Introduction
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:
- High expectations for all students
- Small personalized schools and classrooms
- Increased instructional time
- Highly qualified principals and teachers and
- 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.”
“Gertz for Success”
