After a school year unlike any in recent memory, New Hampshire's high school class of 2021 is getting a gift for all they went through.

Two charitable organizations have teamed up to offer the students a free class at New Hampshire community colleges. About 1,000 students are taking advantage of the gift, and about 200 of them attend Manchester Community College.

Seventeen-year-old Rochelle Eastman fast-tracked her education and found a way to maximize earning academic credits. While enrolled at Littleton High School, Rochelle leveraged dual enrollment programs with White Mountains Community College beginning when she was only 15, to earn enough credits for an associate degree and open educational pathways for her future. Her perseverance and dedication to learning paid off in a big way.

Nashua Community College announced that students across multiple programs will have access to an electric car for research and study.

The college received a Switch Glider electric car kit through a grant from Perkins Integration, which also provided funding for engineering lab kits. The Switch Glider is designed by The Switch Lab in California, and "comes in the form of a reusable kit designed to be built, tested, driven and then disassembled for the next class."