Class of 2024 students, David Densmore from Downingtown High School West and Rodger Grant from Downingtown High School East, are the first students from the district to ever graduate with an associate’s degree and high school diploma, reports The Daily Local News.

Through a Downingtown Area School District dual-enrollment program that allows students to earn college credits toward liberal arts or engineering from Delaware County Community College, Densmore and Grant have secured liberal arts degrees. The program is structured to be finished in three years, but the students completed it within two.

They took DCCC courses in the morning as well as participated in the rest of their regular high school schedules.

“The associate’s degree in the high school partnership between DASD and DCCC stands out as an exciting dual-enrollment option for our students,” said Dr. Troy Podell, curriculum supervisor.

“In an era of escalating college costs and diminishing returns, initiatives like this one aim to tilt the scales in students’ favor, offering valuable academic opportunities. It’s awesome that a student can walk away from DASD at the end of their 12th-grade year with a college degree in hand.”

Other schools that offer dual-enrollment programs through DASD include Immaculata University, the University of Pittsburgh, and West Chester University.

Read more about David Densmore and Rodger Grant getting their associate’s degrees and high school diplomas at The Daily Local News.

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