 The high school was founded in 2004 through a partnership between AUSD and the College of Alameda and funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.As an Early College High School, ASTI provides students the opportunity to enroll as full-time community college students during their 11th and 12th grade years.The school is based on the belief that all students deserve and are entitled to a college education and that all students are capable of succeeding at a high academic level.