I attended U-Prep as a high school student from 2010 until 2014. I am currently a university…read morestudent and I have found that my time at U-Prep has prepared me well for college life. It is true University Preparatory School is very demanding and will require a lot of time and work to get good grades, however this is exactly the reason why your child should go. This school will not only teach you basic things such as algebra or chemistry but will also teach you how to have a strong work ethic. At other schools the focus of the majority of students is to merely graduate while a small minority sets their sites on higher education. The type of friends your child makes in high school will most likely determine their trajectory in life. University Preparatory School is not perfect but the vast majority of students desire to attend university. In one of the classes I took senior year our teacher gave extra credit to students who brought in a copy of their college acceptance letters. He then took all of these letters and put them on the wall. By the end of the year that wall was plastered with acceptance letters. Being in this environment really made me stretch and grow and has helped me to get to where I am now. I strongly recommend this high school to all who desires excellence and achievement. Other Selling Points: 1. The teachers really care about you. Due to the small size of the school, many teachers teach more than one class. There were many times that I took different classes from the same teacher. Since you see them so often, they take an interest in your life and desire to see you become successful. I am still friends with many of the teachers even though 3 years have passes since I graduated. 2. Language courses at U-Prep are incredible. I took Mandarin for 4 years and that has inspired me to continue learning it in college. I am now pursuing a minor in Mandarin. Choosing a high school for your son or daughter is incredibly difficult since there are many different schools to choose from. I wish you the best of luck in choosing the high school that you feel is right for your child.

U-Prep is an amazing school. The teachers are very kind and the staff are wonderful. The students…read moreare welcoming and create such a good on-campus family (:

Lol I got rejected by a bunch of girls at this school, too…read more Also one time in freshmen English, the teacher showed us the Romeo and Juliet from 1968 and you totally get to see Juliet's boobs and Romeo's butt. It was quite the scandal for a room full of 14 year olds! How on earth was that movie rated PG??

This school is horrible teachers are amazing staff is horrible, accuses you of doing things you had…read moreno take in favorites certain students and they really like to get you in trouble for the dumbest reasons and really like to switch up the story. Kids also are completely rude and the school doesn't do anything about it because either it's there kids! Or not you usually just get in trouble when someone the office favorites tattles on you which Uprep loves!!!

My kids go to this school and they love it! I love it too because they have a great pre-k program…read moreand wonderful choice of Art! My older child is doing a play there and is also doing G.A.T.E while my younger child is doing basketball and after school tutoring! There are so many options at Grant and all of the teachers are wonderful! Keep up the good work GRANT!

My entire family went here, with a total of 17 years of having a least one family member going…read morehere at any given time. We loved going here and we loved all the teachers and staff.

If I could give this school 0 stars I would! Most definitely the rudest principal I have ever…read moreencountered. A seriously dangerous incedent happend yesterday. Involving a weapon (knife). My child said he was threatened by the kid. I (the parent) was not even notified by the school. I find out through my child crying his eyes out because he's scared to go back. I get home and call school right away. I was told there was absolutly no incedent with a knife. I confront Mr. Moebus (principal) this morning 11/9/18, come to find out I was lied to yesterday and a boy did have a knife. I Tell him my son confided in me he that he was being bullied since day 1, by multiple kids. Moebus tells me quite rudely my son dishes it out too. Hmm. Ive never been informed of my son causing any issue. 11-8-18 however my son was not the one with a knife. Moebus tells me noah was not threatened by this kid cause he reviewed the cameras . First of all those cameras have no sound so how would moebus know that my child was not verbally threatened? I do know this my kid is 11 years old, he felt threatened. I would have even felt threatened. The school had litteraly all day to inform me of incident. As this happened before school started. Oh it gets better...Moebus informs me that my son is bieng suspended today for Moebus having to spend his precious time reviewing servalence yesterday. He decides my kid is a liar and suspendes him, mind you ...again, the other child had a knife, my child had no sort of weapon. As a parent I know if any child shows up at school with any sort of weapons, I'd like to be notified what happened on my child's campus ASAP! Especially if my child is on that camera footage while a kid takes a knife out of his backpack and shows it to My child, he had no idea how to handle that situation. So yea mabey he made up a bit of a lie, getting picked on all the time plays a role mentally, no wonder some poor kids kill themselves. Bullied by the kids, thinking you would be protected by a so called principal. But getting punished instead. GOOD RIDENCE PARSONS! Oh and thanks for making him feel more worthless moebus! really spectacular leadership skills

If I could rate this school zero stars I would rudest staff members are really mean exempt lunch…read moreladies mrs. Towers on a school LOCK DOWN was outside while I was in the classroom under the table she comes to the door struggling to get in so knowing me I got up let her in. Then she decided to not let me go to a 250 mile away field trip to San Francisco knowing I have good grades but still denied not letting me go and while I thought I was saving her life and the school board does not let the kids know if it was a drill or not that's why I let her in then. Then mrs. Tower lied and said that they did tell us it was a drill knowing that every other teacher says they can't let kids know or not. She is very rude to kids on regular days. And is unfair to kids struggling with stuff at home don't MAKE YOUR KIDS GO HERE THEY WILL COME HOME CRYING BECAUSE THE TEACHERS DONT DEAL OR HELP WITH BULLYING. Janitors do not pick up school is very dirty

Great school, great staff. Would not choose any other public Jr. High for my daughter. It's small,…read morefamily oriented, and safe. Principals are easy to locate, easy to talk to, and truly care about the school and every single student.

My son was hiding in the bathroom and the school made a missing persons report yesterday. My son…read morewas in the bathroom hiding for 2 hours and was in the last 3 classes of the day and the school officials did not notice. I was in a panis all day driving around putting up posters and making posts on Facebook and the whole time my child was on campus in the bathroom. I told them multiple times to look in the bathroom and the failed to do so.

This school is sooo bad I went there and it is to much drama and to many fights go on it is jest a…read morebad place to be and the teacher don't know what that are doing it is pretty sad the principal has not done her job I do not recommend going to that school if you want your kid to be safe.

Since I enrolled my daughter last year for her 7th and then her 8th grade year and my family has…read morehad nothing but problems with this school...my daughter kept coming home in tears cause the teachers there only explain something once and except the kids to understand it and recently my daughter was on independent study through that school and got kicked out of independent study and when she was trying to talk to the vice principal it was like she wasn't being heard and she felt like she was being discernment against and like what she was trying to voice as her opinion didn't matter...plus I called the district office and what I had to say fell on deaf ears...pretty much if you don't have money then your students education doesn't matter to them. I WOULD STAY CLEAR OF THIS SCHOOL AND COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Our Child started going here a couple years ago and we had heard this to be a great school. But…read morethen we learned the truth of the matter. We had a few issues were our student's teacher had "lost" Homework. And even if it is the teacher's fault the student suffers a 0 on the grade. Our student also had a fall at school and nothing was done to make the area safer. I expect more from my child's school. When I think of a good school I think of Safety and caring staff.

Great school, better then any public school in the area. Both of my boys went to Phoenix and saw…read moredramatic posItive changes. Highly recommend to anyone.

Very disappointed. Before winter break I had come to fill out an enrollment packet for my son who…read moreis in 4th grade... waited to hear back and nothing, 3 weeks late I give patty a call to check the status, And was Informed she attempted 3 times to contact me, NO she did not... but ok. Then she proceeds rudely to tell me I need to look for another school after asking if there was at least a waiting list and to not even try back with them! Very very rude. And a horrible way to conduct not only business but as a professional.

Idk about the K-8 grades but I know about how the high school is. It's a great school to go to if…read moreyour gay or autistic. Like if your cool with just staying in the little social bubble of people who walk the mile then this school is the school for you. Also the education is kinda a joke, like you don't gotta try for shit if you take the regular classes, but it's kinda like that in every American school so take that as you will. So all in all this school doesn't feel like a real highschool, and it's only good for very specific people.

I have a kindergartener who started at Redding School of the Arts this year and I must say, she…read moreabsolutely loves it. I know most kids are pretty excited to start school, but this school is amazing! I hear that it was in fact designed by students, it is eco-conscious​ and the focus is truly on arts and enrichment for these kids, which is so important due to the evolution of the economy heading towards creative fields. But most importantly it's essential to their positive development​ giving them the tools that they need to thrive. They make school fun again and give opportunities to so many children to explore, create and use their imaginations to make an impact in our world. So happy to have this jewel in our community!