YES Prep Public Schools
| YES Prep Public Schools |
| Type and location |
| Type |
State Charter |
| Grades |
6-12 |
| Established |
1998 |
| Location |
Houston, TX |
| District Info |
| Students and staff |
| Other information |
| Head of Schools |
Jason Bernal |
| Website |
www.yesprep.org |
YES Prep Public Schools is a network of public, open-enrollment charter schools located throughout Greater Houston. The YES network has its headquarters in Greater Sharpstown, Houston.[1][2] The YES program is a university-preparatory program for grades 6-12.
History
YES (which stands for Youth Engaged in Service) began in 1995 as Project YES. The program was founded at Rusk Elementary School in the Houston Independent School District. Since 1998, YES Prep has been operating under a state charter. YES graduated its first senior class in 2001, and since then has sent 100 percent of its graduating seniors to four-year colleges.
Beginning in 2003, YES opened a second campus in northeast Houston, eventually expanding to the seven campuses operating today. Over 3,500 students are served by the following schools:
- YES Prep Southeast: located in Houston, the original YES campus serving grades 6-12.[3]
- YES Prep North Central (originally YES Prep Northeast): located in Aldine, a census-designated place in an unincorporated area in Harris County - serving grades 6-12.[4][5]
- YES Prep Southwest: located in an unincorporated area in Harris County serving grades 6-12.[6]
- YES Prep East End: located in the East End, serving grades 6-12.[7][8] It was formerly located in the Northside district.[9][10]
- YES Prep Gulfton (originally YES Prep Lee): serving grades 6-10. At one time it was located in the Lee High School campus[11] It is now located in the Revolution Campus in Greater Sharpstown, near Gulfton.[2][12]
- YES Prep West: sharing a building with the Brays Oaks campus, serving grades 6-8.[13]
- YES Prep Brays Oaks (originally YES Prep South): located in the Brays Oaks district, serving grades 6-8.[14]
- YES Prep North Forest: The campus is the former North Forest Independent School District (NFISD) Oak Village Middle School,[15] [16] and YES Prep shares the campus with the North Forest Ninth Grade Center.[17] Only residents of NFISD are eligible to apply, serving grades 6-7 and 9-10.[18]
- YES Prep Northside: located in the Northside district, serving grade 6.
- YES Prep Fifth Ward: located in the Fifth Ward, serving grade 6.
Recognition
The YES system was rated as Exemplary and Recognized by the Texas Education Agency for 8 consecutive years, ranking as Houston's best open-enrollment high school by the Houston Chronicle, and a place on Newsweek's Best High Schools in America list for both 2006 (ranked #88) and 2007 (#38). In 2008, YES Prep Southeast Campus was ranked the number one high school in the Greater Houston Area by Children At Risk.[19]
In 2010, Oprah Winfrey donated a million dollars each to a number of charter schools, including Yes Prep.[20]
See also
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Houston portal |
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Schools portal |
References
- ^ "Contact Yes." YES Prep Public Schools. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ a b "Districts." Greater Sharpstown Management District. Retrieved on November 27, 2011. "Mailing Address YES Prep Public Schools 6201 Bonhomme, Suite 168N Houston, TX 77036"
- ^ "YES Prep Southeast." YES Prep Public Schools. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "YES Prep North Central." YES Prep Public Schools. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Aldine CDP." United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 13, 2008.
- ^ "YES Prep Southwest." YES Prep Public Schools. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "YES Prep East End." YES Prep Public Schools. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Map." East End Management District. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "YES Prep East End." YES Prep Public Schools. March 16, 2008. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Greater Northside Management District." Greater Northside Management District. Retrieved on May 30, 2009.
- ^ Radcliffe, Jennifer. "YES PREP PROGRAM / Unveiling a unique education alliance / Up to 130 charter school 6th-graders will attend classes at HISD's Lee High School campus this fall." Houston Chronicle. Thursday July 12, 2007. B1 MetFront. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "YES Prep Lee." YES Prep Public Schools. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "YES Prep West." YES Prep Public Schools. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "YES Prep Brays Oaks." YES Prep Public Schools. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Directory of Schools." North Forest Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011. "Oak Village Middle School 6602 Winfield Road Houston, Texas 77050"
- ^ "Welcome to YES Prep North Forest!." YES Prep. Retrieved on July 17, 2011. "Address: 6602 Windfield Rd [sic] Houston, TX 77065"
- ^ "North Forest High School Ninth Grade Center and Main Campus Standard Dress Code." North Forest Independent School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2011. "A standard dress code has been approved for North Forest High School. All students North Forest High School attending both the main campus at 10725 Mesa Drive and the Ninth Grade Center at 6602 Winfield Road are required to adhere to the required dress code."
- ^ Radcliffe, Jennifer. "Seats remain at YES Prep's new North Forest campus." Houston Chronicle. June 25, 2010. Retrieved on June 29, 2010.
- ^ Mellon, Ericka. 2"MAKING THE GRADE / Best, worst area high schools / Area nonprofit ranks YES charter No. 1; HISD has 3 near top, but most at bottom of list." Houston Chronicle. Sunday March 30, 2008. B1 MetFront. Retrieved on March 8, 2010.
- ^ "Oprah Says YES: Winfrey Supports Great Schools. And So Should We." Houston Chronicle 22 September 2010.
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