University Prep Science & Math = STEM Focus
U Prep Science & Math High School is located in Downtown Detroit. Our scholars are educated in a safe, state of the art facility. We offer smaller class sizes, a STEM focus, and after school programming to enhance your child’s overall educational experience. UPSM’s Career Pathways is a unique offering of an immersion of exploration in career fields that are either in high demand, or lack gender and race diversity.
At U Prep Schools, the needs of our scholars come first, and each is seen and heard. Our innovative approach to teaching and learning is grounded in our commitment to offer a hands-on Culturally Responsive Education to every scholar, rooted in Expeditionary and Project Based Learning, and a primary focus on every scholar’s social-emotional well being.
With a collective mindset, we lead Restoratively, which results in the development of a community, and a high level of school pride throughout our network. Year after year, we successfully fulfill the mission of the Detroit 90/90 Promise.
As an added bonus all campuses offer competitive sports, and after school programming to enhance the overall educational experience.
The work we do is driven by our vision, and it is through that lens that we educate, mold, and nurture every scholar. To be a real and inclusive community that serves with a common belief and collectively works to empower all students to explore dreams, create futures, and foster communities. University Prep Schools provides a culturally responsive educational experience for scholars, that builds academic competence, habits of work and scholarship, and self-actualization; empowering them to successfully accomplish their post-secondary plans, as well as socially and civically engaged as change agents for themselves and their community.
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U Prep Schools remains committed to providing unique learning experiences beyond the classroom, to ignite the gifts, talents, and genius within. We seek to develop and sustain partnerships with like-missioned organizations that reinforce our network’s efforts toward improved student outcomes to develop the whole child.
We offer a variety of afterschool programs such as chess club, swim, culinary, and anime. Many of our after-school experiences are offered at no cost to our families. Please contact the SOM at your child’s school for more information about the after-school programs available at your favorite U Prep School.
To view and download our handbook, code of conduct, and other important school documents click here.
In a city with a history of having low high school graduation rates, the founders of U Prep Schools wanted to make a difference in the lives of children and in the delivery of education in Detroit.
As one of the oldest and largest charter schools in the city, U Prep Schools was founded based on the belief that measurable outcomes will guide us in the work that we do.
Aligning with the school’s mission of ensuring that students are prepared for college and to achieve success in life, the founders, board, school leaders, and faculty made a promise that 90% of the students served will graduate and be accepted to a college of their choice. This promise, known as the Detroit 90/90 Promise has been consistently measured and achieved for the past 20 years.
Known as innovators in urban education, the Detroit 90/90 Promise is U Prep’s oldest and most distinctive defining difference.
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Contact UPSM High School
2664 Franklin St.
Detroit, MI. 48207
Phone: (313) 327-1130
Fax: (313) 394-0615
Principal: Jerry Lawrence
