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Lee Early College students (front, from left) Ariel Hickerson and Amanda Barnes, and (back, from left) Kimberly Castillo, Nancy Urias, and Danielle Fiore, received their high school diplomas and Associate in Arts-University Transfer degrees Dec. 22 in graduation exercises at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Lee Early College is a collaboration of Lee County Schools and Central Carolina Community College. LEC students can, within five years, earn both a high school diploma and an associate degree at no cost. All five plan to continue their education at a university. They will have standing as juniors because they earned their A.A.-U.T degrees. For more information about Lee Early College, visit its Web site, www.leeearlycollege.com. For more information about Central Carolina Community College, visit www.cccc.edu.