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Clear Horizons Early College High School is a public secondary school located in
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. In this program, {{citation needed span, an associate degree is completed simultaneously within the student's four years of high school. The program requires all its students to be on either the Distinguished Achievement Plan or the Distinguished Level of Achievement Plan. Students must take the highest level classes offered for each subject (e.g. AP, PreAP, or Dual Credit classes). Dual credit classes are semi-free for the students and therefore the school is known{{By whom, date=January 2017 for helping economically disadvantaged students. Acceptance into the school is based on random name drawing of applicants via lottery system based on grades.


History

Clear Horizons Early College High School was founded in 2007. The school is located on the South Campus of the San Jacinto Community College District.{{cite web, title=Homepage, url=http://chechs.ccisd.net/, website=Clear Horizons Early College High School, accessdate=21 January 2017, language=English, quote=Clear Horizons Early College High School was established in 2007 on the campus of San Jacinto College South on Beamer Road and has continually earned TEA’s highest rating. It is the successor of Clear Creek Independent School District's ''Project ExCEL''.{{Citation needed, date=January 2017 Clear Horizons' first graduating class in 2009 consisted of 12 students. Four of these graduates received their
associate degree An associate degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of qualification above a high school diploma, GED, or matriculation, and below a bachelor's degree. The fi ...
.{{cite web, url=http://www.sanjac.edu/newsroom/archive/2009/m-j/050709a.shtml , title=Four early college high school students to receive San Jacinto College associate degrees , accessdate=2009-08-13 , author=
San Jacinto College San Jacinto College is a public community college in the Greater Houston with its campuses in Pasadena and Houston, Texas. Established in 1961, San Jacinto College originally consisted of the independent school districts (ISD) of Channelview, ...
, date=2009-05-07 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720041907/http://www.sanjac.edu/newsroom/archive/2009/m-j/050709a.shtml , archivedate=July 20, 2011


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External links

* {{Official website, https://chechs.ccisd.net {{Clear Creek ISD {{Harris County, Texas Schools {{authority control High schools in Harris County, Texas Public high schools in Houston Clear Creek Independent School District high schools Educational institutions established in 2007 2007 establishments in Texas