Os alunos da Rochester Prep High School receberam um convidado especial durante sua aula de Cálculo AP! Clayton Turner, Administrador Associado Interino da Diretoria da Missão de Tecnologia Espacial da NASA e ex-aluno do RIT, falou e respondeu às perguntas dos alunos sobre seus 30 anos de mandato e liderança na NASA. Os alunos ficaram maravilhados! Leia mais sobre essa história ... Continuação
A turma de 2024 da Rochester Prep High School comemorou o Dia da Assinatura Sênior! Não há nada mais alegre do que ver os alunos anunciarem sua decisão sobre a faculdade para uma sala cheia de familiares, amigos e alunos do ensino médio. Mais da metade da turma irá para a faculdade no outono sem dívidas! Leia mais sobre esse evento na WHAM 13.
POR HALENA SEPULVEDA O programa Eye-to-Eye da Uncommon School na Rochester Prep reúne mentores neurodiversos do ensino médio e alunos do ensino fundamental que compartilham talentos e experiências educacionais semelhantes. O programa cria uma comunidade que vai além da tolerância para celebrar as diferenças únicas de cada aluno. Leia o artigo completo no Spectrum News.
23 de outubro de 2023 | Por: Halena Sepulveda no Spectrum News 1 De acordo com o Nation's Report Card, 33% dos alunos da quarta série tiveram desempenho igual ou superior aos níveis de proficiência em 2022, o que representou 2% a menos em comparação com 2019. "Após a pandemia, realmente descobrimos que precisamos direcionar exatamente o que nossas crianças precisam e nosso currículo tem ... Continuação
WHAM ABC 13 | Sex, May 19th 2023, 7:28 PM EDT A Rochester Prep celebrou seu Dia de Assinatura Sênior em 19 de maio para comemorar as decisões dos alunos sobre a faculdade e para torcer por eles ao iniciarem seu próximo capítulo. 98% dos alunos do último ano estão se formando e indo para a faculdade no outono. "Muitas vezes ouvimos falar de ... Continuação
Por Tocarra Hughes | 10 de fevereiro de 2023 Quatro alunos da Rochester Prep frequentarão a Notre Dame, a Colgate University, a University of Chicago e a Boston University com uma bolsa de estudos acadêmica integral de quatro anos por meio do QuestBridge National College Match. Os alunos da Rochester Prep foram selecionados entre mais de 17.900 candidatos à bolsa de estudos. Leia mais em ... Continuação
Por Ronald L. Zarrella Neste artigo de opinião do Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Ronald L. Zarrella discute como uma parceria entre o Rochester Institute of Technology e o Rochester Prep está ajudando os alunos a vivenciar os rigores acadêmicos, aprender exatamente o que é necessário para ter sucesso na faculdade e descobrir campos de estudo que talvez não tenham ... Continuação
Por Brett Peiser Neste artigo de opinião do New York Daily News, o co-CEO da Uncommon Schools, Brett Peiser, reconhece como os últimos dois anos e meio foram difíceis para os professores, mas também sabe que os alunos e as famílias precisam dos professores agora mais do que nunca. Leia esta história como foi publicada originalmente em 17 de outubro de 2022 no New York Daily ... Continuação
The worker shortage is affecting a wide variety of professions, including teaching. Local school districts are dealing with a shortage of both teachers and staff, just like every other district in New York. Rochester Prep is trying to combat the shortage by helping people who want to become teachers go to school to do so … Continuação
Please join us in congratulating Uncommon’s QuestBridge Scholars! Thirteen seniors from Uncommon’s network in New Jersey, Rochester, and Brooklyn have accepted their QuestBridge matches and will receive full four-year scholarships to 9 colleges and universities, including Wellesley and Yale. We are so proud of these graduating seniors and the work they have done to achieve … Continuação
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Uncommon Schools has a history of collaborating with local school districts and sharing resources through in-person professional development trainings, online workshops, and multiple best-selling books. Why? Because we believe that every child deserves a great education. Why a Blog? The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to rethink our traditional sharing avenues, but being confined to … Continuação
Senior Signing Days are usually a raucous affair with students and families convening at a theater, all cheering as each senior declares where they will be going to college. This year, the event turned virtual on Youtube. Students proudly shared which college they will be graduating from in four years, and listened to guest speaker … Continuação
Uncommon Schools is taking an organization-wide mental health day June 1, 2020 for the sake of our community. Like you, we spent the weekend watching, reading, grieving, raging, reflecting, and marching. We spent the weekend trying to explain to our own children what was going on, as we tried to explain it to ourselves. As … Continuação
One Mission, One Vision. We may be separated from one another during this pandemic, but we are together in one purpose. With joy and love, our teachers continue to show their commitment to their students and families. North Star Academy and Camden Prep performing arts teachers created this video, singing out our mission to get … Continuação
When Mike Taubman was studying to become a teacher, he didn’t buy the anti-charter school sentiment. As an undergraduate, he interned at Uncommon Schools and now, at 39, is in his 15th year at the network and thriving. Many teachers at charter schools, like Taubman, are willing to work the long hours because, writes Jay … Continuação
In an op-ed for the Rochester Beacon, Assistant Superintendent Paul Powell describes how Uncommon Schools Rochester Prep revamped itself to address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Echoing CEO Brett Peiser’s op-ed in the New York Daily News, Powell highlights the principles that guided this work, and how teachers are creating virtual curricula and … Continuação
Many educators across the country are navigating a huge challenge: how to keep students learning while away from school during the coronavirus pandemic. As Juliana Worrell notes in an op-ed for The 74, we created a remote learning platform that we believe will keep K-8 students learning until we’re able to return to classrooms. We … Continuação
No one knew how much the coronavirus pandemic would impact K-12 learning. Schools, including Uncommon Schools, initially made sure their students had enough learning packets and assignments for about two weeks. It quickly became apparent that more was needed. Starting March 30, every Uncommon student will be on a virtual school program with daily lessons … Continuação
A Freeport-based nonprofit, The Book Fairies, donated more than 11,000 books so children can keep reading during the coronavirus pandemic. Educators approached the organization about books to send home to students. In response, Book Fairies temporarily opened its headquarters for scheduled pick-ups. Natasha Cherry-Perez, Senior Associate Director of Community Engagement, went to pick up books … Continuação
Days after we closed all of our school, Uncommon opened back up as a remote learning organization. In New York City alone we were serving nearly 10,000 students in their homes. Our teachers and staff scrambled to survey families about their Internet capabilities, became couriers to get equipment to families, and made wellness calls to … Continuação
Seven hundred school leaders of color — including over 10 from Uncommon — gathered in Las Vegas on February 7 for Teach for America’s annual conference. This year, the focus was on resilient leadership and providing school leaders with inspiration and motivation to continue the work of supporting young people of color in achieving their … Continuação
In 1997, we began as a single school in Newark, New Jersey. To that founding class of 72 students and their families we made a promise. A promise to provide them with an outstanding education that prepares them to graduate from college and achieve their dreams. Our steadfastness and commitment to that promise has allowed … Continuação
In an op-ed for the Daily News, Brett Peiser (CEO, Uncommon Schools), Dacia Toll (President and Co-CEO, Achievement First), and Richard Barth (CEO, KIPP Foundation), invite Democratic presidential candidates to visit their schools and see firsthand how public charter schools are making an impact on student outcomes. Democratic presidential candidates have spoken on the need … Continuação
Cheyenne Williams, a Rochester Prep alumna, is one of 21 students who were welcomed at the Rochester Institute of Technology as the college’s 10th class of Destler-Johnson Rochester City Scholars. The program is designed to give graduates from the Rochester City School District the opportunity to attend college tuition-free. Watch the coverage on News10 here.
While attending a K-12 forum on the future of education, Rochester Prep Assistant Superintendent Paul Powell kept thinking about Jahnury Acosta, a Rochester Prep alumnus and freshman at Rochester Institute of Technology. Jahnury’s journey to graduate at the top of his class wasn’t an easy one but watching him succeed through rigorous AP courses in … Continuação
Rochester Prep West Campus has been identified by the New York State Education Department as a 2018-19 Recognition School, one of only four K-8 schools outside of New York City to achieve the distinction. Under the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), schools identified as “Recognition Schools” have high academic achievement, student growth and graduation … Continuação
Susan Spencer, a geometry and algebra teacher at Uncommon Schools Rochester Prep High School, recently spoke with Evan Dawson, host of Connections on NPR, about her first year of teaching. “I was surprised by how purpose driven this work is for so many people. I’ve never worked in a profession where people were so dedicated … Continuação
Atlantis, Joyceline, and D’Asia — three Rochester Prep seniors — made a surprising discovery with professor Andre Hudson while working in a science lab at Rochester Institute of Technology. The young women are co-authors on a scientific paper announcing a rare bacterium that kills e-coli. Their work will be published in the April issue of … Continuação
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