In Alief ISD, Your Future is Your Choice
Are you ready to get a head start on college and career?
Alief ISD offers two premier choice high schools to put students on the fast track to success. Choose Alief Early College High School to earn a tuition-free associate degree alongside your high school diploma, or choose Kerr High School for a future-focused, nationally recognized learning environment that champions critical thinking and collaboration. Create and explore the unique path that’s right for you!
Alief Early College High School
Are you ready to step up and work hard? For students who want to pursue higher education but may be the first in their family to do so, Alief ISD Early College High School (AECHS) is a way to remove barriers and even fast-track your educational journey.
Prospective first-generation college students and other typically underrepresented populations in higher education have a place at Alief Early College High School. Students will have the opportunity to earn a Distinguished Achievement High School Diploma and college hours toward an associate degree from Houston Community College. By taking Dual Credit classes, students can earn both high school and college credit at the same time with no cost!
AECHS pursues excellence through the development of lifelong, innovative learners and global citizens who effect change.
#1
Standout High School in Texas
2024
AECHS National Blue Ribbon School 2024
The Alief Early College High School provides students with:
- Access to AVID classes for college preparatory skills
- Immersion into a “college culture”
- Skills needed to continue to be successful beyond high school
- A comfortable, smaller setting focused on academics
- A more structured, supportive, and personal environment
- The opportunity to graduate with a Distinguished Achievement Plan
- The chance to graduate from a four-year college or university as much as two years ahead of classmates
Profile of a Learner at AECHS
- Future-Focused Pioneer: Driven to pursue higher education and willing to step up and work hard. They are ready to fast-track their educational journey by removing common barriers.
- Dual-Credit Advantage Seeker: Eager to leverage the cost-free Dual Credit classes to simultaneously earn a Distinguished Achievement High School Diploma and college hours toward an associate degree from Houston Community College.
- Experience Seeker: This student is ready to be immersed in a "college culture" and build lifelong learning, innovative, and college-preparatory skills (like those offered through AVID).
- Motivated Change Agent: A motivated learner who wants to make a difference—with the potential to graduate from a four-year university up to two years ahead of their peers.
Take the first step toward your college journey!
Let us know you’re interested in Alief Early College, and we’ll connect with you soon.
The application window opens January 7 and closes February 28.
Kerr High School
The world needs leaders empowered with curiosity and motivation! Future-focused learning reaches new heights at Kerr High School, where students can take control of their learning and kick their educational journey into high gear.
Kerr High School gives students the freedom and responsibility to take control of their learning and develop the critical thinking, social, and academic skills necessary for success in their post-secondary education and wherever life takes them. Focused on the future, Kerr students have the opportunity to earn college credit through dual credit and AP programs, and students consistently earn top honors at the local, state and national levels each year.
Kerr’s building is divided into academic centers for each content area and focuses on collaboration. Units of study may include:
- Teacher seminars
- Group lab work
- Project-based learning
- Independent activities
#2
Standout High School in Texas
#7
in Houston Metro Area high schools
Profile of a Learner at Kerr High School
- Self-Directed Student: A motivated learner who takes control of their education, thrives in an environment of freedom and responsibility, and is driven by curiosity about their future.
- Future-Focused Learner: Interested in pursuing college credit through Dual Credit and AP courses, and early college planning.
- Collaborative Thinker: Excels at developing critical thinking, social, and academic skills through collaboration.
- Ready for What Is Next: Confident in their ability to transition smoothly to post-secondary education and beyond, equipped with the essential skills fostered by Kerr's unique learning model.
Want to learn more about Kerr High School?
Fill out our interest form and stay up to date on upcoming opportunities and application details.
The application window opens January 7 and closes February 28.
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