Englewood's Urban Prep Academy for Young Men in Chicago has fulfilled its lofty mission within four years: 100 percent of its first senior class has been accepted to four-year colleges or universities.

Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago schools chief Ron Huberman surprised students at a school assembly recently with congratulations, and school leaders announced that as a reward, their senior prom would be free.

107 seniors at the all-boy, all-African-American school gained acceptance from 72 different colleges, including Northwester, Morehouse College, Howard University, Rutgers and DePaul University.

READ the good news in the Chicago Tribune…

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