When students seek admission to JVL Wildcat Academy, they are requesting a "second chance" to achieve academic success and earn a high school diploma. Founded in 1993 as the Wildcat Academy, an alternative public school (later converting to charter status in 2000), Wildcat's work with its unique student body is grounded in the three related themes of alternative education: (1) a strong academic focus, (2) clear expectations concerning behavior, and (3) alternative learning options. As a last opportunity school, students who have been failed by their previous school settings and whose past behaviors and life experiences have prevented them from success, are given the opportunity to overcome their issues and move forward with their lives in a community that supports high academic rigor.

Rush-Henrietta Senior High School, located in Henrietta, N.Y., is a public school in the Rush-Henrietta Central School District, rated the number one school district in Monroe County based on rankings by the USA Today Network's School Quality Index. Rush-Henrietta Senior High School serves children in grades ten through twelve.