One of the ways CREATE is addressing the challenge of increasing the number of underserved,
low-income youths who are eligible for admittance to college is by offering the highest
quality of education at our on-campus model school, The Preuss School, and a partner school
in Southeast San Diego, Gompers Charter Middle School.
ThePreuss@ucsd
The Preuss School is a secondary school on the campus of UCSD offering grades 6-12
for 700 students in the San Diego region. All students at Preuss are the first members
of their families to go to college. Preuss fosters a culture of high academic performance
in which all students take AP courses and a college
preparatory curriculum.
Gompers Charter Middle School
Gompers Charter Middle School (GCMS) in Southeast San Diego opened in September 2005 with
an enrollment of 950 students grades seven to nine. Gompers is adapting the lessons learned
at Preuss to their local educational circumstances.
Lincoln High School
Lincoln High School re-opened as a collection of 4 theme-based small schools in Fall 2007. CREATE provides educational resources in the form of parent education, information to students about college applications and financial aid, teacher professional development, and governance. CREATE also assists Lincoln faculty and administrators and analyze students' academic records in order to improve educational offerings.
View a short video about Preuss and Gompers.
University Assisted Schools:
Three other campuses in the UC system--Berkeley, Davis, and UCLA--are developing schools in their region modeled after the Preuss School. The 4 campuses have formed a network to articulate common goals, establish a program of research that seeks to better understand the conditions that lead to college-going and success among under represented students, and inform state and national policy on range of educational issues
One of the ways CREATE is addressing the challenge of increasing the number of underserved,
low-income youths who are eligible for admittance to college is by offering the highest
quality of education at our on-campus model school, The Preuss School, and a partner school
in Southeast San Diego, Gompers Charter Middle School.
