Orcutt Kids Join Allan Hancock College’s 105th Graduating Class
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) - A group of high school students from Orcutt joined Allan Hancock College’s commencement ceremony today, before graduating high school.
Allan Hancock College celebrated its 105th graduating class with the usual ceremony at its Santa Maria campus Friday morning.
The college issued over 1,700 degrees to nearly 1,200 students, spread across 116 majors.
“I’m just incredibly proud of the students for going for it and cannot wait to see what's next for ‘em,” says Joshua Ostini, Orcutt Academy High School’s Vice Principal.
An Associate of Arts degree in Social and Behavioral Science was the most prolific degree, boasting 327 graduates.
“I’m going to be going into biomedical engineering,” says Jack Krebs, a graduate in Orcutt Academy’s Early College Cadre. “Cal Poly SLO! And luckily that is possible because a lot of my generals got done from this program.”
A cadre of kids from Orcutt got to join Hancock's class of 2026, getting their degrees thanks to a recent cohort between the college and Orcutt Academy High School.
They'll be getting their high school diplomas next week.
“It feels pretty awesome to know that we've taken a big step in our lives and already completed such a big journey when we’re so young,” says Krebs.
Orcutt Academy’s vice principal Josh Ostini says the group of students signed up for the pathway when they were in eighth grade, and had heavier workloads than the rest of their peers.
“They had their typical high school workload, and then 60 college units,” says Ostini. “They were taking classes before school, college classes during the school day taught by our teachers, and then they gave up their summers too.”
Hancock College staff members say the tradition of breaking records continues for the number of students and attendees at commencement, as well as the amount of confetti released at the ceremony’s conclusion.
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