The Education Collaborative of Western New York is a unique consortium of fifteen private high schools in Erie and Niagara Counties of Western New York.Our mission: Education Collaborative of Western New York , to better prepare our students for the future, provides its unique member schools with opportunities for collaboration, a forum for sharing ideas and a structure for advocating the values of private education. Member schools offer quality education to area students and provide excellent choices to families seeking an independent school experience.Consortium member schools participate in the John R. Oishei Foundation Scholarship Program, which provides nearly-full, four-year scholarship awards to incoming minority freshman at each of the sixteen Education Collaborative of Western New York schools.Education Collaborative of Western New York schools also share access to virtual library resources, including ESBCO's Science Reference Center and Gale's Student Resource Center. Other shared resources include Infobase's Bloom's Literature and a variety of Gale e-books.Education Collaborative of Western New York schools are dedicated to the growth of each student and believe that strong schools in Western New York communities strengthen the entire region.