BRIDGE High School Alumni include business owners, business managers, medical technicians, nurse aides, college students and college graduates.

BRIDGE High School focuses on each student's future. All students prepare for the next step through an educational development plan. An interest inventory is given to each student from which they develop a post-high school goal and demonstrate they are working towards this goal. Also, each student develops a portfolio which may be taken with them on job interviews, etc.

When entering BRIDGE, each student takes the BASI (Basic Achievement Skills Inventory) test on Nova Net. Math, reading, and language skills are measured for each student. Scores indicate student's strengths and weaknesses in each of these areas. If remediation is needed in a certain area, a student will be placed on Nova Net basic skills before being placed into a general education classroom.

Project SUCCESS is offered to each student attending BRIDGE. The goals of this program are to prevent and reduce alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use to improve school performance. To accomplish these goals, students will have the opportunity to participate in additional school wide awareness programs, classroom discussions, extra curricular activities, small groups and individual meetings to correct erroneous perceptions about substance use, and learn skills to identify and resist social and situational pressures to use substances.

Student Comments: What makes BRIDGE High School different from other area schools?

"Switching to BRIDGE was one of the best decisions I've ever made. The relaxed atmosphere made it a joy to come to school. Now I am a second year Business Major at Michigan Tech. I would have never dreamed of going to college before attending BRIDGE."

"I'm a BRIDGE High School Student and proud to be one. I'm grateful for BRIDGE because this is my last resort. I have been to a least ten different schools in my life because of relocation, so I have never learned anything. At BRIDGE, I have learned so much that I never even thought was possible. I have never been to a better school."

"When I was in a local school, I never wanted to go to college, but after going to BRIDGE, I am now planning to go to college. "

"Since I started BRIDGE, I've learned so much. The staff is great. They explain everything until you understand. They don't just throw homework in your face and expect you to know how to do it. BRIDGE also gets you prepared for college. They encourage you to go as far as you can. Before, I was worried about making it through nurse's aide class. Now I am positive I will become a registered nurse."