Principal's Message
Dear Explorer Families,
I hope that you and your students have had a wonderful summer and are getting just as excited as we are to kick off the 2026-2027 school year. Last year, we built on our foundation of strong systems, ensuring a safe and focused learning environment, to ensure we lived out our belief value by providing radical access to rigorous and engaging curriculum and opportunities to each and every student. We revamped our expanded student leadership opportunities by creating a Grade Level Student Council for each grade level. We expanded elective offerings and continued our robust Advanced Placement (AP) course program, resulting in an 3% increase in our students’ performance on STAAR exams.
This year, we are excited to build off the opportunities we are providing students to further Rise Together. We are launching our Welding Pathway Program in partnership with HCC to allow a cohort of students to graduate with a Level I Welding Certificate and college credits. We are taking a data-driven approach to providing radical access to students while providing targeted supports to support students’ growth. We are continuing to empower student voice through further expanded Grade Level Councils. We are excited to see our students take on new opportunities and continue to grow!
Below you will find information from our Directors about school supplies, dress code policy, purchasing uniforms and distribution, our backpack policy, and updated cell phone policy. While most of these policies remain the same as last year, there are some updates, so please read over these policies carefully.
Additionally, if you are not already doing so, please follow us on Instagram at @ypeastend for all the most up-to-date information and on our website at Home - YES Prep East End Secondary.
We cannot wait to welcome each of our rising 6th and 9th grade students to campus on Wednesday, August 12th and all of our students back on campus on Thursday, August 13th. See you all soon!
Ms. Peterson
