On Memorial Day weekend, when her family was gathered around the grill, Rebecca Babb was at work on the computer.
The Waltrip High School senior was determined to finish the only course standing between her and graduation. “I told my mom, ‘I am going to try, I am going to see what I can do,’” Rebecca said.
Rebecca Babb, who graduated from Waltrip High School on Sunday, credits her school’s Grad Lab with helping her to receive her diploma with her class.
Rebecca knew the stakes: Pass the online math class and walk the stage or fail and report to summer school. She had already failed Algebra II twice.
Waltrip Graduation Coach Brett Rusnock, who works in the school’s Grad Lab, identified the online class as an option that would allow her to graduate with her class.
Her hard work and extra effort were rewarded on Sunday night as she walked the stage in her red cap and gown to receive her diploma.