The 2017-2018 Berkeley Preparatory School academic year will be here before you know it. Classes begin on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, and there is much to be done between now and then. There are school supplies and uniforms to purchase, summer reading to complete and various school forms and information to submit.

Berkeley Preparatory School has opened its doors to local students to launch the second year of the Berkeley Academy. The Berkeley Academy is a free summer and Saturday educational program aimed at ending summer learning loss for low-income students in Tampa Bay while helping them achieve their dream of going to college. The Berkeley Academy welcomed its returning class as well as a new class of rising seventh grade students for this rigorous and engaging college preparatory program. The Berkeley Academy has experienced a 30% application increase since its inaugural year.

A rainy Sunday afternoon certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of hundreds of family members, friends and alumni from celebrating the 127 newest Berkeley Preparatory School graduates of the Class of 2017 on June 4. This amazing group of young men and women were accepted to a combined total of 175 colleges and universities in 33 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. The class earned over $9 million in scholarships and 87 percent of the class qualified for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The class includes an impressive 23 National Merit honorees.