Early College Secondary School Update:
Nearby Location Secured

UC Berkeley and Aspire Public Schools, a not-for profit public charter network operator, won approval from the Oakland Unified School District in February to open a jointly designed secondary school to help more students prepare for and succeed in college. The former Golden Gate Elementary School on San Pablo Avenue in Oakland will be the site for the new school, a partnership between the University and Aspire. On track to open this fall, the school will initially serve approximately 120 to 160 students in the 6th and 7th grades and will add a grade annually through the 12th grade.

Michael Prada has recently accepted the position of principal. An experienced and bilingual administrator, Prada will be coming to the Early College Secondary School from the School of the Epiphany in San Francisco.

The aim of the secondary school is to improve students’ skills and abilities to prepare for the rigors of college, have students take college courses while in high school, develop a smooth transition for students going from high school to college, and improve educational equity.

For more information on enrollment, call (510) 251-1660 or e-mail Aspire at info@aspirepublicschools.org. Aspire will also begin a charter public school for grades K–5 at the same location. For the latest news about the new school visit http://gse.berkeley.edu/outreach/earlycollege/calprepopens.html.

 

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