "guidance staff" and, as Jaes correctly points out, the very real destruction of education that started in the 1960's.
WTF are you talking about? This is an artcile about 3 outstanding students being rewarded for their hard work. Let's not make this political. Congratlulations to Kyle, Nathan and Alicia.
college is when you turn pro at highschool classes. its generally worthless, but Obama says make sure you get 2 years. and we all know what he says must be right. (yes i am being very sarcastic)
I've known Kyle for 10 years now and I'm glad to see how much he has achieved in a short amount of time. Kyle will go places very fast. Good luck at UMW!
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