April 10, 2013
Alicia Thomas knows the transformative power of The Preuss School UCSD firsthand. A 2009 graduate of Preuss—a charter middle and high school for motivated, low-income students whose parents have not graduated from college—Thomas was born to Mexican and Panamanian immigrants who had little more than a high school education.
November 22, 2022
Jasmine Matthews, a 17-year-old senior at The Preuss School UC San Diego, has been named one of the top 25 most remarkable teens in San Diego County by the San Diego County Public Defender Office.
June 23, 2015
When The Preuss School UCSD Class of 2015 graduates this week, senior Diego Espinoza will have a lot to celebrate. Not only is Espinoza the class valedictorian, he is also going to Tufts University on a full-ride scholarship. His classmate and salutatorian Belen Hernandez will be celebrating as well—she is…
June 22, 2012
…hours of research, longer-than-average school days and lengthy commutes, graduating senior Sharon Vongvanith will celebrate the culmination of seven years of hard work during The Preuss School UCSD commencement ceremony on June 29. And she won’t be alone—89 other bright and ambitious seniors will celebrate with her as well.
March 14, 2013
Preuss Students Get Behind-the-Scenes Look at UC San Diego Arts Programs Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications In the Mandell Weiss Theatre lobby, an actor moaned with his mouth wide open, warming up his voice an hour before the curtain would rise on Pirandello’s “Tonight We Improvise.” His loud…
August 22, 2013
The Preuss School UCSD was named one of the top five charter high schools in California in a report developed to strengthen accountability among the state’s charter schools. The seventh-annual USC School Performance Dashboard includes for the first time Top 10 lists for charter schools at both the elementary/middle school…
April 20, 2023
The campus and local community is invited to support the success of scholars at The Preuss School UC San Diego, a charter middle and high school on the university campus, at the annual Preuss Promise benefit celebration, this year happening on April 28 at the San Diego Marriott Del Mar.
June 7, 2017
…a teacher at The Preuss School UCSD, will spend her summer vacation a little differently this year. Approximately one week after she finishes the school year on June 23, Artz will head to Vietnam for a six-week teaching stint as part of the Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Short-Term grant.
February 28, 2018
…Hahn Visionary Award is Scott Barton, principal of The Preuss School UCSD, a charter middle and high school on the University of California San Diego campus for low income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college.
November 13, 2013
Two educators from The Preuss School UCSD will travel to one of the U.S. Army’s premier leadership training institutions this week to take part in the inaugural National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and U.S. Army Leadership and Professional Development Symposium. Principal Scott Barton and athletic director Lisa Hawk…
