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 Mission: KIPP San Jose Collegiate will provide a rigorous, academic program to prepare students to enter and succeed in the nation’s finest four-year colleges and universities and the competitive world beyond. By building poised, confident, and articulate leaders, our graduates will use their education and life experiences to make positive change in their own lives, within the East San Jose community, and among our global society. History: In August 2008, KIPP San Jose Collegiate will open its doors to all students from East San Jose who are committed to working hard to prepare for college and success in life. Through dedication and hard work, graduates of KIPP San Jose Collegiate will be prepared with the character and academic skills to enter and succeed in the nation’s most competitive four-year colleges and universities. Values: Leadership | Responsibility | Resilience | Excellence Enrollment: 95, grade 9 Student Body: (to be determined) Principal: Melissa Gonzales was born and raised in East San Jose. As the first in her family to graduate from college, opening KIPP San Jose Collegiate is a way for Melissa to ensure that her students have access to the same opportunities she did in high school. In 2001, she graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor’s of Art in Latin American and Iberian Studies. Immediately following graduation, Melissa joined Teach for America where she taught 6th grade English Language Arts at Prescott Middle School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After teaching for three years at her placement school in Baton Rouge, she decided to return home to San Jose, California to teach at KIPP Heartwood Academy, a KIPP school serving families in her old neighborhood of East San Jose. At KIPP. Melissa was the founding English teacher and 6th grade level chair. In the school’s second year, she was asked to lead the high school for KIPP Heartwood. In 2005, Melissa was awarded the KIPP Fisher Fellowship and has spent the last two years preparing to open an excellent high school for her students in August 2008. |
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