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.
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.
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It's a pleasure to introduce you to College Prep, a community of learners who engage deeply with big ideas and the craft of scholarship. Tucked into a glen in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, our informal and welcoming campus provides an educational home for a lively and talented community of students and teachers.
Our History
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Mary Harley Jenks and Ruth Willis founded The College Preparatory School in 1960 with 50 students and families who gambled on a place that offered a different high school experience, one that insisted on the value of deep learning. The School thrived with the blend of high standards and care that became its signature.
History
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The College Prep history program engages students through an integrated approach that emphasizes interconnections between different regions of the world. A three-year required sequence of courses-Asian Worlds, The Atlantic World, and The U.S. and the World-is designed to deepen students' understanding of history, strengthen their sophistication of thinking, and build the skills of writing, group work, public speaking, and independent research.
Mission & Philosophy
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At College Prep we believe in the foundational importance of scholarship, the value of dialogue, and the need for academically curious young people to belong to a kind, creative, diverse, and joyful community. We challenge our students to engage deeply in learning, appreciate one another, and grow into adults who are intellectually adventurous, ethically sure-footed, and generous of heart and spirit.
Board of Trustees
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As part of College Prep's Whistleblower and No Retaliation Policy, the anonymous reporting methods listed below are available for any member of our community who wishes to disclose genuine concerns of any suspected violation of laws, rules, or regulations that govern the School without feeling fear of retribution.
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