Our Vision

The vision of University City High School is to provide a safe, secure and disciplined environment so that every child learns to his/her fullest potential. This process will be continuous utilizing results from classroom, benchmark assessments, Terra Nova and PSSA assessments where possible.  This vision will be sustained and quality professional practices will be modified and monitored for all educators involved, to provide the best education possible for every student in University City High School.  This vision is clear and will be published for all stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers, administrators and the community as a whole.

Also see the School Reform Commission's Declaration of Education.

Our Mission

The mission of University City High School is to provide a high quality education that prepares, ensures, and empowers all students to achieve their full intellectual and social potential in order to become lifelong learners and productive members of society.  This is the same mission as that of the School District of Philadelphia and the Restructured Region.

School Profile

• School profile, summary (PDF)
• Points of Pride
• School organization
• School demographics & standardized test results
• School Adequate Yearly Progress(AYP) status/assessment performance
• School District Benchmark Test results
• School improvement planning: 
  • Corrective Action II memo 3/30/08 (MS Word format)
    
  • Summary report of findings and guidance for schools in Corrective Action II 1/26/08 (PDF)
  • PSSA-aligned online tutor (StudyIsland) school usage report through 5/10/08
• School history
• School spirit
  • Mascot: Jaguar
  • Colors: Black and gold or white
  • Motto: You Can't Hide That Jaguar Pride!
  • School song (Alma Mater)
• School facts
  
  • Website address: www.phila.k12.pa.us/schools/ucity
  • Nearest major intersection: half-block northwest of 36th & Market St.
  • District school code: 1080
  • CollegeBoard school code: 393556

Points of Pride

About this Website

• To post information to this website please follow the website posting policy.
• This website was created as part of the School District's WebSite GO project, the School District of Philadelphia's first step toward creating an exemplary K-12 website.
  
  • An intuitive, open-source, user-friendly content management software solution (WebGUI) is provided to school and office webpublishers which allows them to easily create, publish and update websites from any Internet connection. 
  • This solution benefits students, parents, teachers, community organizations, vendors, and SDP staff by providing them with accurate, up-to-date information available 24/7 on the World Wide Web.
• To promote website consistency, ease of use, and ease of maintenance, the School District's website policy and guidelines restrict the website design layout of the banner information, pictures, and color scheme.