School & Family Magazine Newstand Cedar Hill ISD February 2018 | Page 9

Pre-K classes fill up quickly. Parents are encouraged to register their students online before attending
Roundup.
Students qualify for free full-day Pre-K based on one or more of five criteria:
• unable to speak and understand English (language test required)
• economically disadvantaged (eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program)
• homeless
• child of a member of the United States armed forces (active, deceased or injured)
• has been in foster care in Texas
Families who live outside Cedar Hill may enroll for Pre-K after Aug. 1. Learn more about required
documentation and the benefits of full-day Pre-K at chisd.net/pre-k.
Kindergarten Facts
Kindergarten students must be 5 years old by Sept. 1, 2018. Each elementary school campus has its
own signature program. All students experience the love of learning and the required curriculum, but
through different methods. The six elementary schools and their signature programs:
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Bray – Fine Arts
Collegiate Prep – College Pathway
High Pointe – STEAM* Leadership Academy
Highlands – Spanish Language Enrichment
Lake Ridge/Plummer – MicroSociety
(students create their own businesses,
government and economy)
• Waterford Oaks – Computer Science
School of Choice
More information about signature programs
can be found on campus web pages. Go to
chisd.net and click Select a School.
Students must register at the campus where
they are zoned but may apply at chisd.net for
in-district transfer beginning June 1.
CHISD is an open enrollment district; students
who live outside Cedar Hill may apply to enroll.
Applications for out-of-district transfers will be
accepted beginning Aug. 1.
*Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math
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