Successful High School Students at OCC
Onondaga Community College’s diverse student body includes highly-motivated high school-aged students who are earning college credits while still completing their high school education. These early learners are achieving great things! Here are a few of their success stories.
Suhaib Fakhr ‘25
- Suhaib started taking classes at OCC during his sophomore year at the Ihsan School of Excellence in Syracuse. He graduated from high school and college in 2025.
- Degree: Mathematics & Science
“It's okay to be nervous when you start here. You just let the nervousness drive you in a good way, not a bad way because it can affect you in both ways. It's up to you what way it drives you.”
– Suhaib Fakhr
Alyssa Millet ‘25
- Alyssa began taking classes at OCC in the summer of 2024. She graduated from East Syracuse Minoa High School and OCC in 2025.
- Degree: Mathematics & Science
“It's crazy! I'm proud of myself. It wasn't easy (graduating from high school and college in the same year), but I did it.”
– Alyssa Millet
Skylor Kelley ‘26
- Skylor started taking classes on the OCC campus during his junior year at Hannibal High School as part of the P-TECH program. He graduated from Hannibal in 2025 and will complete his OCC degree in 2026.
- Degree: Mechanical Technology
“Once I started coming to OCC I said ‘I like this a lot.’ I’d tell anyone interested in this to go for it. This is a great opportunity if you’re looking for an alternate route.”
– Skylor Kelley
Hi’Zharria Harper ‘25
- Hi’Zharria began taking classes at OCC during her sophomore year at the Syracuse Academy of Science. She graduated from high school and college in 2025.
- Degree: Liberal Arts & Sciences: General Studies
“I really enjoyed the freedom that came with being in college. It opened a lot of opportunities for studying and extracurriculars. I have so much free time in between classes when I can study or be part of clubs or go to the Y and work out. You get so much more time to figure things out.”
– Hi’Zharria Harper