UPrep Together!
Don’t miss out! Join us for UPrep Together, Friday, March 8!
Register at the UPrep Together website today.
University Prep’s LaunchPad is a two-week real-world experience for seniors that offers them an opportunity to step outside of the classroom and work in an environment that speaks to their personal passions and/or to their professional, vocational, or academic curiosities. From shadowing software engineers to maintaining hiking trails to helping manage a Pilates studio to producing original music, LaunchPad is designed to give students a chance to engage with the world beyond UPrep and practice those real-world skills they’ll need after they graduate.
LaunchPad projects will begin on Thursday, May 24 and end on Thursday, June 7. As a starting point, students are expected to be engaged with their LaunchPad project on regular business days from approximately 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., although students can shape these hours around availability of their mentors and resources. Students will submit a LaunchPad Work Plan in late April that details where they will be throughout the LaunchPad project and what they should be working on.
LaunchPad is a student-driven experience. As such, the expectation is that students take the lead in the designing and carrying out of their proposal. The mentor’s role is to provide guidance and feedback throughout the experience as well as offer suggestions if students run into obstacles. You are the guide on the side, not the sage on the stage.
Please contact Brian Gonzales or Jeff Tillinghast immediately with any concerns: launchpad@universityprep.org
Don’t miss out! Join us for UPrep Together, Friday, March 8!
Register at the UPrep Together website today.