In order to bring attention to DCA (Dual Credit Ambassadors), teacher Brian Tatum hosts club meetings every Wednesday.

“Originally, we were looking for activities or organizations that the dual credit students could be involved in,” Tatum said.

Every campus in the district, except Ben Barber, has a DCA Club.

“It’s hard trying to get everyone on board,” President Natalee Gallardo said.

The club is organized by students.

“We have to run a website and I help run the social media pages,” junior Zoe Johnson said.

The meetings include other clubs in the district and take place over video chat.

“We’ll talk about plans, possibly have votes to make decisions and (review) general reminders,” Johnson said.

Dual credit allows high school students to gain college credits while in high school.

“We want dual credit students to actually feel like they are college students,” Gallardo said.

Students can graduate with a high school diploma and up to 60 hours of college credit from Tarrant County College.

“Our students go in already as sophomores in college,” Tatum said. “Giving them the leadership skills to be successful.”

Johnson said dual credit opens opportunities for the students.

“They have so much information about scholarships, about clubs you can join in college, about how to present yourself and it just gives us a lot of real world experiences,” she said.