AMES (school) 2.61

The Academy for Math, Engineering, & Science is a public charter high school, founded in 2003, focusing on STEM and advanced curriculum, and is recognized as one of Utah’s best high schools.AMES serves grades 9-12 in Murray, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. AMES has a partnership with Granite School District, Salt Lake City District, and the University of Utah. As part of AMES partnership with the University of Utah, the school offers traditionally underserved high school student body a rigorous pre-college and concurrent curriculum, in a small high school.As a partner to the University of Utah, AMES provides a traditionally underserved high school student body with a rigorous pre-college and concurrent curriculum in a small high school setting. AMES is a fully NAAS Accredited School as of 2004.FoundingAMES was founded in 2003 as part of a state initiative known as the New Century High Schools from former Governor of Utah Leavitt “ to give Utah high school students greater access and opportunities for advancement in specialized fields of study for a better Utah”. It is intended to be an alternative to the traditional type of high school, and as such AMES limits its enrollment to keep a "small school" environment and focuses on providing education all around the valley, and serving a diverse population. Due to AMES’s focus on diversity, AMES reaches out to several cities around the Utah valley, providing education to all students and minorities. The school depends and offers buses to fulfill transportational needs. Total enrollment is capped at about 500 students.The school opened with start-up funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of their Early College High School Initiative. It receives ongoing financial support from the state of Utah as well as various corporate donors and charitable foundations.