Our Philosophy

All students who graduate from Downtown College Prep will be:

• College Ready
  As first-generation college-bound students, DCP graduates are prepared for the academic and personal challenges of four-year colleges and universities.
   
• Literate
  
  • Read, collect, and analyze information independently
  • Think systematically about the information
  • Precisely and fluently articulate their thinking
  • Achieve proficiency in ELA courses

• Numerate
  • Fluent with numbers and mathematical processes
  • Able to use numbers to understand and access problems in all disciplines
  • Proficient on standards-based Math Content Algebra and Pre-Algebra courses

• Representatives of DCP’s values
  
  • Ganas (desire)
  • Comunidad (community)
  • Orgullo (pride)