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From grandma to graduate: Ottawa woman says earning high school diploma a dream come true

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Hala Najm, who walked across the stage to accept her high school diploma a week before her 61st birthday, called the experience a dream come true.

The few steps required to walk across the stage to accept her high school diploma were ones Hala Najm envisioned for years.

"She was in Grade 1 and she would bring homework home and I couldn't wait to learn how to spell English," she said.Canada's GED high school equivalency test ends after March, leaving adult students in limbo "It takes tremendous amounts of courage to reach out to a high school program for adults," said the school's counsellor Julia Bilenkis, who encouraged Najm to take on the challenge and helped her along the way.

After submitting it, she sent an email to Bilenkis telling her she was officially a high school graduate.

 

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