June 20, 2013
…true for many high school students, paying for it can become something of a nightmare. But for a few local students, the cost of college will be significantly easier to bear thanks to UC San Diego’s new Chancellor’s Associates Scholars Program. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications The undergraduate…
April 23, 2014
The Preuss School UCSD—a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college—has been ranked the best high school in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report, which recently released its annual list of “Best…
January 31, 2013
…San Diego Faculty, Alumna, Preuss School UCSD Villa Musica strives to provide quality, accessible music education for San Diego community members of all ages and backgrounds. “Singing 1” was the course Fiona Chatwin wrote for UC San Diego Extension while pursuing her doctoral degree in musical arts at the university.…
June 20, 2013
Marking a Milestone: The Preuss School’s Tenth Graduating Class Achieves Record College Acceptance Rate Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications When the Preuss School UCSD opened its doors on the UC San Diego campus in 1999, no one knew it would become a national phenomenon. From the donors whose…
April 25, 2019
The Promise of Preuss Annual benefit features talk by first alumna to return to teach at the school Indira Hood-Esparza spoke at the recent Preuss Promise benefit. She is the first Preuss alum to ever return to teach at the school. When Indira Hood-Esparza was admitted to The Preuss School…
August 27, 2014
The Preuss School UCSD––a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college––has been named the top “change-making” school in the The Daily Beast’s “America’s Top High Schools 2014” ranking released today. The school was recognized for…
May 13, 2015
The Preuss School UCSD—a charter middle and high school for low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college—has been ranked the best high school in San Diego County by U.S. News & World Report, which recently released its annual list of “Best High…
May 8, 2017
The Preuss School UCSD was named one of “America’s Most Challenging High Schools” in The Washington Post’s annual rankings of how successfully schools challenge their students. Preuss – a charter middle and high school for low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college…
May 3, 2018
…Zamost speaks to students Preuss School Students Organize “A Call for Change” “When change comes—and it will come—it will be because of young people like you.” These were words from Michael Zamost, a representative from Rep. Scott Peters’ office, to a group of nearly 200 students at The Preuss School—a…
December 7, 2017
…Diego undergraduate, works with Preuss School students to help them learn how to program an app for their smart phones. Teaching the Joy of Coding A group of high school students are huddled over one smart phone, poking at the screen and laughing. But in this class at the Preuss…
