HARRISBURG, Penn. --
Graduating high school is a big accomplishment and one Pennsylvania boy's graduation is making history. Nine-year-old David Balogun received his diploma from Reach Cyber Charter School in Bucks County's Harrisburg after taking classes remotely,He loves science and computer programming and credits a number of favorite teachers for his success.
While David's parents have advanced degrees, they say raising a young son with extraordinary intellectual gifts is challenging."He's a 9-year-old with a brain that just has the capacity to understand and comprehend a lot of concepts that's beyond his years and sometimes beyond my understanding," Ronya Balogun, David's mother, said."I want to be an astrophysicist and I want to study black holes and supernovas," he said.
After completing a semester at Bucks County Community College, the family is now looking at colleges and universities across the country.