Keen Minds
Together
Space to Grow
Together
Space to Grow
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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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Real American: How to be Black in White Spaces with Julie Lythcott-Haims
As part of The Parents' Association LiveTalk program, College Prep hosted New York Times best selling author and former Dean at Stanford University, Julie Lythcott-Haims.
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Athletics: In person training cohorts
Small cohorts of student-athletes get together for once-a-week team training sessions.
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Freshman "Cougar Cohorts"
In person “Cougar Cohorts” for ninth graders, gives them the opportunity to come together for weekly meetings with small groups of classmates. We hope to find ways to offer similar experiences to our upper grades as we move forward.
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Virtual Museum of American History—Defining the Contours of Freedom at the Turn of the Century
How did the United States change from 1877-1924? Answering this broad question about turn-of-the-century America was the guiding task for juniors in their U.S. and The World history class. Students explored the themes of immigration, labor & capital, social reform, women's suffrage, African-American Civil Rights, and the city in American life. In doing so, this virtual museum makes the argument that the events of the turn-of-the-century transformed the United States into a modern nation and redefined what it meant to be an American.
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Advanced Vocal Ensemble presents its first virtual choir video of the season
The Advanced Vocal Ensemble is focusing on social justice music this semester. So that students could become adept at recording themselves to a click track using GarageBand, or some other digital audio workstation, we started with a round from the Justice Choir songbook, Love Is Love Is Love Is Love by Abbie Betinis.
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Students take Applied Learning out of the Classroom
At College Prep, there are many ways for students to take their learning out of the traditional classroom. Our applied learning courses combine on-campus course work with full-time, six-week internships. Nothing could stop these students, not even a pandemic! STEM and STOak students worked virtually over the summer and presented their research to the school community.
FAST FACTS
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14
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS PER CLASS -
61%
STUDENTS OF COLOR -
62%
STUDENTS PLAY TEAM SPORTS -
85%
FACULTY & STAFF
WITH ADVANCED DEGREES -
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.