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Nine students from migrant worker families in Chatham County have earned their General Educational Development diplomas at Central Carolina Community College. All participated in the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) offered at the college's Siler City Center in partnership with Wake Technical Community College. The students' achievement was celebrated at the college's Jan. 30 Adult High School/GED Graduation at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, in Sanford. Pictured with the HEP graduates are (back row, from left) Maria Lafuente Fister, Wake Tech's HEP coordinator; Hugo Arias, Wake Tech HEP instructor at Siler City; and Sara Lambert, CCCC College and Career Readiness coordinator at the Siler City Center. HEP participants receive classes, textbooks and the GED tests at no cost. For more information about the High School Equivalency Program, call 919-461-8408.