Tom Horne Congratulates University High for Outstanding Academic Achievement

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Contact: Estella Zavala or Jennea Moore, 225-6437 
Posted on: February 11, 2005

State Superintendent Tom Horne will commend University High School, 421 N. Arcadia Blvd., for their exceptional academic achievement at an assembly at 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 14 in the school’s auditorium. Later that evening Horne, as well as State Board of Education member John Pedicone, will speak to parents from the greater Tucson area at 7 p.m. in the Rincon/University High School auditorium. The meeting is sponsored by the TUSD School Community Partnership Council. 

Horne will give a speech and present the school with a congratulatory certificate. University High was recently named as having one of the top Advanced Placement programs in the world by the College Board. This year the school boasts six students nominated for the Presidential Scholars program, more than any other school in southern Arizona and has 33 National Merit finalists. For the past three years, UHS has been recognized as an “Excelling” school for having 100 percent of students pass AIMS. 

University High School offers an all-honors academic program including 19 advanced placement classes, a strong foreign language program, an elective social studies program, a humanities option for ninth graders, and superior music and dance programs.

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