Student success

  • Spotlights

    A Head Start on Success

    Lillianna Scott's senior portrait

    Lillianna Scott’s Career and College Promise Experience Lillianna Scott is an intelligent, poised and well-spoken young woman whose college journey began as a high school student.  Encouraged by friends who spoke highly of the Career and College Promise (CCP) program, Lillianna saw an opportunity she couldn’t pass up. “I wanted to…

  • Student Spotlight

    A Hard First Step, Amazing Results

    Miranda Parks in cap and gown showing off her diploma and holding flowers.

    Returning to school as an adult wasn’t easy, but it changed everything. After more than a decade away from school, Miranda Parks made the life-changing decision to earn her GED. What pushed her forward wasn’t just the dream of a better future; it was her son. She wanted to show him, by example, that it’s…

  • Student Spotlight

    Cosmetology Student’s Fashion-Forward Future

    Maycie Norman, a senior at Crest High and a CCC cosmetology student, is taking her talent for design from Shelby to the national stage—with hopes of heading to FIT in New York.