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04/07/2026
WhatUP! Urban Prep Family and Students here is this months Newsletter 🗞️🚨. Filled with history, latest UPdates, and more. So please if you can take the time read it and enjoy it. The Lion’s Roar is BLACK EXCELLENCE FULL LINK TO ARTICLE WILL BE IN BIO 🔗
09/22/2025
🎓✨ College Fair at Navy Pier! ✨🎓
Our young men had the chance to explore colleges from all over—from Big Ten schools to international universities. 🌍🏫
Many were drawn to big names like University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 💙💛 and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 🧡💙, while others ran straight to Howard University ❤️🖤💛 and Loyola University Chicago ❤️🖤.
The highlight? Meeting Mr. Brandon Sparkman, an Urban Prep Englewood alum and Gates Millennium Scholar 🙌🏾🔥—a living example of what’s possible! 💪🏾
Proud to see our students dreaming big and preparing for the future. 🚀📚
100% Not Like Us.
For the 16th year in a row, every Urban Prep senior has been accepted into a four-year college or university.
On May 6, our Englewood and Bronzeville students took over Daley Plaza for our Annual College Signing Day—one of the most powerful celebrations of the year.
Unlike traditional Signing Days, we don’t center sports—we center scholarship. Each senior placed a cap on their head, announcing where they’re headed next.
This year’s theme, “100% Not Like Us,” isn’t just a slogan. It’s a statement. A reminder that our young Black men defy the odds, crush stereotypes, and write their own futures.
They are not like the statistics—they are rewriting them.
Congratulations to the Class of 2025. You are scholars. You are leaders. You are Urban Prep.
We Believe.
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