Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

 

Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science High School achieved a 2011 Academic Performance Index (API) score of 809, ranking it the 14th top-performing public high school in LAUSD. CST results: 51% Advanced Proficient in English, 31% Advanced/Proficient in Math. For more on the school's 10-11 Performance Indicators, click here.

 

Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science High School was recognized as a 2009 California Distinguished School, an award that recognizes the state's most exemplary, inspiring, and well-rounded community public schools, and a 2009 Support Personnel Accountability Report (SPARC) awardee.

 

Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science High School is located in East Los Angeles on the campus of California State University, Los Angeles. Woodrow Wilson, Garfield, and Roosevelt High Schools also serve this community.

 

98% Hispanic, 17% English Language Learner (ELL) students, and 92% free or reduced meal program participants. Average daily attendance is 96%.

 

Prior to taking over as Principal at Alliance Marc & Eva Stern Math and Science High School, Kirsten Woo served as the school's founding Assistant Principal and worked in the Alliance home office as the Director of Assessment and Data Analysis. In that role, she used her knowledge of school accountability, high stakes testing, student demographics, and instructional support to allow each school to further drive curricular and instructional decisions. Ms. Woo began her educational career as a secondary English teacher and served as a department chair, WASC focus group leader, and secretary of the school site council. She holds a bachelor's in English and Asian American Studies from University of California, Irvine, and a master's in Education from Claremont Graduate University.