Madison Highland Prep will create opportunities for students and families to develop critical thinking skills that will ensure that they become successful members of an increasingly innovation-driven society and global marketplace. Madison Highland Prep’s philosophical approach to improving student achievement is founded on the belief that: 1) Students must develop critical thinking skills and become college ready in order to succeed in the global marketplace. 2) Exposing our students to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and Advanced Placement (AP) programming will increase their college and career readiness. 3) Personalizing education for each student and providing high quality formative instruction and assessment will lead to higher growth and greater academic success for our students. Traditionally, students who enter high school are presumed to be ready for high school math and English, however, this is frequently not the case and many encounter academic difficulty resulting in failure and even drop-out. Madison Highland Prep believes that greater attention must be paid to supporting the transition from middle to high school in order to close the gap and bring about academic equity. MHP’s Future Freshman Academy is designed to meet this need. The Academy will specifically target freshmen who enroll at the school with significant gaps in both math and reading comprehension. Madison Highland Prep’s Future Freshmen Academy will begin in the summer just prior to the school’s opening. Contact the school office for more information.