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Southwest Weekly Family Notes
Please visit our YP Southwest page on Fridays for our most up-to-date happenings at our Southwest Campus.
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A Charter Education
At YES Prep Southwest we believe strong culture and community are essential to student achievement. We create systems, structures, and routines, to create school-wide consistency, creativity and achievement for students and staff. It is critical that we create a high-quality culture, so students develop the character and academic skills needed to graduate from college prepared to lead.
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Who We Are
90%
First Generation College Students
97%
African American and Hispanic
85%
Economically Disadvantaged
90%
Graduation Rate
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