Students from Jeff Peterson's English seminar, What the River Knew, and Jasmine Hsu's AP Chinese and Chinese II classes board three dragon boats during an interdisciplinary outing. In advance of the hour long paddle, students learned about the great Chinese poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC) whose death is commemorated in the traditional Dragon Boat Festival (or Duanwu Festival) in China.

Participants got a firsthand feel for dragon boat racing, doing lively warmup exercises, learning to pull together as a synchronized crew, and testing their newfound skills in short races at the Berkeley marina. Thank you to Paul Kamen of the Berkeley Racing Canoe Center who helped facilitate the adventure.

The College Prep Jazz Combo competed, for the first time, in the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival earning unanimous "1" scores from both of the judges. A great accomplishment as "1" is the highest possible score.

Next is the qualifying phase of Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Program where 1,300 of the top high school and college musicians from across the country participate. There are classes, workshops, and master classes led by top Jazz artists, performances by all of the participating groups, and lots of impromptu jam sessions with the students at this annual festival.

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

Performances:

Friday, March 23 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, March 25 at 2:00 pm

Reserve your tickets here!

There is no required cost to attend our productions. Donations will be accepted at the door. Box office will open 45 minutes before the start of the show and all patrons must check in to claim reserved seats. All unclaimed seats will be released to those waiting, 10 minutes before the show times.

Intraterm is an intensive learning experience in the spring semester where traditional classes are canceled and students enroll in a single, full day, week-long course of study.

A week designed for intellectual risk-taking, Intraterm serves as an ungraded opportunity to stretch academic boundaries and try new ideas. Intraterm courses offer students the opportunity for experiential learning, the mastery of practical skills, and the chance to learn something that might fall outside the scope of the traditional classroom. This year’s offerings include:

A River Runs Through It: Beginner's Fly Fishing 
App making for iPhones and iPads!
A World Without Hate
Arts and Crafts Extravaganza!
Art on the Run
Bay Area Backroads
Birds, Bees, and Beyond!
Camp Unplugged
Carbo Loading!  
Chains and Chainmail  
Circus, Scientifically
Coastal Photography
Cooking and Dining—a World Sampler
Destroy This Book!
FoRC: Food and Rock Climbing
Fire and Light
Fish & Ships
Outside In: Adventures in Emotional Spelunking
Sailing! with Coach Dan Brandt at Richmond Yacht Club
The Crucible Blacksmithing and Welding
Une semaine à la française! A French week!

TRIPS
A Hollywood Dance Immersion
Black History in Our Nation's Capitol
Mountain Biking
Habitat for Humanity Adventure in Northern California
Hut to Hut Hiking
"To See or Not to See" Shakespeare and More on the Road
Surfing in Santa Cruz
Oaxaca: Service Learning and Cultural Exploration
Utah Canyons

Language learning is not all about grammar and vocabulary drills, it’s also about culture and traditions. In French I, students celebrated La Chandeleur” by making crêpes. The day of La Chandeleur (or Candlemas) is celebrated 40 days after Christmas, on February 2^nd. The origins of the celebration go back to Roman times. The name, Chandeleur, comes from the Latin candelorum festum, which means festival of candles. It is the custom to prepare and eat crêpes on February 2nd and all through the Mardi Gras season. The form and color of the crêpe calls to mind the sun, which is returning after its winter sleep.

Here is a simple crêpe recipe if you want to try it at home: Enjoy!

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Connections, Pride, and Spirit (CPS) Day is an opportunity for our school community to learn about equity and inclusion through workshops, performances, and play—coordinated by the Office of Equity & Inclusion and the Student Life Team. The unique and varied offerings were unified around the theme: “We Shall Overcome: The Continuing Struggle for Justice!” We thank all of our tremendous speakers and the students and faculty who worked hard to make CPS Day a meaningful and fun expression of our values. Here are a few of offerings:

CHOREO Series 2018, is a student directed, choreographed, danced, teched, photographed, and videotaped dance concert, that showcases the choreographic and creative talents of our dance community at College Prep. This unique performance, now in it's 3rd year, culminates in a talk-back discussion between the choreographers and the audience.

This year, 14 choreographers share a diverse slate of dances, ranging from hip hop to Zumba, Chinese dance to modern. Our creative and thoughtful dance artists inspire with their hard work, joy, and love for everything dance.