American University Preparatory School

American University Preparatory School
Creating Scholars and Global Leaders Bringing the World to Los Angeles
Location
345 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California United States
Information
Type	Private secondary
Established	2013
Opened	2014
Headmaster	Dr. Gary W. Woods
Faculty	13
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	50
Campus type	Metropolitan
Color(s)	Primary: Blue/Orange; Secondary: Teal/Marigold
Mascot	Trailblazers
Website	http://www.aupschool.org

American University Preparatory School (commonly referred to as AUP) is a private four-year, co-educational boarding and day college preparatory high school for grades 9-12 located in Los Angeles, California, at the center of downtown Los Angeles. Its curricular focus is on Global Studies & Citizenship, Digital Media Arts, Computer Science, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship in the 21st century.^[1][2]

History

American University Preparatory School was founded upon the vision to establish an academically rigorous and technology-rich learning environment where students would engage in project-based learning and domestic and international internships within an interdisciplinary digital media arts, computer science humanities, social science, global leadership, and STEAM curriculum.

The faculty and academic advisory board consists of prominent university scholars, researchers, and administrators; K-12 education leaders; and business executives in the Los Angeles area. AUP’s board members^[3] are affiliated with the Maremel Institute, USC Marshall School of Business, Warner Brothers, UCLA California Nanoscience Institute, UCLA School of Law, Beverly Hills Unified School District, California State University, Los Angeles' Pacific Rim Institute, and UCLA Medical School. AUP’s leadership team and faculty^[4] hold bachelors, masters, doctorates, and post-doctoral degrees from prestigious institutions including UCLA, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, USC, Boston College, George Washington University, The Ohio State University, University of Minnesota, Washington University School of Medicine, and Harvard University.

Diversity

AUP Students are 50% international and 50% domestic, hailing from 9 U.S. states and 17 different countries across the globe.

50% of attending students are international with 17 different countries represented outside of the United States (Afghanistan, Botswana, China, Eritrea, Hungary, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Venezuela). The other 50% of domestic students hail from 9 states across the United States.

Media

AUP was featured in the Los Angeles Times^[5] shortly after the first cohort of students arrived in Fall 2014. The school was also featured in a segment of CBS Local,^[6] and local radio news KCRW.^[7]

Campus

Front of School Building in Downtown Los Angeles.

American University Preparatory School is located in downtown Los Angeles. The school's main facility is located across from the World Trade Center on Figueroa St.,^[8] and the school uniquely partners with surrounding facilities for student usage. Notably, AUP is the academic home to some of the Music Academy students of the renowned Colburn School,^[9] and AUP students may attend music classes at the Colburn School. AUP also enjoy a partnership with ICL Academy (Performing Arts) and EEI School of Music to provide additional educational and cultural resources to students. Additionally, AUP students enjoy usage of the Downtown YMCA facility^[10] where they also meet their Physical Education requirements and have forged some extracurricular sports partnerships. Students also utilize school sponsored memberships at the historic Downtown Public Library. These locations, plus other locations within an approved zone within Downtown Los Angeles that they may use and explore, make up AUP's "extended campus" and truly utilize the resources of the City of Los Angeles for all its cultural benefits.

References

Coordinates: 34°03′17″N 118°15′20″W / 34.054629°N 118.255559°W / 34.054629; -118.255559