CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Isabel Alonso, the longtime director at Champagnat Catholic School in Hialeah, has seen some special kids work their way through the small, private institution her parents founded back in 1968.



Alex Penelas, the mayor of Miami-Dade County from 1996-2004, is the most famous Champagnat alumnus among them.



It might not be too long, though, before Penelas gets bumped by Gregory Rousseau.



“Greg’s the first kid at our school who has ever graduated early,” Alonso said.



“I gave him the biggest challenge I thought I could ever give a kid. There’s not supposed to be enough time in the day to practice and train and do a full year’s worth of school in one semester. But Greg didn’t sleep.



“He spent every free moment he had making sure he got everything done. He went to class from 7 to 2, practiced from 3 to 7, then went home and did everything he had to do with his online classes...