CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. This high school for disadvantaged children enables them to achieve both a high school diploma and an Associates degree by age 17 by means of alternative teaching techniques and out-of-the-box, creative approaches that are also highly personalized. Tracie Rodriguez, the principal, is utilizing the book with educators to foster the school’s goal of assuring that 100% of their 14-18-year-old students know how to learn and can proceed to a 4-year institution after high school and graduate with a Bachelors degree.