The Union: Ghidotti’s first class of seniors reflects on journey
The Union had a great piece yesterday about Ghidotti Early College High School. This is a partnership between Sierra College and the Nevada Union High School District, and honestly, I’d put my vote to open this school in the top five while I’ve been a trustee.
Bonnie Mortensen’s first taste of higher education came three years ago when she stepped onto Sierra College’s Nevada County campus and sang the “Star-Spangled Banner” on the first day of school.
She was 14 years old and part of a new $400,000 experiment paid for by the world’s richest man.
By the time she graduates, Mortensen will have nearly two years’ worth of college credits on her transcript, and a place in history as part of the first graduating class at Ghidotti Early College Preparatory High School.
Mortensen is part of a 38-member graduating class of seniors who have succeeded without giant pep rallies, teeming crowds at football games, or late-night dances.
She can name practically every member of her senior class and, she said, has excelled by learning alongside peers her parents’ age.
“I came here because I wanted the college classes, the college experience,” she said. “I figured that since the classes were small, the teachers would really care about my progress.”
By the way, the story is just a great piece of journalism by David Mirhadi and The Union. This is the kind of thing that makes newspapers great to read in the 21st century.
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