Office of Counseling 2020-21 SCHOOL PROFILE 2611 E. Matoian Way The School M/S UH134 University High School is a charter high school designed to provide a classical education in a small school environment Fresno , CA 93740 (480 students), and because we are located on the campus of State University, Fresno, our students also have T 559.278.8263 access to the resources of a major university. Music is a required cornerstone of our program and the student’s core F 559.278.0447 requirements include a number of courses taught by the university. We are a high school of choice; students must apply uhsfresno.com and be able to provide evidence of two years of musical experience. Due to the size of our application pool, student CEEB# 050936 admittance is determined by lottery. In recent years, approximately 55% of students who applied were admitted. These students come to UHS from over 30 different zip codes and represent three different counties; many of our students -com mute 45 minutes to an hour each way and there is no school-supported transportation system. ADMINISTRATION Jeffie Hickman Student Commitment Principal/Superintendent University High School students significantly out-perform all other area high schools on state-mandated, standardized [email protected] tests, university going rates and university graduation rates (NCAA data) and the curricular program we require of all students has no comparison for its rigor. In 2020 we were named a California Gold Medal school, the 4th best California Aaron Morgan high school, the 11th best charter high school in the Nation and the 55th best public high school in the Nation (US News). Vice Principal Niche.com also gave our school an A+ grade and 3rd Best Teaching Staff of 1,761 California schools. Our expectations [email protected] for student performance are high at UHS, and while our students perform well, grade inflation is not part of our culture. We draw students who are ambitious and seeking to challenge themselves, and who hope to receive the most rigorous COUNSELORS preparation for the college environment. Rocio Fernandez A-K COVID-19 559.278.1115 As of mid-March 2020 our school currently remains closed to in-person teaching. Amid school shutdown our teachers [email protected] quickly continued teaching their curriculum remotely through Zoom, Google Classroom and other web-based programs. The curriculum and grade expectations were not lowered or changed. Students also continued with their dual enrollment Geni Bird L-Z college courses online. For Fall 2020 our school remains closed but both high school and college courses continue to be 559.278.0449 taught synchronously Monday through Friday. [email protected] Advanced Placement & College Courses Advanced Placement courses are ONLY offered in 11th and 12th grade, unless students arrive at our school having com- REGISTRAR pleted advanced math in middle school. Students are required to take 3 AP Courses (AP Language, AP Literature and Linda Rea AP Gov or AP Econ) and 7 Fresno State courses. Students will earn a minimum of 23 college units through Fresno State 559.278.1114 and have the option to take up to three additional Fresno State courses during their senior year. These additional courses [email protected] are not mandatory. Advanced Placement ACCREDITATION Calculus AB Macroeconomics U.S. Government & Politics Six year Accrediting Com- Calculus BC Microeconomics U.S. History mission for Schools Western English Language & Composition Music Theory Association of Schools and English Literature & Composition Statistics Colleges (WASC) College Courses 2014 National Blue Biology 10 Life Science Computer Science 39** History 21 World History II Ribbon School Biology 12 Animal Science History 20 World History I Modern Language* * Modern Language: two consecutive semesters of the same language. 2017 California Gold ** Or other counselor approved college science course. Medal School 2020 - 2021 Graduation Requirements The following is a summary of the required curriculum for all our students, which exceeds most university entrance requirements. English 4 years Social Studies 3 years Mathematics 4 years Musicianship 4 years Science 3.5 years Performing Groups 4 years Foreign Language 3 years Physical Education 4 years

Mission Statement UHS’s culture will be caring, supportive of learning, promote understanding and encourage students to foster personal development. Students will feel con- fident to express themselves as they mature into young adults. UHS will address the academic, personal, and social development of the students while providing a solid academic foundation for a college career, with the goal that all graduates are prepared to enter the adult world where they will be ready to pursue any goal to which they aspire. In short, UHS will continually work to create for its student's nothing less than the best high school experience possible. Class Rank & Grading Class of 2021 2020-21 SCHOOL PROFILE UHS does not use class rank to distinguish students. The highest GPA for Students: 109 this graduating class of 109 students is 4.3066. We use a 4-point, weight- Total Students in School (9 - 12): 487 ed, GPA scale. Only AP courses and Fresno State college courses listed on our transcript receive grade augmentation. Over half of the graduating class has a cumulative GPA of 4.00 and above. We do not allow students PSAT / NMSQT to add other college courses they may take outside of our program to their Class of 2021 Commended: 2 transcripts. National Merit Semi-Finalists: 0

Letter Grade Value Regular AP A 90 and above 4.0 5.0 Class of 2021 GPA Distribibution B 80 and above 3.0 4.0 C 70 and above 2.0 3.0 D 60 and above 1.0 1.0 F 50 and above 0.0 0.0

College Matriculation Class of 2020: 116 100% attending college 89% four-year college / 11% two-year 12% attending college out-of-state

GPA based on 9 - 11 grade, weighted 2019-2020 Test Results* SAT 48 Book Program & Electives EBRW - Mean 625 Over the course of four years, students are given a book every month that Math - Mean 611 they are held responsible for reading and understanding; students must also participate in Socratic seminars about these books in their English class. This Mean Total Score 1235 reading requirement is in addition to the 10 books that students read as part of the English curriculum. Students are gifted these books, many of which are written at the college level, so that they may build a personal library. ACT Mid - 50% Mean UHS runs two intersessions, one after each semester. A choice of electives, ELA 24 - 30 25.6 based on student and staff interests, is offered at this time. The elective ses- English 24 - 33 28.7 sion is generally two weeks long; students select two electives and attend each class for three hours every day, for a total of 6 hours a day. A selection of Math 23 - 29 26.0 past electives includes Culinary Arts, Anatomy and Health Careers, History Reading 26 - 33 28.6 of Fresno County, Chess Variance, Sailing, Ski and Snowboard, travel to Costa Rica and Belize, PG&E Alternative & Renewable Energy, Sound Engi- Science 22 - 28 26.2 neering, Criminal Profiling, Robotics, Video Production, as well as Dramatic STEM 23 - 29 26.2 Production (students rehearse, create sets, make costumes, and produce an Composite 24 - 30 27.1 entire show themselves, in less than two weeks).

Advanced Placement (AP)* Extracurricular & Code of Character May 2020 Testing Period Students at UHS take on average 8-10 classes per semester and many stu- Students enrolled in AP classes 225 dents attend school from 8am to 5pm each day, leaving little time for studying and extra-curricular activities. Due to the intensity of our program, many of Exams administered 495 our most competitive clubs (Academic Decathlon, Science Olympiad, Speech Exams with score of “3” or higher 306 and Debate, Mock Trial, Math Team) meet in the evening, after school and on weekends. Participation in these activities requires extreme dedication and passion from involved students. AP Awards Our continued success and integration with the college campus requires a AP Scholar 43 more mature behavior from our students, and as such we expect a higher standard of behavior from all students. Every year students are required to AP Scholar with Honor 18 sign a Code of Character and we have a Character Education Program and AP Scholar with Distinction 18 Teacher/Student Committee that oversees and promotes positive student National Scholar behavior on campus. Student Ethnic Backgrounds: 1.4% American Indian, 8.2% Chinese, 1% Japa- * Sources: SAT Class of 2020 Scores by Institution, College Board K-12 Educators nese, 1.2% Korean, 2.2% Vietnamese, 5.1% Asian Indian, .8% Laotian, 7.2% other Score Reporting Portal; 2020 ACT College Readiness Letter; 2020 National Merit Asian, 10% Filipino, 30.1% Hispanic, 3.7% African American, and 28.3% Caucasian. Scholarship Program; 2020 Advanced Placement Program, The College Board. 17% of our student body will be the first in their family to attend college. College Matriculations 2009 - 2020 2020-21 SCHOOL PROFILE UHS students were accepted to, and are attending, the following colleges and universities:

Academy of Art University Eastern Mennonite University Northeastern University United States Coast Guard Academy at Birmingham Eastern Washington University Northern Arizona University United States Naval Academy University of Alaska Fairbanks Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Northland College University of Oregon Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Pressott Norwich University Utah State University American University Emerson College University of Notre Dame Utah Valley University Arizona State University Emory University Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences University of Utah The University of Arizona University of Evansville Oberlin Conservatory of Music Valparaiso University The Art Institute of Seattle Foothill College Occidental College Ventura College Azusa Pacific University Ohio Northern University University of Vermont Baldwin Wallace University Franciscan University of Steubenville Oklahoma State University Bard College Fresno City College Oregon State University University of Virginia Barnard College Fresno Pacific University Pace University, New York City Villanova University Baylor University Full Sail University Pacific Lutheran University Virginia Military Institute Benedictine College Fullerton College Pacific Wake Technical Community College Berkeley City College Gardner-Webb University Pacific University Warner Pacific College Berklee College of Music George Fox University University of the Pacific Washington and Lee University Bethel College-KS The George Washington University Patrick Henry College Washington State University Georgia Institute of Technology Paul Mitchell Beauty School Washington University in St. Louis Boise State University Gordon College Pennsylvania State University University of Washington Goshen College University of Pennsylvania Bowie State University Grand Canyon University Pensacola Christian College West Hills Community College Brigham Young University, Provo Grove City College Pepperdine University West Virginia University Brigham Young University, Idaho Hampton University Pitzer College Western Michigan University University of British Columbia University of Hartford Point Loma Nazarene University Western Washington University Brown University Harvard College Point Bryn Mawr College Pomona College Wheaton College IL Cabrillo College Haverford College Portland State University Whitman College Cal Maritime University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Portland California Baptist University Hillsdale College Princeton University Whitworth University California College of the Arts () Hofstra University University of Puget Sound William Jessup University California Institute of Technology Holy Names Purdue University Williams College California Lutheran University Hood College Queens University of Charlotte Yale University California State Polytechnic University - Hope College College of the Redwoods Pomona Hope International University California Polytechnic State University, San Howard University Reedley College Luis Obispo Humboldt State University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute California State University, Bakersfield University of Illinois at Chicago Rhode Island School of Design California State University, Channel Islands University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rice University California State University, Chico Illinois Wesleyan University University of Richmond California State University, Dominguez Hills Indiana State University Rider University California State University, East Bay Indiana University at Bloomington California State University, Fresno Irvine Valley College Rutgers University - Camden California State University, Fullerton Ithaca College Sacramento City College California State University, Long Beach Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson California State University, Los Angeles University) Saint Mary’s College California State University, Monterey Bay Johns Hopkins University Saint Mary’s College of California California State University, Northridge Johnson & Wales University (Denver) Salem College California State University, Sacramento Johnson C. Smith University San Diego State University California State University, San Bernardino Kalamazoo College University of San Diego California State University, San Marcos Kansas State University San Francisco Conservatory of Music California State University, Stanislaus Kent State University San Francisco State University University of California, Berkeley The King’s College University of San Francisco University of California, Davis San Jose State University University of California, Irvine Santa Barbara City College University of California, Los Angeles Lake Forest College Santa Clara University University of California, Merced Lee University Santa Fe University of Art and Design University of California, Riverside Le Moyne College Scripps College University of California, San Diego Lewis & Clark College Seattle Pacific University University of California, Santa Barbara Liberty University Seattle University University of California, Santa Cruz Linfield College College of the Sequoias Carnegie Mellon University Lipscomb University Simon Fraser University Case Western Reserve University Loyola Marymount University Skidmore College The Catholic University of America Loyola University Chicago Snow College Loyola University New Orleans Sonoma State University Charleston Southern University Marist College University of Southern California University of Mary Washington Southern Methodist University University of Cincinnati University of Maryland, College Park Southern Oregon University The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina Marymount Manhattan College Southern Utah University City College of San Francisco Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Southwestern University Claremont McKenna College Massachusetts Institute of Technology St. Bonaventure University Clovis Community College University of Massachusetts, Amherst St. Edward’s University Cogswell College University of Massachusetts, Lowell St. John’s University Colby College McGill University St. Olaf College Colgate University University of Miami Stanford University University of Colorado at Boulder Michigan State University Stony Brook University Colorado Christian University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Syracuse University Colorado School of Mines Tabor College Colorado State University Minnesota State University, Moorhead The University of Tampa Columbia University University of Minnesota, Morris Temple University Concordia University - Irvine University of Missouri, Kansas City Texas A&M University Concordia University - Portland The University of Montana, Missoula Texas Christian University University of Connecticut Monterey Peninsula College Texas Tech University Corban University Moravian College The University of Texas, Arlington Mount Holyoke College The University of Texas, Austin Covenant College Mount Saint Mary’s University (Doheny) The University of Texas, Dallas Cuesta College Nazareth College The University of Texas, San Antonio University of Dallas Nebraska Wesleyan University The Master’s University University of Dayton University of Nevada, Las Vegas The New School University of Denver University of Nevada, Reno The Ohio State University DePaul University University of New Hampshire at Durham University of Toledo Dominican University of California University of New Mexico University of Toronto Drake University New York Institute of Technology Towson University Drew University New York University Tulane University Drexel University North Dakota State University Union College (New York) North Greenville University United States Air Force Academy