Nearly 30 graduating seniors from seven Orange County Public Schools will walk across the stage with not only a high school diploma but an associate degree. Orange County Public Schools offers dual enrollment as an acceleration program that allows eligible high-school students to pursue postsecondary coursework at Valencia College while simultaneously earning credit toward high school completion.
Students in the Dual-Enrollment program have the opportunity to enroll in a combination of Advanced Placement courses, which earn college credit if they pass their exams, and Valencia College courses. The OCPS-Valencia graduates listed below have completed enough college coursework to earn their AA degree. The agreement between Orange County and Valencia College allows for dual-enrollment students to take their Valencia courses free of charge, including books. They have also completed all of their general-education requirements and are ready to pursue their college major.
Name | High School | Name | High School |
Jeffrey Peterson | Apopka | JuliAnn Immordino | Lake Nona |
Alejandra Cervantes | Colonial | Jordan Kidd | Lake Nona |
Esther Kim | Colonial | Myranda Kisha | Lake Nona |
Vijay Maraj | Colonial | Priscilla Phan | Lake Nona |
Nhi Tran | Colonial | Jasmin Quinones | Lake Nona |
Samuel Vilchez | Colonial | Diana Sanchez | Lake Nona |
Hayley Behm | Edgewater | Jessica Sanchez | Lake Nona |
Phillip Da Silva | Edgewater | Katelyn Wright | Lake Nona |
Jasper Zaporteza | Edgewater | Sabrina Loftus | Ocoee |
Leanne Arjune | Lake Nona | Dalton James | Wekiva |
Amina Bashir | Lake Nona | Amerisha Perez | Wekiva |
Rafael Casallas | Lake Nona | Melody Berlin | West Orange |
Julia Cunningham | Lake Nona | Nikita Meyer | West Orange |
Kyle Fray | Lake Nona | Mark Nechayev | West Orange |