In all, more than 5,500 graduates made the walk in their gowns. Part of the dual enrollment program offered by Dade County Public Schools in cooperation with MDCC's Kendall Campus, Antonio Cuadra has been able to retain a 4.0 grade point average in both high school and college courses and has been named National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Scholar Finalist, and Miami-Dade's own Outstanding Student in Physics. I want to earn a Ph.D. in engineering some day, and that takes many years of study. Cuadra has already been accepted by CalTech, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, the University of Florida and the University of Miami to complete his bachelor's degree, although he has yet to choose one. The dual enrollment program is much more than an easy way to graduate with a degree earlier.
Students take three college credit courses and three high school courses at the same time.
School starts at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Students meet other students from different schools along with attending college students. No, they do not miss Prom or Grad Night. These activities are just held on different days. With his hands held high, this former MDCC student displays his diplome with a smile Hard work pays off Above, family members attened the graduation ceremony in support of the loved one's success. 17 year-old, Antonio Cuaddra annd his parents proudly pose after Cuadra graduates just one month before graduating from Southwest Senior High School thanks to the dual enrollment program.