The “amazing graduating class of 2015” is what Barbara Goleman Senior High School principal Joaquin Hernandez calls the latest graduating class. Hernandez and the rest of the school administration and faculty are celebrating the achievements of the class of 2015 which also includes the first graduating Capstone class.
Goleman’s class of 2015 totaled 483 graduates. Of those, 158 earned 2,160 college credit hours and the entire class amassed over 67,000 hours of community service. A total of $3.3 million in scholarships were earned. Additionally, this graduating class saw six times more 6.0 GPA’s than any other year in the school’s history.
“When I first met the students as incoming freshmen, I knew there was something special about this class. They were so academically inclined, so focused on their future, that honestly, looking back at that it seems to me it was inevitable that they would succeed,” said Hernandez.
The graduating Capstone students first entered the inaugural program their sophomore year and some have completed enough credits to enter college with a junior status. The school also had two Posse Scholars and are sending graduates to top schools this fall. Among the schools students are attending is University of Florida, where former high school gators from Goleman are proudly continuing their reign as college gators.
“Those students are moving from our swamps to theirs,” said Hernandez.