Joshua Salter, 16, a junior at Middle College High School, is a participant in a dual enrollment program with MCHS and Christian Brothers University, where he takes college classes in Memphis, TN. His goal is to graduate high school with 70 college hours. "That to me is the most important thing I do out of everything else," states Salter. "The program I'm in right now is the program I need to be in to ensure my success in the future." (Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal)

Alyssa de Jong, 11, has to protect herself from the sun by wearing long sleeves, sun screen, hats, and holding umbrellas after battling melanoma. The 6th grade student, from St. Ann Catholic School in Bartlett, Tenn., discovered she had the skin cancer after noticing a spot on her arm in 2012. Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are battling a steady increase in cases of childhood melanoma.