The Preuss School, located on the University of California San Diego (UCSD) campus in La Jolla, California, is a charter middle and high school dedicated to providing a rigorous college prep education for motivated low-income students who will become the first in their families to graduate from college. As part of UCSD, a major research institution, The Preuss School also serves as a model school to study and develop best practices in the preparation of low-income, urban students for college admission to be disseminated to improve public education. Read more >
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- Graduation
at Preuss is Friday, June 26, 2009
- 8th grade graduation will start at 9am and end at 11:30 am. 12th grade
senior graduation will begin at 4pm with seating available at 3:30pm.
- Hanna
Fekede, Preuss 8th grader shines at IOC Presentation
- Hanna went to Switzerland as a squash player to present a case to have
Squash as an Olympic sport in 2016. Hanna was
extremely impressive during her presentation, so much so that she
brought tears to the eyes of the IOC and also received the loudest
ovation of the presenters.[Read
more...]
- UCSD
News: Kelly Kovacic, social studies teacher, selected for Teacher of the Year
honors.
- Each year The Preuss School UCSD nominates a teacher for the district awards.
Ms. Kovacic was recognized as runner-up in the district and now goes on to
compete at the California State level.

- The Preuss School
UCSD ranks 10th in the Nation
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Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the
number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken
by all students at a school in 2008 divided by the number of graduating seniors.
All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in
the top 6 percent of public schools measured this way. [Read
more...]

- Important information regarding
the H1N1 (Swine) Flu
- Click for some important information regarding
ways to protect yourself and your family from possible infection. Also included
is information from San Diego City Schools and UCSD. Any student or staff
member who is ill with a 100-degree or higher fever, cough and sore throat
should stay home and report this to the school office. Students and staff
can return to school as long as they are not exhibiting flu-like symptoms.

- The annual Shakespeare Festival makes a dramatic return!
- Another successful tribute to Shakespeare concludes. Click
here to see a photo gallery from the event.
- UCSD News: Preuss School Principal and Student are Named To
Bezos Scholars Program at the Aspen Institute
- Scott Barton, principal of the Preuss School at UC San Diego, and Paul Tran,
a Preuss School junior, have been selected as 2009 Bezos Scholars, a program
which brings together 12 of the nation's top public high school juniors and
12 of the most engaged educators for a weeklong seminar. [read
more]

- BusinessWeek and GreatSchools names The Preuss School as "Best
Low-income School" in the State of California. For more information, click
here.

- SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Jack O'Connell today announced that 200 California schools have been selected
for the 2008-09 Title I Academic Achievement Award. They represent 88 school
districts in 27 counties. The Preuss School UCSD is among those listed
here. The full news release may be found on the California
Department of Education website.

- The Preuss School moves up from No.10 to No.8 by U.S. News
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The Preuss School UCSD has been ranked the 8th best public high school by
US News and World Report in 2008 among 21,000 public schools across 48 states.
The
top 100 list may be viewed here. For more information on how schools were
ranked, visit the magazine's explanation
of methodology.