Tristen “TK” Keys is becoming a crown jewel target for many top programs. Keys is a 6-foot-3 185-pound frame from Hattiesburg High School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Imagine juggling school, sports, homework — and a budding business. That is life for some high school students in the northwest Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect.

Obama spoke at the Pathways in Technology Early College High School, known as P-Tech, which he praised for graduating students with a high school diploma and an associates degree.