Английская Википедия:Eastside College Preparatory School

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Шаблон:For Шаблон:Infobox school Eastside College Preparatory School is a private high school in East Palo Alto, California, with a focus on readying first-generation students from low-income families to attend and succeed in 4-year colleges. It includes boarding facilities.

School

Eastside College Preparatory School is independent and private, supported entirely by donations and grants; Шаблон:As of it had approximately $80 million in property and cash endowments.[1] Students are on full scholarships.[2] The principal is Chris Bischof.[3]

The school has a year-round calendar. Classes include several offerings in partnership with Foothill College, for which students can earn college credits.[4] Teachers oversee a "Friday Night Homework" session for all students with unfinished assignments.[3] Seniors complete a 25-page research thesis along with a 30-minute presentation.[3] Starting in sophomore year, students take a college prep class and junior year students may tour colleges both on the East Coast and in Southern California.[4] Many internships are available to graduates.[5] An alumni team supports students' progress in college and as they transition to professional careers.[4] The campus is open until 10:00 pm and on weekends.[1][4]

Enrollment is currently 265.[6] The school maintains a 99% college acceptance rate and 69% college completion rate, which is six time higher than the national average for first-generation college students.[7]

History

The school was founded in 1996 by Bischof and Helen Kim, the vice principal, who met while students at Stanford University.[3] It began with eight students who were taught at a picnic table in an East Palo Alto park,[1][3] moving the next year to a house,[1] then to offices, and finally to 1.6 acres of donated land where it was first housed in temporary buildings.[3] The first class of eight all graduated in 2000, at which time enrollment was 70.[8] The campus has grown to almost 6 acres.[1]

Mathematics teacher Marianne Chowning-Dray received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2015.[9]

Student activities

Eastside College Preparatory School has athletics programs in basketball,[8][10] soccer, volleyball, cross country, and track and field.[11] The school newspaper is The Eastside Panther.[12] The National Association for Urban Debate Leagues launched its Silicon Valley league in 2014 at Eastside and at Overfelt High School in East San Jose.[13]

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Шаблон:Cite news
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 Шаблон:Cite news Palo Alto Weekly.
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 Шаблон:Cite news
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  6. ↑ https://www.eastside.org/_about/glance.html Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:Bare URL inline
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ 8,0 8,1 Шаблон:Cite news Palo Alto Weekly.
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news Palo Alto Weekly.
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  11. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
  12. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  13. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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