Vivo Colorado is working to create four recovery high schools along the Front Range.  These four schools—plus Denver’s recovery high school that is already operating—will bring recovery high school services to within reach of 90% of Colorado youth who struggle with substance use.  This is our current mission overall. 

School Vision: Vivo is a safe, youth-led learning environment for diverse students living a substance-free lifestyle.  Graduates contribute to society and live with purpose and meaning in all areas of their lives—ready for anything that life throws at them.  They are resilient.

School Mission: Vivo prepares students for college, career, and personal success in a dynamic world through meaningful, engaging learning experiences and a peer-led, inclusive community of youth supporting each other in a substance-free lifestyle. 

Vivo is designed to re-engage and support students in school, and to help them learn to live without the need for drugs and alcohol to cope.  The name “Vivo” means to live with vigor. We help students learn to thrive and feel positive about themselves and their future—without the use of substances to cope with life.