Cedar Hill ISD Longhorn Insider November 2017 | Page 11

W.S. Permenter Middle School Entrepreneurship & Design Academy Dionn Megginson’s story is unique. After testing out of kindergarten and fifth grade, she is in sixth grade at just 9 years old. The future mathematician and her parents reviewed all the CHISD middle school options and decided the Permenter academy was the best fit. “I like taking advanced classes and all of my teachers,” Dionn says. The small learning community is close to home and may help her achieve her greatest academic goal (so far) — graduating high school at 14 years old. How to Enroll About 100 students are enrolled in each academy. STEAM nights will be held in December at each campus and will offer a look at student work. The enrollment process for the next school year begins in January. Go to chisd.net/academies for details. Collegiate Pathway College tuition isn’t cheap; multiply it by three and the dollars really add up. Irisa Jackson has done the math. She has three boys and enrolled them all in Collegiate Prep Elementary. If they graduate from Cedar Hill Collegiate High School, they will earn a high school diploma and an associate degree at no cost to her. “This is a program (my children) are going to stick to,” Jackson says. She has recommended Collegiate to several families. “I love it. I have not been disappointed.” How to Enroll Collegiate Prep, Collegiate Prep Academy and Collegiate Prep High School prospective parents must attend an information meeting. Meetings will take place at the respective campuses. For a list of meeting dates in January, see the events calendar on page 20. 11