04.03.2012 (415 Days Ago)
| Title | 85 Urban Prep Graduates All College-Bound! |
Urban Prep Graduates All College-Bound For Third Consecutive Year
Posted 3/30/2012
For the third year running, an all-male charter school with students from Chicago's roughest neighborhoods is sending its entire senior class to college.
Urban Prep Academy reports that all 85 seniors graduating from the all-male preparatory school have been accepted to four-year colleges or universities, the third consecutive year an entire senior class has gotten acceptance letters along with their diplomas.
This year's class also has some standout stars, like Vernon Cheeks, 17, who was accepted to 14 schools, according to CBS Chicago.
"It taught me how to be resilient. It also taught me how to be accountable for my own actions," he told the station of his experience in the standout high school program.
Urban Prep's success is unusual in its West Side neighborhood, which sees disproportionately high rates of violent crime so severe that parents requested heightened protection for academy students earlier this year, amid concerns that gang territories were advancing on the school.
