This month, 61 graduates in the FCPS Class of 2026 are earning both a high school diploma and an associate degree via the Frederick Community College.
Early College Program
Once again this year, more students than ever took advantage of the Early College Program to simultaneously earn a high school diploma and an associate degree from FCC. This is the fifth year of the Early College Program.
| Year |
Early College Graduates |
| 2026 |
56 |
| 2025 |
44 |
| 2024 |
25 |
| 2023 |
20 |
| 2022 |
15 |
The Early College Program allows students to attend FCC during their junior and senior years as full-time undergraduate students. They follow the FCC academic calendar, with options to take day, evening, online and weekend courses. For more information about Early College at FCC, please visit https://www.frederick.edu/DE-earlycollege.
Early College graduates were eligible to take part in a ceremony at FCC earlier this month and will participate in their own high school graduations this week.
Earlier this month, 56 students graduated from the Frederick Community College Program.
The following students were part of the fifth Early College Program Graduating Class of 2026:
2026 Early College Graduates
Sebastian Ahrens, Frederick High
Alexa Alexander, Oakdale High
Isabella Altamirano, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Brenden Arnold, Brunswick High
Derek Bazinet, Middletown High
Elizabeth Bowers, Linganore High
Sai Boyapati, Oakdale High
Jolieana Boyle, Linganore High
Hannah Carr, Linganore High
Alexa Castillo, Tuscarora High
Kayla Cochran, Middletown High
Brianna Dacanay, Linganore High
Brett DeMarco, Brunswick High
Madelyn Deusa, Brunswick High
Lynnette Dickson, Oakdale High
Vaughn Ditching, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Trinity Drummond, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Melanie Etter, Oakdale High
Thiago Hardy, Oakdale High
Lillian Harris, Urbana High
Natalie Jaber, Oakdale High
Gabriel Jodlowsky, Frederick High
Jeslyn Kamga, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Sahana Kidambi, Urbana High
Angela Kwon, Tuscarora High
Kenneth Lui, Tuscarora High
Ricky Martinez, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Aria McClellan, Brunswick High
Gabrielle McDaniel, Linganore High
Liam McGreevy, Frederick High
Roy Ndede, Oakdale High
Yvonne Nguyen, Brunswick High
Gabriel Nuzzo, Linganore High/Frederick County Virtual School
Sophia Oden, Oakdale High
Ellowyn Ojeda, Linganore High
Navid Omar, Tuscarora High
Caleb Orchard, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Jonathan Palti, Middletown High
Jayda Peart, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Evelyn Perkins, Middletown High
Payton Reese, Oakdale High
Kai Ridenour, Catoctin High
Ella Saplad, Brunswick High
Joshua Segura, Frederick High
Fiorella Simen, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Sai Sirigiri, Oakdale High
Krishna Suggula, Oakdale High
Michael Trexler, Oakdale High
Izabella Turcios, Urbana High
Roy Vaisband, Urbana High
Andrew Villavicencio, Oakdale High
Avery Wagner, Walkersville High
Em Weis, Linganore High, and FCPS Career & Technology Center
Tegan Yarmus, Middletown High
Fiona Yaroschuk Leahy, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Yena Yoon, Oakdale High
Earning an associate degree via Dual Enrollment
In addition to the Early College graduates, five additional FCPS students also earned their associate degree at FCC by participating in other Dual Enrollment programs, such as Open Campus and High School Based.
Mariah Bideshi, Frederick High
Jacob Keeler, Middletown High
Elias Melendez Loza, Gov. Thomas Johnson High
Jose Romero, Jr, Oakdale High
Sameer Soparkar, Urbana High