Welcome to Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School! You are part of an
innovative and challenging charter school designed to provide students in some
of the most underserved communities in Los Angeles a choice for a better
education and future.
Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School is an independent start-up charter
school researched and developed by Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, a
nonprofit charter management organization dedicated to opening and operating a
network of excellent small high-performing 9-12 and 6-8 public schools in
historically underachieving, low income, overcrowded communities in Los
Angeles that will significantly outperform other public schools in preparing
students for college admission and success.
Vision & Mission
Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School, a public charter high school, is a
diverse, committed community that provides a rigorous, personalized,
standards-based curriculum in a supportive environment that prepares all
students for entrance into and success in a four-year college or
university.
The primary strength of Alliance Gertz-Ressler High School is the highly
accountable educational model guided by our five Alliance core values which
include:
1. High expectations for all students
2. Small personalized schools and classrooms
3. Increased instructional time
4. Highly qualified principals and teachers and
5. Parents as partners
The Alliance educational model is based on what research has shown to
be best educational practices and will serve as a research and
development model for other public schools. To achieve this
mission, parents must remain actively involved in their child’s education and
work partnership with the school. At Alliance Gertz-Ressler High
School, “Every student has the ability to succeed. Together, we
give them the opportunity.”
