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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1414 

Congratulating Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men—Englewood 

Campus, the Nation’s first all-male charter high school, for achieving 

a 100 percent college acceptance rate for all 107 members of its first 

graduating class of 2010. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 28, 2010 

Mr. RUSH (for himself, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ANDREWS, 

Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 

ACKERMAN, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. HODES, Mr. DAVIS of 

Illinois, Mrs. HALVORSON, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 

CARSON of Indiana, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. WATT, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. SCOTT of 

Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CLAY, and Mr. KENNEDY) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young 

Men—Englewood Campus, the Nation’s first all-male 

charter high school, for achieving a 100 percent college 

acceptance rate for all 107 members of its first graduating class of 2010. 

Whereas, on May 12, 2009, the House Committee on Education and Labor held a hearing entitled ‘‘High School 

Dropout Crisis Threatens U.S. Economic Growth and 

Competiveness’’ which cited a 2009 study suggesting that 


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in the 50 largest cities with significantly higher rates of 

poor and minority children, only 53 percent of students 

graduate on time; 

Whereas Urban Prep Academies is a nonprofit organization 

that operates a network of all-boys public schools, including the Nation’s first and the State of Illinois’ only charter public high school for boys; 

Whereas in 2002, a group of motivated African-American 

civic, business, and education leaders, organized by Tim 

King, determined to establish a new high school in Chicago, Illinois, focused on providing a strong college-preparatory high school option for boys in underserved African-American communities; 

Whereas Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men—Englewood Campus was founded in 2002 and received its 

first Charter approval from Chicago public schools in 

2005 under Chicago’s Renaissance 2010 initiative, upon 

receiving a recommendation from Representative Bobby 

L. Rush, and the Englewood High School Transition Advisory Council on which he served; 

Whereas the mission of Urban Prep is to provide a comprehensive, high-quality college-preparatory education to 

young men that results in graduates succeeding in college; 

Whereas Urban Prep’s extended school day and rigorous curriculum and extracurricular ‘‘arcs’’, which includes the 

Academic Arc, Service Arc, Activity Arc, and Professional 

Arc, have been acknowledged as national models for other 

schools catering to underserved low income communities 

by a variety of educational organizations and media outlets, including the Chicago Public Schools, the American 


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School Board Journal, the Urban School Improvement 

Network, the Illinois Policy Institute, Education Week, 

the Washington Post, and the Milwaukee Wisconsin 

Journal Sentinel to name a few; 

Whereas a University of Chicago study published in 2006, reported that only 1 in 40 African-American boys in Chicago public schools eventually graduate from a 4-year 

university and, currently, approximately 85 percent of 

Urban Prep students are low-income and all are AfricanAmerican; 

Whereas Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men—Englewood Campus, which has inspired the Nation by 

achieving a 100 percent college acceptance rate for its 

June 12, 2010, first ever graduating class, will convene 

an Inaugural ‘‘Signing Day’’ event where each senior student will stand to publicly announce the college or university he has chosen to attend and commit to that school 

by signing the Urban Prep ‘‘100 Percent to College’’ 

board and the ‘‘Credimus Book’’; 

Whereas to date, more than 80 colleges and universities have 

admitted Urban Prep seniors to their incoming freshmen 

classes and representatives from several of the colleges 

will be in attendance at the ‘‘Signing Day’’ event, where 

these seniors will receive nearly $4,000,000 in college 

scholarships and grants; and 

Whereas Urban Prep has been recognized internationally for 

its success in improving the academic, social, and emotional development of urban young men and the story of 

Urban Prep’s success has been featured by over 140 

media outlets, including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago 

Sun Times, Washington Post, Good Morning America 

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yer, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Anderson Cooper 360, 

National Public Radio, and Essence, Jet, and Black Enterprise magazines: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives con2 gratulates Principal Tim King and all of the students, 

3 teachers, administrators, and support personnel at Urban 

4 Prep Charter Academy for Young Men—Englewood Cam5 pus for achieving a 100 percent college acceptance rate 

6 for its first graduating class of 2010. 

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