Vertex Partnership Academies seeks to be the first-of-its-kind exceptional, tuition-free International Baccalaureate (IB) public high school that offers college completion pathways/or career development, and most importantly, empower its graduates to lead lives of deep meaning and purpose. The unique innovation of these partnership IB high schools - Vertex Partnership Academies - is that each Academy within the network will offer a guaranteed seat (through automatic lottery preference to returning students) to all 8th-grade graduates from partner high-performing K-8 charter networks. Each Academy will have a cluster of schools that educates primarily economically disadvantaged students -- with the initial partners being Brilla College Prep and Public Prep Charter School Academies. The goal is to develop internationally minded citizens who recognize their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet and help create a better and more peaceful world.