National television audience, meet Oakland’s Urban Promise Academy.

Tune in to the Today Show Thursday, December 17, to watch a segment on “schools beating the odds.” NBC chose three schools from around the country, and UPA was one of them! The segment should air around 8:30 AM on Thursday. If you can’t watch it live, set your DVR or Tivo, or visit http://today.msnbc.com/ to watch the clip online. The UPA footage was shot two weeks ago, but a Today Show crew is returning to UPA this Thursday at 5 AM to capture live footage. When the segment airs, they will cut to a live shot of our campus!

June 25, 2009

Urban Promise Academy middle schoolers visited our nation’s capital last month! Check out this site to read students’ reflections on this unforgettable trip.

About UPA

UPA is a small, public middle school in Oakland’s Fruitvale district. Feel free to click around our site to learn more about what we’re doing to develop warriors, artists, and scholars. Check out our latest Promise newsletter here!

This site was produced in collaboration with the Oakland Small Schools Foundation.

Photography Copyright 2008 Hasain Rasheed.