Mission & vision

Mission, Values & Beliefs

Alliance Collins Family College-Ready High School’s educational model focuses on Five Core Values:
  • High expectations for all students
  • Small personalized schools and classrooms
  • Increased instructional time
  • Highly qualified principals and teachers
  • Parents as partners

Collins Family Mission

We will do whatever it takes to change the lives of our scholars, to lift their ability to self-advocate, become agents of change, and transform their life perspectives.

Collins Family Vision

The vision of Alliance Collins Family College-Ready High School is to successfully prepare scholars’ readiness for college & careers by implementing an effective model of instruction that provides learning opportunities for all scholars.

Using the latest research based instructional strategies, supports, and technology, we will develop our scholars’ skills and knowledge to meet the needs of the 21st century.

Furthermore, by defining the expectations of the new common core state standards through the collaborative efforts of the Collins Family, we will provide a well-rounded, rigorous education that will increase scholar performance on college-readiness indicators including SAT, ACT, AP, and EAP exams.

Collins Family Student Learning Outcomes

Become Critical Thinkers

  • Analyze the validity and causation of concepts.
  • Develop claims and gather evidence to support the analysis of an argument.
  • Identify meaning from multiple sources of information.
  • Identify patterns when analyzing data in graphs or text.
  • Be critical of the information obtained.

Become Excellent Communicators

  • Justify an argument using evidence to back your claims.
  • Be precise when using vocabulary during academic discourse.
  • Communicate & collaborate with others to overcome challenging experiences.
  • Enhance communication with technology and media.

Embody College Readiness

  • Connect your identity with your long-term goals.
  • Understand and explore college expectations.
  • Train yourself to be successful in college.
  • Give back to your community.
  • Demonstrate high scores in statewide measures (ex. SBAC) and college ready indicators (ex. AP, Lexile, EAP, SAT, & ACT)