Our Impact: Mission Spotlight

Where Algebra Meets Enterprise — AMPED at Loveland High School

School/Org Loveland High School
Location Loveland, CO
Funding Impact Fund
Year 2019

Algebra is the most-failed high school course in America. AMPED teaches it inside a real student-run business — and the buy-in, work ethic, and test scores show it.

Algebra is the most-failed course in American high schools. AMPED set out to change that by teaching it inside a real, student-run business.

When students see math working in a live enterprise — pricing, margins, inventory, growth — the abstract becomes concrete, and engagement follows. OtterCares has been proud to partner with AMPED since the program’s earliest days.

It’s a model that turns a dreaded requirement into a reason to show up.

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