15-YEAR-OLD TO GET COLLEGE DIPLOMA BOY'S GRADUATION FROM HART HIGH IS STILL YEAR AWAY.Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA -- Fifteen-year-old Christopher Ngoon graduates today from College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. -- a year before he gets his high school diploma A high school diploma is a diploma awarded for the completion of high school. In the United States and Canada, it is considered the minimum education required for government jobs and higher education. An equivalent is the GED. . Yes, he skipped a few grades in elementary school. And, yes, he sacrificed a prom and some other social activities to earn an associate's degree before he's officially a high school senior. But to the College of the Canyons graduate, all the late-nighters that he pulled over the last three years were well worth it. ``I want to be constantly challenged, and I thought this could be a challenge for me as well,'' he said. The Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
all the time , since his freshman year. So when the Hart school bell rang every day at 3 p.m., Christopher headed straight home and did his homework. Then he'd scoot scoot v. scoot·ed, scoot·ing, scoots v.intr. To go suddenly and speedily; hurry. v.tr. Upper Southern U.S. over to College of the Canyons for a second round of classes, held mostly twice a week. Among the U.S. history, sociology and general chemistry classes, Christopher learned that he's not much of a humanities guy. Instead, he emerged as a biology and physical science major. He aims to one day study human brains as a researcher. But that will come after graduation from Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , which comes after he earns his bachelor's degree from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX or the University of the California, San Diego, he hopes. Teacher Linda Cox, who served as his adviser with the Future Business Leaders of America, recalled a time Christopher came over to her house to work on a project for the business club and the quiz show ``Jeopardy'' came on TV. ``And of course he answers every question,'' she said. Cox said it's rare to find a high school student with an associate's degree already hanging on the wall. But that wall may soon have a second degree on it. Tricia, Christopher's 13-year-old sister and Hart High School freshman, starts her first class next week at College of the Canyons. ``She's following the tradition,'' he said. sue.doyle(at)dailynews.com (661)257-5254 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Christopher Ngoon, 15, is graduating from College of the Canyons even before he begins his senior year of high school. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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