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Sun Feb 5, 2023, 06:32 PM Feb 2023

Pennsylvania boy, nine, becomes one of the youngest ever high school graduates



David Balogun graduates from High School at nine years old. Photo: Fox43. Source: Twitter

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/05/nine-year-old-boy-graduates-high-school-david-balogun




Pennsylvania boy, nine, becomes one of the youngest ever high school graduates

David Balogun, who loves science and computer programming, receives diploma after taking remote classes

‘I want to be an astrophysicist, and I want to study black holes and supernovas,’ David Balogun said.
Ramon Antonio Vargas

Sun 5 Feb 2023 01.00 EST

A nine-year-old boy from Pennsylvania who loves science and computer programming has become one of the youngest ever high school graduates, and he has already started accumulating some credits toward his college degree.

David Balogun recently received a diploma from Reach cyber charter school – based in his state’s capital of Harrisburg – after taking classes remotely from his family home in the Philadelphia suburb of Bensalem, the local television station WGAL reported Saturday.

The achievement makes David one of the youngest known children to ever graduate high school, according to a list compiled by the history and culture website oldest.org.

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