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

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.


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                    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

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                               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 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 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 African-American;
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 with Robin Roberts, ABC World News 
        with Diane Sawyer, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Anderson Cooper 360, National 
        Public Radio, and Essence, Jet, and Black Enterprise magazines: 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.
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