Free College: Partnerships

Pikes Peak Prep is deeply proud – and just as grateful – to have established educational partnerships with Pikes Peak Community College and with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

PPCC was quick to agree with the theory behind our Middle College program. “Middle College” is a collaboration between a high school and a college or university to allow high school students who qualify to enroll in and take college courses for credit. Students take a combination of core high school courses and college courses to receive their diploma and graduate. The core classes are provided by teachers employed by the high school while the college courses are taken alongside real college students at the college.

One of the many goals of a Middle College program is simply to expose high school students who might not otherwise enroll in higher education to the college environment, demystify the college experience, and get those students working toward degrees. This helps the students, many of whom will be the first generation in their families to attend college, to build a solid belief in themselves, to stay in school and succeed, and to integrate directly into college from high school.