High School seniors in Amarillo graduating from Amarillo College before High School VIDEO: High School seniors in Amarillo graduating from Amarillo College before High School By Vania Patino | May 4, 2021 at 9:41 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 10:19 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - 44 high school seniors across Amarillo will be graduating from Amarillo college before walking the stage at their own high school graduations this May. The students will walk the stage at Hodge Town for the Amarillo College ceremony on May 14, and will then receive their diplomas from high schools a couple weeks later. The program is called Diplomas and Degrees, and is very similar dual credit programs. However, it takes it one step farther and allows high school students to complete an associates degree.