The Class of 2010 will be the first graduating class for the Wake Early College of Health and Sciences.
These students have helped to pioneer the small school program that is a partnership between Wake Tech, WakeMed and the Wake County Public School System. These students are graduating a year early from the five-year program. Nineteen have earned 2-year college degrees from Wake Tech, as well as having completed their high school requirements.
Students Paris Fears and Julie Gassmann say the college credits and lessons learned at Wake Tech and WakeMed will be valuable as they head to universities where they may be able to enroll as juniors.
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Wake Early College Graduate Julie Gassmann talks with principal Teresa Pierrie in the school’s commons area.
Wake Early College Graduate Paris Fears talks to WCPSS School Connection video crew on the Wake Tech campus adjacent to WakeMed Hospital.