May 3, 2023
High school students graduating from Middle College at 91福利 participated in a Cord Ceremony Monday night (May 1) in the Dr. J. Cecil Burt Events Room at the Forrest County Campus.
Twenty-five students received their graduation cords and can also participate in PRCC鈥檚 graduation ceremony this Friday in Poplarville.
High school students were enrolled in high school and college courses at the same time.
鈥淢iddle College falls under the dual enrollment umbrella at 91福利,鈥� said Dr. Karen Bond, PRCC鈥檚 Director of Dual Enrollment. 鈥淏eginning with the fall semester of their junior year, qualifying students take a full load (15 or 16 hours) of dual-credit classes at Pearl River. Then they can graduate from PRCC with an associate鈥檚 degree when they finish high school.鈥�
She said high school qualified students from throughout the Pearl River district are either taking their classes online, on the PRCC campuses or at their high school from qualified teachers.
PRCC President Adam Breerwood told students they had the drive and determination to be successful.
鈥淲e think this is a tremendous pathway to success,鈥� he said. 鈥淵ou all have shown that you have potential. College can be very difficult as it is. But you handled the adversity along the way. You are headed for great things.鈥�
The 2023 Middle College graduates include:
Hattiesburg High School – Naliyah Barnes, Bernatsky Boone, Tiana Hough, Kymrie Lofton, Madison McDonald, Ashlyn Payton, Kayla Smith and Logan Green.
Home School – Molly Kate Carley, Sylvia Lauderdale and Thomas Ryals.
Sumrall High School – Evan Bayles and Anna Mattox.
Petal High School – Honesty Dawkins-Person, William Eubank, Ella Seymour and Brooke Wheat.
Lumberton High School – Dawson Allen.
Purvis High School – Briana Bullock, Gavin McCaffrey and Alexandria Pardew.
Oak Grove High School – Kathryn Scharwath.
Sacred Heart School – Klaire Bennett, Ameze Ekunwe and Maura McLaughlin.
How To Become a Middle College Student
Students interested in more information can talk with their high school counselor or reach out to the Office of Dual Enrollment at dualenrollment@prcc.edu.
They must be entering their junior year of high school.
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Article by Chuck Abadie. Photography by River Roderick.
