| Transmountain Early College High School | |
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9570 Gateway North Boulevard , 79924 | |
| Coordinates | 31°53′04″N106°26′18″W / 31.884327°N 106.438240°W /31.884327; -106.438240 |
| Information | |
| Type | Early College High School (Charter) |
| Motto | "We strive for truth, knowledge, and success on the pathway to higher education." |
| Established | 2008 |
| School district | EPISD |
| Principal | N/A (temporary) |
| Faculty | 24.56 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 454 (2017–18)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.49[1] |
| Classrooms | Portable Classrooms |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Black,Turquoise,Silver |
| Sports | Intramural only |
| Nickname | TMECHS |
| Team name | Mavericks |
| Yearbook | Maverick Trail |
| Website | www |
Transmountain Early College High School, commonly referred to as TMECHS, is theEarly College High School for theEl Paso Independent School District.[2] TMECHS participates in theSTEM School program, and through collaboration withEPCC, allows students to take courses at its Transmountain Campus and receive anAssociate degree before their high school graduation. It has also collaborated with theUniversity of Texas at El Paso to allow its advanced students to attend UTEP courses in their senior year upon the early completion of their associate degree. All TMECHS students graduate under the TexasDistinguished Achievement Plan, which requires that they conduct original research under the guidance of professionals in their field.[3] Its students are representative of all geographic areas of the city. A lottery and interview process are used to select the 125 student freshman class each year since 2008.[4]
The TMECHS administration have designed and successfully implemented a program to allow advanced TMECHS students to complete their associate degrees by the end of their Junior year, and to attend UTEP courses their senior year. The first 27 of these early graduates have successfully completed their EPCC degrees and moved on to 4 year universities.[5] An arrangement was established by the school district to provide bus transportation for TMECHS students to and from UTEP by sharing the bus route already in place for theInternational Baccalaureate program students ofCoronado High School.
OnSTS-134, theSpace Shuttle Endeavour launched with the science experiment "Effect of Microgravity on Biofilm Formation by E. coli on Polystyrene Particles" designed by TMECHS Juniors Jarisma Rodriguez and Michelle Holguin, as part of the NCESSEStudent Spaceflight Experiments Program.[6][7][8] STS-134 was the final mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the penultimate mission ofNASA'sSpace Shuttle program.
To qualify for admission, students must:
TMECHS does not offer school-sponsored competitive sports. However, it does offerintramural sports including American football, volleyball, soccer, and basketball.[9]
TMECHS offers band, orchestra, piano, and guitar as electives, and does participate in district-sponsored musical competitions such as Solo & Ensemble or All-Region competitions on an individual basis.
This is a comprehensive list of the associate degree plans available for TMECHS students.[11]
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