Since May 29, thousands of people, including some University Prep students, have crowded the streets of Seattle to protest the killing of George Floyd and police brutality against black Americans.  Floyd was an African American man who died at the hands of Minneapolis police. A passerby shot a video that circulated on the internet that showed former officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck...

As the result of a recent Department of Justice investigation, colleges across the United States have gained new opportunities to compete for students. For decades, the path of the college admissions process has remained largely unchanged, but future applicants may find themselves in uncharted territory.  In November 2017, the U.S. DOJ began investigating the Code of Ethics and Professional Practices...

Ken Jaffe After 22 years at University Prep, Assistant Head of School and Director of Upper School Ken Jaffe will be stepping down from his position at the end of the school year. Jaffe began considering the future of his career starting in the middle of 2019. “I’ve been [at UPrep] a long time, and at a certain point you start wondering, for both yourself and the school, whether it’s time...