Darlington High School/Early College Program: Ebony Wingate

Ebony Wingate of Darlington, graduating from Darlington High School and also completing the Early College Program, meaning she will graduate from high school with an Associate’s degree from Florence-Darlington Technical College:

“Early College has been the biggest part of my life. Walking across the stage at Florence-Darlington Technical College … shaking the president’s hand, it all felt like, oh, wow, it was worth it. All the tears, all the late-night study sessions, it all paid off. … You have to take charge of your own future. Nobody is going to encourage you to meet deadlines; they’re not going to encourage you to put yourself out there; you have to do that yourself. That’s the biggest thing I’ve learned throughout high school. … I plan to go to Coastal Carolina. … I hope to open my own bar/restaurant franchise. But afterward, I would like to come back to Darlington. … (We need) businesses, actually. We have to study our flaws and understand our communities and say what it is that we should bring to Darlington so we can be like Hartsville and Florence and all those great areas that we have the potential to be.”

Author: Stephan Drew

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