School Selection for the 2025-26 School Year is Now Open! Apply HERE.

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Welcome to The U School!

Brief About Us

The U School is a competency-based school designed to change the outcomes of Philadelphia youth in college and career outcomes (currently only 18% of Philadelphia high school students make it to their 2nd year of college), by challenging young people to create high quality projects while also giving ownership over their learning.

We offer students the opportunity to become truly independent learners, while they engage in a challenging college-preparatory curriculum.

School Selection – Find Your Fit

The U School is a very unique school environment where we give students an incredible amount of agency to figure out who that hope to become! Please review the media at right and documents below!

Please join us at one of the many opportunities to learn more about our school!

Student Shadow Days!

  • We believe that visiting and spending time in a school is the best way to see if it is a fit! Students may elect to shadow another student (follow them for a portion of the day) from 9am-12pm on any of the following days: October 2, 9, 16 or 22
  • RSVP using this link

Open House Dates:

School Selection Flyers

Media about How Our Model Works (see below)

Competency-based Learning @ The U School (Overview)

Grading

Student Agency

The U School Calendar

The U School Media

The student made videos below give viewers a taste of what makes our community so special!

First Student Made Commercial

Alumni Reflection

Student Interviews about The U School

Sequence Student Video

Upcoming Events

The U School News