10-Year-Old Bucks Co. High School Graduate Appears In TV Commercial

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA —Have you seen the commercial?

It's appearing in the Philadelphia region and starts off with a familiar face who has made a name for himself in the township, Bucks County, and nationally over the past year.

David Balogun —who graduated high school at age 9 —appears three times in the commercial for Reach Cyber Charter, a statewide, tuition-free online school based in Harrisburg where David took classes and earned his high school diploma.

"I'm a very curious person and I want to learn about a lot of stuff," says David, dressed in a suit and leading off the commercial which features other graduates. David poses with his sister and parents in the commercial as well.

David recently received his high school diploma during a ceremony at Penn State University and is spending his summer online juggling a few courses at Bucks County Community College and four courses at Southern New Hampshire University.

Watch David's commercial here.

"Reach is amazing. It's a very student-centered school," David's mother Ronya says in the commercial. "Reach was a good match for David because "they gave him a chance to be David."

David returns a second time to state that he was "able to accelerate because he knew the material" and that Reach was always there to answer his questions so he could "understand and move on."

"Reach your potential," David says near the commercial's conclusion.

Ronya told Patch this week that it was an honor for David to be involved with the commercial.

She also said the family was nominated for a Legacy Award from the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools. They were one of the semifinalists.

Regarding the commercial appearance, his mother said that David doesn't consider it a big deal.

"He doesn't think of himself as a star," she said. "He is doing his thing and that is all."

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