Student gets associates degree at Lone Star College-Montgomery before graduating high school

Lone Star College Montgomery News

Published on: April 25, 2017


Kaitlyn McKinney has earned her associates of arts before her high school diploma. She attended iSchool High a public charter school that has a partnership with LSC-Montgomery where students can receive college credit for free with all tuition and fees waived.

When Kaitlyn McKinney walks across the stage at Lone Star College-Montgomery commencement on Friday, May 12 at The Woodlands Church - Fellowship Campus, she will be receiving her associates of arts before her high school diploma. McKinney is part of the first graduating class that has gone exclusively to iSchool High, a public charter school located on the LSC-Montgomery campus. Out of the 59 students graduating, three are graduating with their associates degrees before iSchool Highs graduation on Thursday, May 25.

McKinney will already have 61 transferable college credits from LSC-Montgomery under her belt when she enters Sam Houston State University this fall. She is majoring in Psychology and expects to spend two years completing her undergraduate degree then it is on to law school.

I started taking college classes the spring semester of my freshman year, McKinney said. I hope to have my bachelors by the time I am 19 years old, then have my law degree by 2022.

We want our students to feel like they are the masters of their own education, explains Guamma Goff iSchool High Montgomery Campus Director. We do not hold them back, we do not say, you have done enough, now you have to wait for your class to catch up. Instead we say you want to accelerate through material, as long as you can master the material, go ahead. It is amazing to see freshman come in, find their path and tell us I am going to college my second semester of high school.

iSchool High has a partnership with LSC-Montgomery that blends high school and college into one educational experience, giving students a ...

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