College Signing Day

Free, public,

college

preparatory

charter

schools

where 100%

of graduates

are accepted

to college

Who is Uplift Education?

Uplift: Founded Here. Focused Here.

The Uplift Mission:To create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

1996-1997Uplift Education granted first charter to open Uplift North Hills Preparatory.

2000Uplift Education

becomes first charter in the

country to obtain investment grade

rating and sell $6M in bonds.

2004$10M gift from

Communities Foundation of Texas to open

Uplift Peak Preparatory, first

urban campus.

2005North Hills Preparatory

receives first of six consecutive "Best High

School" rating by Newsweek Magazine and

Uplift receives funding from the Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation to use for expansion.

2007Uplift receives expansion funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation to open three new urban schools: Uplift Hampton Prep, Uplift Summit Intl.

Prep & Uplift Williams Prep.

2010Uplift opens two schools: Uplift Heights and Uplift

Luna and formalizes partnership with Museum

of Nature and Science. Uplift also received $7.5M from U.S. DOE for Teacher

Incentive Pay.

2011The Washington Post names Uplift North Hills Preparatory

and Uplift Peak Preparatory as the 10th and 11th best public

high schools in America. Uplift rolls out five year plan to serve

13,000 students by 2015-16 school year.

Uplift: Founded Here. Focused Here.

2012All five Uplift high

schools named in the top 70 public schools in the

nation by the Washington Post.

Uplift opens two new schools in Fort Worth:

Uplift Mighty Prep & Uplift Meridian Prep.

Our Schools

Our Scholars

Scholar Demographics

Committed to CollegeUplift Class of 2013

School Highlights

• Will grow to serve scholars K-12 (maximum enrollment 1500)

• Opening this August with grades K-2 & 6-7

• Comprehensive Road to College program beginning in 6th grade which guides students & families through:

– College preparation

– College admissions

– Financial aid

– Transition to and through college

New Campus Master Plan

Traffic Plan 1

Traffic Plan 2

We look forward to partnering with you to serve the Grand Prairie community.

Panel Discussion and Q& AQ & A Guidelines:

1. Please try to keep your question to 1-2 minutes.

2. Come to microphone to speak.

3. Notepads and pens on table to brainstorm, take notes or jot

down questions we did not answer.

4. 7:20 p.m. Wrap-up.

5. Feedback or follow ups?

Email: newschool@uplifteducation.org