Freshman sets sights on graduation
May 6, 2008
Jacky Andrade, 15, plans to be the first girl in her family to finish high school. Her mother didn’t graduate and has always stressed the importance to Jacky and her older brother, Frankie.
Jacky, a freshman at Incline High School, says it can be a lot of pressure, but she wants to graduate to make her mom proud. She was among about 10 students who participated in a journalism project for this site.
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