Dallas high school senior Juan Pineda has a huge head start on most of his classmates – he's already finished the coursework for a two-year associate's degree from a Dallas community college. The 17-year-old will be the valedictorian for the first graduating class in June of the Early College High School at Mountain View College in southern Oak Cliff. The program allows students to work toward an associate degree while they earn their high school diploma. He's also the president of the National Honor Society chapter at his school and works as an intern for the Texas High School Project, which supports programs that prepare young people for college...02:45 PM CST on Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Pineda will be one of 125 students chasing their dreams when they attend the workshop, sponsored by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington, D.C. Besides financial literacy, it also covers college preparation and leadership development.
Organizers started out in 2007 reaching about 375 students in three cities – Washington, Los Angeles and New York. This year, the program has expanded to five more cities – Dallas, Phoenix, Miami, Chicago and San Antonio. About 1,000 students are expected to participate.
[Posted By Michael Felix]
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