University High School Core Tenets
College Preparation on a College Campus | University High School prepares students provides a rigorous academic program that prepares students for college and career, while learning on a college campus. Students earn college credit through dual-enrollment courses at the University of Memphis and get a head start on building the mindsets and habits necessary to ensure success in college and career.
Entrepreneurship | The 21st century requires dreamers, thinkers, and doers ready to innovate and create solutions and opportunities that we’ve not yet imagined. Through our unique partnerships with local and national for- and non-profit organizations, students receive mentorship from leaders in the field and opportunities to collaborate in finding answers to real-world problems.
Equity & Inclusion | University High School serves a diverse cohort of students, reflective of the Memphis community, and maintains relentless focus on building equity-minded and inclusive young leaders. UHS students grow their awareness of themselves and others and are curious to learn more and shape the world around them.
University High prepares our next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, and change
agents. Dreamers, thinkers and doers are welcome here.
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University High is founded on the cultivation of 21st century skills.
At University High School, a competency is defined as an understanding or skill in which all students achieve a required level of proficiency before graduating. Competencies will be a required of graduation, span across content areas and learning environments, and connect directly to our mission. Students will have opportunities across academic and non-academic experiences to show evidence of these competencies. A University High Graduate is:
University High Schools graduates will successfully complete the course requirements below. The number of total courses is indicated in parenthesis for each content area. In addition to these course requirements, University High School students will take the ACT, earn a minimum of 15 and maximum of 36 credit hours in dual-enrollment courses, and complete a Competency Portfolio & Capstone developed over their four years.
