57 students graduate from Early College High School

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Graduating students walk into the Early College High School’s commencement ceremony Thursday. (Don Leach / Don Leach | Daily Pilot)

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Valedictorian Isabel Bishop applauds fellow honor students at Early College High School’s commencement ceremony. (Don Leach / Don Leach | Daily Pilot)

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Honor student Brandon Nguyen gives a commencement speech at Early College High’s graduation ceremony Thursday. (Don Leach / Don Leach | Daily Pilot)

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Ashley Lopez graduates from Early College High School during the commencement ceremony in Costa Mesa. (Don Leach / Don Leach | Daily Pilot)

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Adrian Giglio waves to the audience at Early College High’s School’s 2016 commencement ceremony at Orange Coast College on Thursday. (Don Leach / Don Leach | Daily Pilot)

By Daily Pilot staff

June 3, 2016 5:51 PM PT

Early College High School in Costa Mesa graduated 57 students at its commencement ceremony Thursday.

Orange Coast College’s Robert B. Moore Theatre hosted the ceremony, which also welcomed teachers and the graduates’ families and friends.

Early College, which opened in 2006, offers students a college preparatory program designed to help them fulfill University of California admission requirements. Its school year starts in August and ends in early June.

The school selected grads Alejandra Guerrero, Arthur Molina and Brandon Nguyen as the ceremony’s student speakers.

The two valedictorians this year are Isabel Bishop and Rebeca Herrera.