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Kansas teen will get high school and Harvard diplomas in same month

#Harvard #HighSchool #BraxtonMoral #Diploma ULYSSES, Kan. — A 16-year-old Kansas boy will soon earn his high school diploma — and a few days later he'll travel to Harvard to collect his bachelor's degree. Ulysses High School senior Braxton Moral will attend both commencement ceremonies in May, becoming the only student to successfully pursue a four-year high school degree and a bachelor's degree from Harvard at the same time, The Hutchinson News reported. Harvard has changed the rules, Braxton's father Carlos Moral said, so his son will be "the one and only" reaching that milestone. Braxton Moral will be 17 when he gets his diplomas. Carlos Moral said they began to realize their son was special when he was in the third grade. "They told us: 'You need to do something. He's not just gifted. He's really, really gifted,'" he said. Braxton Moral skipped the fourth grade. The Ulysses school district allowed him to take some hi...