UC Berkeley NewsCenter » CAL Prep http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Against formidable odds, four from Cal Prep are entering Berkeley this fall http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/31377/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/31377/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:30:39 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31377 Against formidable odds, four from Cal Prep are entering Berkeley this fallMaribel Garcia maintained a 4.0 grade point average, although pregnant and raising a baby. Alana Banks, labeled early as “special needs," blossomed into a stellar math student. Dwayne Anderson, virtually abandoned by his parents, intends to study psychology so he can help others. Genesis Alfaro is determined to be a role model for other daughters of Latino immigrants. All four are coming to UC Berkeley in the fall after graduating from Cal Prep, a charter school in which the campus is a partner.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/31377/feed/ 0 Maribel Garcia: ‘Failure is simply not an option’ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/maribel-garcia/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/maribel-garcia/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:30:51 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31396 Maribel Garcia: ‘Failure is simply not an option’Maribel Garcia is one of four Cal Prep students heading for UC Berkeley in the fall. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/maribel-garcia/feed/ 0 Alana Banks: ‘Cal Prep believed in me before I did’ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/alana-banks/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/alana-banks/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:30:20 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31384 Alana Banks: ‘Cal Prep believed in me before I did’Alana Banks is one of four Cal Prep students heading to UC Berkeley in the fall. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/alana-banks/feed/ 0 Dwayne Anderson: ‘I aspire to pave the road for future generations’ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/dwayne-anderson/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/dwayne-anderson/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:30:16 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31380 Dwayne Anderson: ‘I aspire to pave the road for future generations’Dwayne Anderson is one of four Cal Prep students heading to UC Berkeley in the fall. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/04/dwayne-anderson/feed/ 0 CAL Prep’s first graduates — all of them — get into college http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/06/cal-preps-first-graduating-class/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/06/cal-preps-first-graduating-class/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 20:11:42 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=11049 CAL Prep’s first graduates — all of them — get into collegeCAL Prep, the academic charter high school that Berkeley co-founded five years ago, is about to celebrate the graduation of its first class of seniors — and the fact that all 17 won acceptance to at least one four-year college.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/06/cal-preps-first-graduating-class/feed/ 0