In Urban Prep tradition, 240 seniors, all African-American males, celebrated their success on Tuesday April 8 at a ceremony where they exchanged their red uniform ties for a red and gold striped tie, a symbol of their new accomplishment. “The tie represents to me moving on from a boy to becoming a young man and actually doing something with my life.”

Urban Prep Academies in Chicago continue to exemplify excellence in education. For the fifth year in a row, all seniors have been accepted into nearly 200 four-year colleges and universities.

In Urban Prep tradition, 240 seniors, all African-American males, celebrated their success on Tuesday April 8 at a ceremony where they exchanged their red uniform ties for a red and gold striped tie, a symbol of their new accomplishment.

“The tie represents to me moving on from a boy to becoming a young man and actually doing something with my life,” graduating senior Dumar Harris told NBC Chicago.

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