At 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.
College 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.
Over 300 fans witnessed our Boys Varsity Volleyball team emerge victorious after a nail biting duel in our Baldwin Gymnasium. We are very proud of our team's tenacity and grit!
Our English seminar for juniors and seniors, “Flying Home”, visits the California Raptor Center. In class, they've read The Peregrin, H is for Hawk, Bright Wings, and The Home Place. At the California Raptor Center, students visited the museum, heard from experts, and met many birds including owls, vultures, and hawks. As a special treat they got to meet the resident juvenile bald eagle!
Connections Pride and Spirit Day is an annual event where students immerse themselves into a theme. This year, our focus was Environmental and Climate Justice. Hosted by our Dean of Equity and Belonging, Alexandria Osei-Amoako, and a coalition of student leaders, the day's activities are led by community organizers, students, and teachers.
Dean of Berkeley Law School, and preeminent Constitutional Law scholar, Erwin Chemerinsky was the guest speaker in Constitutional Law. Thanks to a special introduction from a student, Dean Chemerinsky spoke with the class about the Fourth Amendment jurisprudence and how it has granted police extraordinarily broad powers that have had a disparate impact on communities of color.
I write to you—students, parents/guardians, faculty, staff, and trustees—to affirm that College Prep stands in solidarity with the AAPI community as we witness yet another heartbreaking episode of violence against Asian Americans.
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.
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.