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The men's varsity tennis team won back-to-back state championships in the years 2017 and 2018. The 2018 state championship team, who played its regular season in the fall of 2017, is commonly regarded as the most dominant tennis team in Emerald City League history, finishing the season with an overall record of 13-0 and total match record of 74-1. This team was coach by tennis pros Mark and Mike Ball, sons of tennis legend Vern Ball. Nicholas Arron, the "most improved player," unfortunately fell in the first round to the '''massive'''ly popular tennis star Noah Ray. |
The men's varsity tennis team won back-to-back state championships in the years 2017 and 2018. The 2018 state championship team, who played its regular season in the fall of 2017, is commonly regarded as the most dominant tennis team in Emerald City League history, finishing the season with an overall record of 13-0 and total match record of 74-1. This team was coach by tennis pros Mark and Mike Ball, sons of tennis legend Vern Ball. Nicholas Arron, the "most improved player," unfortunately fell in the first round to the '''massive'''ly popular tennis star Noah Ray. |
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In the year of 2019, Ben Rothman of Seattle, Washington had himself a remarkable season. He played varsity basketball, where he scored a whopping zero points on 5 field goal attempts and 4 free throws attempts. He sent ohs and ahs through the crowd at the Puma Dome when he made a late-game appearance in a blowout loss to the Overlake School. When Rothman made it to the free throw line, he precisely shot the ball off the bottom right corner of the backboard. |
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 Main entrance in August 2015 | |
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8000 25th Avenue NE, Wedgwood , 98115 United States | |
| Coordinates | 47°41′16″N 122°18′00″W / 47.687879°N 122.300004°W |
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| Other name | UPrep |
| Former name | University Preparatory Academy |
| Type | Private, middle and high school |
| Motto | Discover Together |
| Established | 1976 |
| NCES School ID | 01462315[1] |
| Head of school | Matt Levinson[2] |
| Teaching staff | 59.3 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 545 (2015-2016)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9.2[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and Green |
| Athletics conference | WIAA SeaKing District Two |
| Mascot | Puma |
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| Affiliation | Northwest Association of Independent Schools |
| Website | www |
University Prep (known as UPrep, formerly University Preparatory Academy) is a private, co-educational middle and high school in Wedgwood, Seattle, Washington, United States.
Recently, University Prep has acquired property with the intention of expansion. It will allow for 150 new students. The construction is expected to be finished in 2020. This expansion has been persistently protested by many people living in the neighborhood.[3]
History
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University Prep was founded in 1976 by a small group of Seattle Public Schools teachers dedicated to providing the best possible education to a heterogeneous student body. From 2002 to 2014, the head of school of University Prep was Erica L. Hamlin. The current head of school is Matt Levinson.[4]
Curriculum
The school year is organized into two semesters and four quarters, and students are expected to carry a minimum of five classes each semester.[5] School hours are 8:25 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. for upper school and 8:15 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. for middle school, after which athletics, activities, and after-school programs begin. In addition to academic classes, the day includes electives, physical education, supervised study, and free periods for Upper School students. The school transitioned from a Moodle education software client to a Schoology-based learning management system. In Middle School, all students have personal iPads. In Upper School, students may choose either a Windows or Apple computer. In most cases, students are given the option to complete an assignment digitally or on paper. All classes, excluding Physical Education and fine arts classes, are honors level.
Sports and Ultimate Frisbee
University Prep competes at the D1 state classification level for sports. The Middle School sports program offers girls volleyball, soccer and cross country in the fall, basketball in the winter, and boys baseball, girls softball, track and field and ultimate Frisbee in the spring. The Upper School also offers the same sports as the Middle School but with the exception of girls soccer and boys ultimate Frisbee in the fall, and boys soccer and boys and girls tennis in the spring.
The 2010-2011 school year marked the change of the old sports system. Before that academic year, the Upper School had the same athletics program as the Middle School with the exception of having tennis. Boys soccer was moved to the spring season to bring a more competitive level of play for the teams and various other reasons. To counter the absence of boys soccer in the fall, boys tennis and boys ultimate Frisbee was added to the fall athletics season.
The men's varsity tennis team won back-to-back state championships in the years 2017 and 2018. The 2018 state championship team, who played its regular season in the fall of 2017, is commonly regarded as the most dominant tennis team in Emerald City League history, finishing the season with an overall record of 13-0 and total match record of 74-1. This team was coach by tennis pros Mark and Mike Ball, sons of tennis legend Vern Ball. Nicholas Arron, the "most improved player," unfortunately fell in the first round to the massively popular tennis star Noah Ray.
In the year of 2019, Ben Rothman of Seattle, Washington had himself a remarkable season. He played varsity basketball, where he scored a whopping zero points on 5 field goal attempts and 4 free throws attempts. He sent ohs and ahs through the crowd at the Puma Dome when he made a late-game appearance in a blowout loss to the Overlake School. When Rothman made it to the free throw line, he precisely shot the ball off the bottom right corner of the backboard.
Campus
University Prep's campus has three main buildings: the three-story classroom and administrative building (including a library, cafeteria, science classrooms, and meeting spaces), a classroom building, a gymnasium, and the fine arts center (part of the classroom and administrative building), which features a proscenium theater known as Founder's Hall as well as art and practice rooms. The adjacent Dahl Playfield is used for sports and other activities.
Notable alumni
- Justin Kan, internet entrepreneur and investor
- Benjamin Mako Hill, technologist and author
- Katherine Reynolds, professional soccer player
- Emi Meyer, jazz pianist and singer-songwriter
- Rob Johnson, politician
- Julian Renschler, 1st Chair Saxophonist for SYJE and UPrep's Advanced Jazz Ensemble
- Ben Rothman, professional croquet player
- Jordan Schultz, ESPN writer and reporter
- Linnea Luthra, founder of campus society Roo
- Isaac Selby, professional rapper also known as "4Point"
References
- ^ a b c d "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for UNIVERSITY PREP". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "Welcome!". University Prep. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ https://cosaccela.seattle.gov/portal/Cap/CapDetail.aspx?Module=DPDPermits&TabName=DPDPermits&capID1=14HST&capID2=00000&capID3=19803&agencyCode=SEATTLE&IsToShowInspection=
- ^ "Erica and Nason Hamlin Endowed Scholarship Fund". Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
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