[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1414 Engrossed in House (EH)]

H. Res. 1414

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                         June 16, 2010.
Whereas in a 2009 study by the Education Research Center found that in the 50 
        largest cities in the United States, which have significantly higher 
        rates of poor and minority children, only 53 percent of students 
        graduate on time;
Whereas African-American males are dropping out of high school in the Chicago 
        Public School district, and in cities around the country, at a rate of 
        over 50 percent and only one in 40 Black Chicago Public School males are 
        graduating from college;
Whereas a University of Chicago study published in 2006 reported that only one 
        in 40 African-American boys in Chicago Public Schools eventually 
        graduate from a 4-year university;
Whereas a 2009 report by the American Council on Education found that only 28 
        percent of African-American males who have graduated from high school 
        have gone on to enroll in college, compared to 41 percent of all 
        students;
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 focused on providing a strong college-preparatory 
        high school option for boys in under-served African-American 
        communities;
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 high school for boys;
Whereas the mission of Urban Prep Academies is to provide a comprehensive, high-
        quality college-preparatory education to young men that results in 
        graduates succeeding in college;
Whereas Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men--Englewood Campus was founded 
        in 2002;
Whereas Urban Prep Charter Academy has a student population that is 100 percent 
        African-American male and 85 percent low-income, has shattered 
        stereotypes about the ability and willingness of African-American males 
        to meet high expectations and serves as a national example that all 
        students can succeed and achieve academically;
Whereas Urban Prep's extended school day, 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 serving low-income communities by a variety of 
        educational organizations and media outlets including the Chicago Public 
        Schools, the American School Board Journal, the Urban School Improvement 
        Network, the Illinois Policy Institute, Education Week, the Washington 
        Post, and the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel;
Whereas Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men--Englewood Campus, 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 these seniors will 
        receive nearly $4,000,000 in college scholarships and grants; and
Whereas Urban Prep has been recognized in the United States and internationally 
        for its success in improving the academic, social, and emotional 
        development of urban young men: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives congratulates Principal Tim King 
and all of the students, teachers, administrators, and support personnel at 
Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men--Englewood Campus for achieving a 100 
percent college acceptance rate for its first graduating class of 2010.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.