Best of Both
WORLDS Growth in dual enrollment opens more opportunities By Edie Rogers Photos by Peggy Cozart
Every weekday morning, Janet Mendoza rides the school bus from East Hall High School to the Jones Early College campus, where she takes a college English course three days a week. Then, she takes the bus back to East Hall High to finish out her school day. During fall, Fridays especially are hectic for Mendoza. In addition to her classes both at Jones and East Hall, Mendoza is the clarinet section leader in the East Hall High School Viking Band. After finishing her school day, Friday afternoons are a rush of homework, time with friends and family, and getting ready for the football game. Before even finishing high school, Mendoza has become the first in her family to attend college thanks to Georgia’s dual-enrollment program and UNG.
For fall 2017, UNG had the
SECONDHIGHEST NUMBER OF DUALENROLLED STUDENTS Janet Mendoza, a current dual-enrolled student at UNG, is the clarinet section leader in the marching band at East Hall High School.
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