Integrated Learning

UPrep's Middle and Upper School teachers are available for office hours during Community Time, study halls, and after school. The Integrated Learning team regularly partners with students and their advisors to help them schedule and access opportunities for extra support from subject teachers. 

The Integrated Learning team provides space and time before and after school for students to study, complete homework, and get organized. Learning specialists are on hand to support students in building essential skills and strategies for lifelong learning.

• After school: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00–4:00 p.m. in the Commons Meeting Room 

• Before school: daily from 7:45–8:15 a.m. in the Integrated Learning Center

Designed for students who seek additional enrichment beyond teacher office hours, a UPrep Math Department teacher is available to provide subject-specific math support during After School Drop-In on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00–4:00 p.m.

Learning specialists at UPrep partner and collaborate with teachers to provide high-quality differentiation and classroom design that helps all our students unlock their limitless potential. The Integrated Learning team works with each academic department to provide an integrated model so that students develop the content knowledge and transferable skills essential for success beyond UPrep.

UPrep is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to students with documented disabilities to ensure equal access to the challenging academic program. Accommodations are adjustments in how a student accesses information and demonstrates learning. Approved accommodations should not fundamentally alter the nature of the curriculum or UPrep graduation requirements. 

If your student has a documented diagnosis, we will review documentation and develop an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) that lists the accommodations your student is entitled to receive as well as the instructional strategies we feel will best support your student in the classroom. ILPs identify learning strengths and challenges, specify accommodations, and outline supportive instructional strategies. Once an ILP is in place, all members of your student’s team, including teachers and advisors, will be made aware to ensure that accommodations are being used, with the long-term goal of self-advocacy and academic confidence. We encourage students to be active partners in the accommodation process and to take ownership of their educational experience for success at UPrep and beyond.

Each student with a documented learning difference is paired with a learning specialist who provides case management services for the student's Individualized Learning Plan (ILP) and offers an additional layer of support beyond the student's advisor. Learning specialists partner with students to think together about the student's learning process so that they can implement strategies to reach their full potential. Learning specialists also regularly partner with the student's advisor, teachers, grade-level dean, division director, counselor, and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging and Social Emotional Learning teams to optimize the student experience. 

Our learning specialists meet one-on-one with students with Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) to help them build independence, self-advocacy skills, and a mature understanding of their learning profiles and individual rights and responsibilities. Learning specialists counsel students with ILPs on transferable advocacy skills to help them build more independence year-over-year. Students eventually work closely with their learning specialist as they transition to college to ensure they are provided access to necessary accommodations beyond UPrep.

UPrep's learning and testing specialist, a member of the Integrated Learning team, collaborates with other Integrated Learning team members to provide guidance to qualifying students and their families on the standardized testing accommodations process. Clear and supportive communication is provided to families to simplify the process and allow students access to accommodations on College Board (PSAT, SAT, AP) and ACT exams.

Learning Pathways is an engaging, 1:1 or small group multi-sensory program that is historically grounded in the Orton-Gillingham approach but is agile and individualized for each student depending on their learning profile. The program serves students who benefit from consistent language-based intervention that allows them to thrive in the academically challenging program at UPrep. In Learning Pathways, our specialist teacher's primary instructional focus is improving reading, spelling, and vocabulary through structured Wired For Reading word analysis lessons. Based on the latest research, students are taught to use linguistics to understand the deep structure of language and phonics.  

Students that enter UPrep in 6th grade begin Learning Pathways in a 1:1 setting and move to a 3:1 small group for year two of the program. Students typically take Learning Pathways in place of a Fine Arts or PE course in 6th grade and World Language course in 7th grade.

For the 2023–2024 academic year, the fee for the Learning Pathways program is $15,030 (for 1:1) and $8,245 (for 3:1). Financial aid is available. Inquires regarding financial aid should be made through UPrep's admission office.

Middle School SchoolHacks is an elective course for students in 7th and 8th grade who would benefit from support in the areas of executive functioning, study skills, and self-advocacy. SchoolHacks students participate in a small group with a learning specialist to complete planner checks, Schoology reviews, assignment management, and teacher communication. In addition to executive function skill support, students receive direct coaching on particular research-based study skills to support learning. Students are also given class time to complete assignments from their other courses with guided support from the learning specialist. When appropriate, we work to apply the skills taught to their classwork or their approach studying. This one-semester course is designed to provide specific support and skill-building that students can utilize as they grow into independent learners at UPrep. 

For the 2023–2024 academic year, the fee for the one-semester Middle School SchoolHacks course is $2,800. Financial aid is available. Inquiries regarding FA should be made through UPrep's admission office.

Upper School SchoolHacks is a non-credit elective course for students who would benefit from support in the areas of executive functioning, study skills, and self-advocacy. Similar to Middle School SchoolHacks, students participate in a small group with a learning specialist to complete planner checks, Schoology reviews, assignment management, and teacher communication. Additionally, students receive direct coaching on research-based study skills that will assist them in Upper School and structured time to complete assignments from their other courses with guided support from the learning specialist. When appropriate, we work to help students apply the skills taught to their classwork or their approach to studying. This one-semester course is designed to provide specific support and skill-building.

There is no fee for the non-credit Upper School SchoolHacks elective course.