Caught Between Two Worlds

A student walks into class five minutes late, coffee in hand. No one glances up and the teacher doesn’t miss a beat as the student pulls out “Meno,” a book by Plato, and joins the discussion of the philosophy book.

An hour and a half later the student enters G-hall, full of kids yelling down the hall and slamming lockers. A bell rings and instantly everyone is on the move, not wanting to receive a tardy, or worse, be caught after the bell without a hall pass.

This is the life of an Alaska Pacific University Early Honors student, caught between two totally different worlds: high school and college. The Early Honors program allows a student to finish high school and start college at the same time. Students can take classes at APU and their high school or just APU and still take part in extracurricular activities at their high school, such as sports and dances.