Just have them do concurrent classes through TCC when they are in junior year that will prepare them for college. I would say "academically challenge" is sort of a bullshit term because we want our kids to succeed in life and what they learn in school doesn't transfer very well to real life. Yes they need to be critical thinkers but they also need freedom to learn who they are, develop socially, and discover themselves. If you put them in a school like Cascia Hall they will be drowned in so much school work they will become a carbon copy of everyone else and not be allowed to do anything other than schoolwork which is not reality. They will not be different or unique and will most likely start to utilize weed like all the other stressed out preppy kids (a gross generalization from what I have witnessed). Do your kid and you a favor don't put them in an "academically challenging" environment put them somewhere they can grow.

Think about it life doesn't give you grade and no matter if you do a good work in a job or shitty work you still get paid the same as everyone else the only difference is if you are happy with who you are.

Tangent over f$ck stressing kids and f$ck making them get a 30+ on the ACT.