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A MATTER OF TIME Ensuring the Transformative Power of a Preuss Education At The Preuss School UCSD, one of the already boasted a 90 percent or higher ways we prepare our students to become acceptance rate for each graduating first-time college attendees is through a class. Many of our more than 850 gradu- longer school day and school year. Our ates have gone on to attend colleges students are in school longer each day and universities such as Harvard, Yale, and for 23 days more than the typical MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Cornell and student in . After completing Dartmouth as well as all of the schools middle and high school, Preuss students in the system. have accumulated almost an entire extra academic year. To ensure that future Preuss students have the same opportunities, we have With that additional time, we have been launched a multiyear Campaign for (From left to right) Senior Motasim Malik with school founders Cecil Lytle and Peggy and Peter Preuss. able to develop an environment where Longer Learning Time. Through the students are challenged academically campaign, you can support the longer and are empowered to think critically. We school day and year at Preuss by funding Preuss School also use the time to offer art, music and or endowing the extra days of instruction Earns High Marks physical education—subjects that are that are not covered by the state. Gifts of increasingly cut from other schools yet any size will make a difference to our stu- For the third year in a row, The Preuss have been shown to improve students’ dents and ensure that the transformative School UCSD has been named the top educational outcomes. power of a Preuss education is available transformative school in the country by for generations to come. Newsweek magazine. The “America’s The results speak for themselves. All 96 Best High Schools” issue lauded students in the class of 2013—Preuss’ Learn more about the campaign, and Preuss for its ability to prepare low- tenth graduating class—were accepted how you can help, at preuss.ucsd.edu/ income and first-generation students to a four-year college or university. This campaign. for college and beyond. was a milestone for our school, which

The Preuss School was also named one of the top five charter high schools in California in a University of Southern California report, which was developed to strengthen accountability among the state’s charter schools. The report looks at multiple measures of financial health and academic perfor- mance, including state test scores, curriculum rigor, graduation rate and Preuss graduates are consistently accepted to college-readiness. four-year colleges and universities at a rate of nearly 95 percent. The class of 2013 was the first class to achieve a 100 percent acceptance rate to four-year colleges and universities. 2 PREUSSline

Preuss alumnus Jose Vega ’13 (right) with his brothers Ivan (left) and Raul at the First Day of Classes Welcome. Preuss Alumna Selected for Bank of America Student Leaders Program

After graduating from The Preuss School UCSD this past June, Daisy Flores ’13 spent her summer in Washington, D.C., where she ob- served U.S. Senate hearings, partici- BULLETIN BOARD pated in leadership workshops and Daisy Flores ’13 in D.C. interned with Com- Another year, another opportunity to welcome new and returning munity HousingWorks, a local nonprofit. The students to campus. Thank you to everyone who attended our annual trip was part of the Bank of America Student First Day of Classes Welcome event Leaders Program, which recognizes high and helped us kick off the school year. The school juniors and seniors for their hard work event has become another way to let our stu- and commitment to community service. Flores dents know that we’re here to support them, was one of 225 students selected from across every step of the way. the nation to participate in the eight-week program. Now at New York University, Flores is Congratulations to Preuss alumna Thuy Hua majoring in global public health with a concen- ’09 who was named a Fulbright Scholar. tration in chemistry. Hua, who graduated from Occidental College in June, is now conducting research in the Czech Republic as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Thuy Hua ’09 Students Launch Cancer Science department chair Anne Artz is Research Careers currently representing Preuss in Washing- ton, D.C., as a representative and promoter at Sanford-Burnham of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. Artz was one Ten students from Preuss completed a six-week of only 27 K–12 educators selected na- summer research program in the Cancer Center tionwide to become a Congressional Fellow of Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Insti- for the 2013–2014 Albert Einstein Distin- tute. Supervised by institute faculty and trained guished Educator Fellowship Program. by postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, Anne Artz the young investigators learned writing and communication skills as well as laboratory Thank you to everyone who voted for Preuss through the Give with research methods. “This has been an amazing Target event. With your help we succeed in garnering 787 votes, experience,” said student Daniel Million. “Now which equates to $787 in gift cards that can be used for books and along with being a doctor, I want to do scientific essential supplies. research on drugs to combat HIV and AIDS.” The summer program was part of Sanford- Burnham’s Continuing Umbrella for Research Experiences (CURE), a science-training program for high-achieving high school seniors from Stay up-to-date! Connect with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ ThePreussSchoolUCSD or send your email address to [email protected] underrepresented communities who aspire to to receive important announcements and updates. be cancer researchers. FA L L 2 013

PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE

This academic year marks a milestone at they received at Preuss, these talented tremendous difference to our students. The Preuss School UCSD: It is the 15th students are forging bright futures for What’s more, these practices are making year since we opened our doors on the themselves, their families and their com- a difference to other students as well. UC San Diego munities. Their success is a testament The Preuss model is already finding its campus. not only to their hard work and dedica- way into the instructional planning of While no one tion, but to the educational model that schools and districts as close as City knew then Preuss provides. Heights and as far away as Nova Scotia. that Preuss would become One of the fundamental tenets of that We have accomplished much at Preuss, an award-win- model is expanded learning time, a but there is more we can still do. I look ning national concept Preuss has embraced from day forward to seeing what the next 15 years phenomenon, one, and which is now gaining traction has in store. we all believed as an important part of the solution to Best Regards, in the vision our nation’s educational challenges. But for the school: expanded learning time, while a vital the idea of equal access to a quality component of our success, is not the education. Fifteen years later, that belief only key element. A single-track, college Scott Barton is stronger than ever. preparatory curriculum and the creation Principal of a strong college-bound culture with Since Preuss was founded, the lives of high expectations for students are also hundreds of students have been trans- extremely important. These, and other formed. Equipped with the education research-based best practices, make a

SPOTLIGHT Efrain Gonzalez ’13 UC San Diego Student

Efrain Gonzalez’s first passion was math- the university. The new, multiyear pilot pro- ematics, but he discovered an interest gram was recently established by Chancel- in engineering when he became involved lor Pradeep K. Khosla to make a world- with The Preuss School UCSD’s robotics class UC San Diego education accessible club. Now, the Preuss graduate is begin- for students at local high schools. The ning his undergraduate education at program is funded by Chancellor’s As- UC San Diego with plans to major in me- sociates, a group of alumni, parents and chanical or aerospace engineering. friends who make an annual investment in the university of $2,500 or more. As a student at Preuss, Gonzalez got a head start in familiarizing himself with Gonzalez had the choice of attending Cal UC San Diego. He got to know the Poly San Luis Obispo or UC San Diego. campus and its community while intern- “Both schools have great engineering ing with the academic advising office at programs, but at Cal Poly, I would have Eleanor Roosevelt College. had to take out loans,” said Gonzalez. “I come from a low-income family and we Yet, Gonzalez may not have been able have financial struggles. The scholarship to study at UC San Diego if it weren’t for is a great benefit to me and my family, so the Chancellor’s Associates Scholarship attending UC San Diego made the most Program, which is awarding Gonzalez sense for me.” Efrain Gonzalez ’13 $10,000 per year for four years to attend 9500 Gilman Dr. # 0536 , CA 92093-0536

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FOCUS ON Jack in the Box’s Decade of Dedication

From ensuring that students have a transportation for our students, ride to school to providing scholar- many of whom would have no other ships, volunteers and innovative way to get to school,” said Principal learning experiences, Jack in the Scott Barton. Box supports Preuss in countless ways. This fall marks the 10th year Transportation is just the beginning that The Jack in the Box Foundation of Jack in the Box’s generosity. The has helped fund buses to get stu- company has also offered one-of-a- dents to and from school. With 95 kind, hands-on learning experiences percent of students residing south for Preuss students and created of Interstate 8, providing reliable scholarships for Preuss graduates transportation is a critical compo- who attend UC San Diego. Many of nent of success. “Thanks to gener- their employees are Preuss volun- ous donors like Jack in the Box, teers as well. We are truly grateful we’re able to offer much needed for Jack in the Box’s loyal support. Preuss students visit Jack in the Box headquarters.