This article demonstrates how a well-designed and collaboratively supported program engages school faculty in improving at-risk student retention and transition to college. Using the "power of the site" principle, the program designers envisioned a very different high school culture that focuses on a collaborative and supportive relationship between a college and a high school, reducing the attrition rate of at-risk students and introducing them to the values of higher education. It is useful to educational leaders who are looking to engage school faculty in innovative programs and investigate the impact school-college collaborative programs have on the faculty involved.