Catalyst High School

Specialties

Catalyst High School provides an individualized learning experience that empowers students to achieve academic and personal goals.

A Catalyst student:

* Desires a more personal, focused and interactive approach to learning

* Strives for stronger and valuable relationships with teachers & peers

* Is recovering from a traumatic setback or dealing with emotional stress

* Requires flexibility to support a career or other activities

* Needs fewer restrictions than found in the traditional school system

History

Established in 2007.

The Catalyst learning model is based on the highly successful Chinook program that Ed Porritt, founder of Catalyst High School, developed in the public school system. Graduates of the Chinook program tell us that this high school model is excellent for college preparation. At Catalyst, the true variables are the student’s motivation, innate abilities, limitations and goals. Catalyst is capable of supporting virtually any realistic academic goal. Chinook graduates have gone on to schools such as Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado State University, University of Colorado, Colorado School of Mines, George Washington University, Vancouver Film School, and University of Milan, Italy. Some of these graduates received full-​ride scholarships, became teachers, or continued on to graduate school. Several Chinook students have completed college and returned to Catalyst as teachers, academic advisors, volunteers and mentors.

Meet the Business Owner

Ed P.

Business Owner

Ed has been an educator in Boulder County for over 20 years and has taught or administered drop-​out prevention programs in both middle school and high school levels. Most recently, Ed was the Dean of Students at Nederland Middle Senior High School, where he continued to coordinate the Chinook West high school program at Teens Inc., Youth and Family Center. Prior to working in Nederland, Ed was the administrator and first teacher of Chinook Alternatives, on which much of Catalyst High School is based. Ed has been the Program Chairman and a Board Member for Attention Homes Youth Shelter and has served on the Board of Directors of Compass House. Ed has an M.A. in Educational Leadership from the University of Colorado in Boulder and a State of Colorado Principal License.

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