Story by the Forney Messenger

DENTON (UNT), Texas—A student from Forney has been accepted to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, a highly touted and rigorous program for gifted high school students at the University of North Texas.
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Amy Pierce, who previously attended Forney High School, will begin at TAMS this fall. She is the daughter of Dennis and Nancy Pierce.
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TAMS is a two-year residential program at UNT that allows talented students to complete their freshman and sophomore years of college while also receiving their high school diplomas. Students enroll in the academy following their sophomore year in high school, live in a UNT residence hall and attend UNT classes with college students. After two years, they enroll at UNT or another university to complete their education.
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TAMS began in 1987 as a way to help Texas’ brightest teenagers get a head start on careers as physicians, engineers and science researchers.

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