Overlea Achiever Gets Associate's Before Diploma

Andre Keyser, 17, will graduate from CCBC Essex three days before he walks the stage at Overlea High School's graduation ceremony.

When Overlea High School graduates take to the stage on June 6 to receive their high school diplomas, one member of the class of 2012 will already have graduated—from college. Andre Keyser, 17, will earn his associate's degree from the Community College of Baltimore County three days before the Overlea senior is recognized as a high school graduate and the Overlea class of 2012 valedictorian. Keyser, a Pikesville resident and part of Overlea's Academy of Finance magnet program, started mapping out his academic success early on. He said that after not having a full-time math teacher as a middle school student in Baltimore City, he enrolled in an algebra class at Dumbarton Middle School in Towson. "I did really well in that class and then I …

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