Eastside Preparatory School

The 2020-2021 school year – our eighteenth academic year – is bound to be filled with exciting events and learning opportunities. That’s par for the course at EPS – we’ve grown from sixteen students and six employees to over 500 students and over 100 employees in a fairly short period of time.

Although we’ve experienced tremendous change in the past seventeen years, some things will remain constant. Our commitment to helping students create their own learning experiences is chief among our objectives. Eastside Prep is a place where you can become the best you there is. We admit interesting people who want to try new things. Our community is kind and supportive, so we look for students who value that type of community.

We don’t have a recipe for the “right EPS student;” but we do have an expectation that each student will find a place, feel a connection, and experience the kind of learning that inspires innovative thinking. Our mission says it all – We inspire students to create a better world through Critical Thinking, Responsible Action, Compassionate Leadership, and Wise Innovation.

This is an authentic learning community. We use tools of all kinds to extend our reach into the world. We also rely on one another to sustain our culture of respect for learning, for self, and for others.

The EPS program is intentionally focused on each student constructing their own knowledge and meaning, with the expectation that they become more self-directed in their learning over the course of their academic careers and lives.

EPS Middle School courses are designed to give students opportunities to practice the habits of mind employed in each academic discipline. Critical thinking skills are emphasized. Integration plays an important role in tying ideas together, and teachers collaborate on specific units when it makes sense to do so. Faculty infuse each day in (and out of!) the classroom with enthusiasm and hands-on learning. Where appropriate, coursework is guided by grade-specific Big Questions.