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At College Prep
At College PrepAt College Prep we value the unique time that is high school. As our students grow, they develop their abilities, test ideas, question assumptions, grapple with ethical issues, make long-lasting friends, and cultivate their character. Our blend of high academic standards, personal responsibility, and kindness creates a unique learning community. Guided by exceptional and caring teachers, mentors, and coaches, our students engage with each other and the increasingly interconnected world.
Why College Prep
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See Yourself
See YourselfCollege Prep is a home for ideas, discovery, and engagement—intellectual pursuits that our students treasure. Our academic offerings are buoyed by our warm culture and inspiring location adjacent to the city, and nestled in a verdant valley campus.
What's Happening
Around Campus
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Intraterm 2020!
Intraterm is a one-week, experiential intensive where students take a deep dive into something fun that interests them. This year, these mixed-grade groups participated in 26 different adventures around the Bay Area: dancing, drumming, hiking Mt. Tam, playing laser tag, making chain mail & pop-up books, visiting art museums and aquariums, and trying out glass blowing to name just a few.
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Shoreline Restoration with Oakland's Save the Bay
Students in both Honors Biology and AP Biology spent the day with Save the Bay in Oakland doing shoreline restoration. They worked in small groups and are conducting research on case studies focused on the San Francisco Bay ecology. Topics of inquiry inlude, Bay Health is Our Health is Bay Health: The Relationship between Human Use of the San Francisco Bay and Bay ecosystem and The Effects of Non-Native Species on the San Francisco Bay.
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Drama Tech Builds Set for Spring Production of Into the Woods
Over twenty drama tech students are building the set for this spring’s musical: Into the Woods. They are busy cutting, drilling, painting, and sewing away to make it a magical event! Mark your calendars for the upcoming production March 20, 21 at 7:00 pm, and March 22 at 2:00 pm in the Buttner Auditorium. You can reserve your seats here.
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‘Radium Girls’ at College Prep
The production of Radium Girls at College Prep was top notch! Set in the 1920s and based on the true, tragic story of the women who painted watch dials with luminous radium, and whose untimely death changed the course of labor rights in America.
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Global Faire 2019
The Global Faire, hosted annually by the World Languages Department, celebrates the languages and cultures of the world through dancing, food, music, and student-led information booths. The highlight this year is Eastern Europe. This celebration is an opportunity to embrace the variety of life experiences here at College Prep as well as recognize the rich expression of folklife in these regions. Click for more photos >>
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
On January 20, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, nearly 40 members of the College Prep community joined Save The Bay to clean the Damon Marsh Shoreline.
FAST FACTS
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14
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
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61%
STUDENTS OF COLOR -
62%
STUDENTS PLAY TEAM SPORTS -
85%
FACULTY & STAFF
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75%
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE
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24%
STUDENTS RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID
The College Preparatory School is a private coeducational high school, located in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, for students who want to pursue a serious, purposeful education with others who feel the same way.
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mens conscia recti
a mind aware of what is right
The College Preparatory School admits students of any race, national and ethnic origin, creed, physical ability, economic status, gender identity, or sexual orientation to enjoy all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally made available to students at the school. The school applies all legal non-discrimination standards to school-administered programs, administrative practices, and in support of all members of the community.