‘Dual Enrollment’: high schoolers earn Pellissippi State credits at reduced cost

By Kathy Byrd

Juniors and seniors in five Blount County high schools are earning college credits this fall—and getting a tuition break—thanks to Pellissippi State and a lottery-funded state grant.

Alcoa High School, Heritage High School and Maryville Christian School are the newest participants in Pellissippi State’s “Dual Enrollment” program. Maryville and William Blount high schools, as well as seven schools in Knox County, are also participating.

The program enables qualified students to earn college credit at the same time as they complete high school coursework.

The Tennessee Dual Enrollment Grant, offered for the first time in 2005, provides up to $300 toward tuition for one course per semester starting as early as a student’s junior year.

Alcoa, Heritage, Maryville and William Blount high school students take freshman composition, while some Maryville Christian School students are enrolled in Intermediate Spanish. Since a faculty member from Pellissippi State visits the high school to teach the college course, students do not have to travel to our campus.

For more information about Pellissippi State’s Dual Enrollment program, including how students can qualify to take part, call Leigh Anne Touzeau, director of Admissions and Records, 539-7013, or Kathy Byrd, Dual Enrollment coordinator, 981-5320.

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