Dual Credit Classes: A Head Start for Big Sandy's Juniors and Seniors

By Erik Seitsema

Around half the Junior and Senior students at Big Sandy High School are taking College classes. The credits they earn through "Dual Enrollment" count towards their current high school diploma and their future College education efforts. The program offers students a bevy of benefits, from a head start on their future education, to huge savings on college classes, to experience with the responsibility of taking classes where they are keeping themselves accountable for their own attendance and progress.

Dianna Keane, the counselor for Big Sandy Schools, oversees the dual-credit p...