Foundation Hosts Celebration Lunch for WRHS Concurrent Enrollment Students

At the end of the Tulsa Community College summer term, the Will Rogers High School Community Foundation provided lunch to celebrate the 27 students completing their first college class experience.

The Rogers program, which officially began in 2025, is built from TCC’s Dual Credit options available to all Oklahoma high schoolers, as well as financial support provided by the State of Oklahoma’s Concurrent Enrollment tuition waivers, Tulsa Public Schools and the Assistance League of Tulsa. However, there are still some significant gaps in funding for tuition overages, other miscellaneous fees and student needs inherent to earning an associate degree. In the 2025–26 school year, the Foundation put $33,944 toward costs such as books, computers and even certain classes that may not be covered by state tuition waivers.

High-achieving Rogers students are invited to apply for the Dual to Degree program in the spring of their sophomore year, but there are certain exacting standards they must meet to even be considered. The Dual to Degree students also spend their summers taking TCC classes in order to hit all necessary credit requirements for their chosen associate path by graduation. So for the social and leisure time sacrifices students make, the Foundation makes an effort to recognize and celebrate their accomplishments.

“It’s just such a good way to get ahead,” said junior Malaki Mills. “You’re able to get to where you want to be a lot quicker than if you were to just go through high school regularly.”

Past Foundation President Louis Coleman said, “The good news is these are incredible, highly motivated, very intelligent kids, and we’re doing a lot to help them achieve their goals and their wants and needs. The bad news is, there’s just a whole bunch more behind them that we could be helping if we had more funding.”