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HITT sites in Alachua County

HOGGETOWNE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Established in 2003, Hoggetowne Middle School is a charter school located in Gainesville, Florida, educating over one-hundred 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.

W.T. LOFTEN HIGH SCHOOL

A multi-purpose campus serving at-risk and vocational students from Alachua County secondary schools in a non-traditional education structure. Several different student populations are served through the Center's special programs including ACCEPT (Alachua County Continuing Education for Pregnancy Teens), OMEGA (dropout retrieval), and VIP (Vocationally Integrated Program). In support of the district's mission, Loften High School has developed a school mission statement. This mission statement was developed in the early 1990's and has been revisited each year. Our mission has not changed, nor has our faculty and staff's commitment. We work as a team to develop responsible learners, in a supportive environment utilizing a partnership of home, school and community. Our school is a 174 acre multi-purpose campus, serving several different program areas including high school and post secondary vocational programs. Dropout Prevention, Adult Education (ABE, Pre-GED, GED), ESOL and Adult Handicapped. We have three high school evening satellite programs, as well as other satellite classes scattered throughout our county. Our total population tops out at 1,800 with ages between 2 weeks in our child-care center, to over 80 in some of our computer classes! The diversity is wonderful! We are unique and very proud of this characteristic.

REICHERT HOUSE

Mission Statement: The Reichert House is a Para-Military program that provides services designed to give youth opportunities to learn about themselves and to help them develop, achieve and maintain a lifestyle that is free from substance abuse, violence and, most importantly, crime. The cornerstone of the Reichert House program centers around three elements:
  • Respect
  • Restraint
  • Responsibility
    • The Reichert House is open to male youth between the ages 11 and 18 years of age. The program was founded in 1987 to promote the mental, moral and physical development of our youth. The Reichert House program furnishes:
  • Homework assistance
  • Recreation
  • Military drill & Ceremony
  • Community service
  • Confidence building
  • Increased self-esteem
  • Self-discipline
  • Character building
  • Job skills
    • Youth are referred to the program through school staff, parents, self-referral and neighborhood crime watches. Reichert House is sponsored by the Gainesville Police Department, State Attorney's Office, Black on Black Crime Task Force and Gainesville Housing Authority.

    UNION COUNTY

    NEW PATHWAYS

    An alternative Alachua County middle and high school serving chronically disruptive students that have committed expulsion type offences. Mission Statement: We, in partnership with family and community, are committed to providing our students a positive, stimulating, and safe learning environment that promotes the development of individual responsibility, acceptable social skills, and academic growth. The High School Program Philosophy: The High School program is totally committed to the school's mission. Our philosophy is to provide each student with an individualized, highly structured, behavior management system which nurtures and emphasizes the development of academic competency, social responsibility, and career wareness. Our program utilizes a variety of flexible academic scheduling techniques which coincide with district requirements for pupil progression. The program provides competency based academic courses which satisfy all of Florida Sunshine State Standards for High School completion. Using course modifications coupled with interdisciplinary and interactive learning experiences, these courses accommodate individual learning styles and offer options for accelerated learning with independent study. Many out-of-class learning experiences are also available which allow students to interact socially and vocationally through service learning, volunteer community service and on the job training.

    PLEASANT PLACE

    Pleasant Place, Inc. is a not-for-profit grassroots organization serving the Gainesville, FL area. The mission of Pleasant Place is to provide a safe and healthy long-term residence to facilitate self-sufficiency and healthy family development for pregnant and parenting teenage girls while they continue their education. The shelter provides a furnished private room for up to eight residents and one child per resident. Referrals are received from area social service organizations and agencies. Each teen mother may reside at Pleasant Place as long as she remains enrolled in coursework toward a high school diploma or GED test. Following each mother's 18th birthday, Pleasant Place assists her in transitioning into independent living within the community, including two years of supportive follow-up.