When you are a big time celebrity like boy-bander Joe Jonas even graduating high school makes national headlines. The Jonas Brothers star finally finished all his credits through correspondence courses, while the bad was out on tour this past year.

“A big congratulations to Joe,” brother Kevin Jonas, 20, said before a Los Angeles taping of MTV’s new music show FNMTV on Friday. “He just graduated from high school. It happened yesterday so it’s a big deal.”

Joe, 18, who took correspondence courses while touring, said he was relieved to have sent in his last high school assignment on Thursday. “I haven’t heard from the school yet. But I’m officially done with the work,” said Joe, who “played a concert” to celebrate.

Congrats to Joe! Hopefully his graduation will influence many of the thousands of adoring fans of the Jonas Brothers to do the same. Except his fans, unlike Joe, are going to need more than a high school education to get a job and make it in today’s society.