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The Amesbury High School Early College Class of 2018 with AHS Principal Elizabeth McAndrews in front, NECC President Lane Glenn, back, right, and Noemi Custodia-Lora, NECC vice president, back row, left.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fourteen Amesbury High School seniors will head for college this fall, already having earned up to two years of college credits, thanks to participation in the Northern Essex Community College Early College Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All were honored at a recognition ceremony held on Thursday, May 24 at Northern Essex.<\/p>\n

Thomasina Glenn, who will begin Northern Vermont University as a junior this fall, with the 59 credits she\u2019s earned, was the student speaker at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

She talked about how the students banded together to champion the program when it was in danger of being cut from the budget, and the closeness of the group, which \u201cwas together for an hour and a half every day for two and a half years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glenn, a singer and songwriter, is majoring in the music industry at Northern Vermont, and she plans to earn a master\u2019s from Berklee College of Music.<\/p>\n

While Glenn earned the greatest number of credits, by taking Northern Essex classes offered at the high school and online and on the college campus, Isabella Sollazzo, with 47 credits, was the second-largest credit earner.<\/p>\n

Sollazzo will major in education at Westfield State University, with plans to be a history teacher.<\/p>\n

Sollazzo\u2019s hopes to graduate from Westfield a year early and start immediately on her master\u2019s degree.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019d like to be getting my master\u2019s when everyone else is getting their bachelor\u2019s degrees,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

In order to be accepted to the Early College program, students must pass an assessment test that measures their aptitude for college work.\u00a0 They express interest in their freshman year and begin Early College classes as sophomores.\u00a0 Courses are taken as a group at the high school during their sophomore and junior years and then during their senior year they can choose courses offered online or on the college campus.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Dr. Gary Reese, superintendent of Amesbury Schools, congratulated the group for their \u201cdedication to education\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cYou recognized opportunity, understood it involved more work, and you met that challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also speaking at the ceremony were Lane Glenn, president of Northern Essex, and the proud father of Thomasina, and Noemi Custodia-Lora, the NECC vice president who oversees Early College Programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hope is that students who participate in the program will graduate from high school better prepared for college and will be more likely to attend college and graduate on time\u2026or even early,\u201d said Glenn.<\/p>\n

Custodia-Lora reminded students of how quickly time flies.\u00a0 \u201cIt seems like you were just freshman, and\u2014in the blink of an eye\u2014here you are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amesbury High School students honored included: Finbarr Arsenault, Graham Gannett, Brooke Gibbas, Katelyn Gilleo, Thomasina Glenn, Michael Gonthier,Shawn Hussey, Caleb Huston, Hannah Manclark, Lily Peirce, Samantha Sawyer, Isabella Sollazzo, John Sydlowski, and William Sydlowski.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex partners with many local high schools, offering programs which are designed to prepare students to succeed in college.<\/p>\n

For more information on high school partnerships available through Northern Essex Community College, contact Noemi Custodia-Lora, vice president of the Lawrence Campus and community relations, ncustodialora@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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