Young Women's College Preparatory Academy

Young Women's College Preparatory Academy (YWCPA) is a university preparatory public secondary school for girls in Houston, Texas that is a part of the Houston Independent School District. It opened in 2011 in the former Contemporary Learning Center (CLC) building.

The school is located in the Third Ward area.^[1] The Foundation for the Education of Young Women and HISD partnered in order to develop the school. The foundation committed $1 million to start the school. The plan initially called for the school to be housed at CLC, but the agenda items, including the plan, were tabled until December 2010.^[2]

References

↑ Aguilar, Charlotte. "HISD chief to trustees: please kick in $1m from your districts to spruce up new all-girls school." West University Examiner. Tuesday July 19, 2011. Updated Wednesday July 20, 2011. Retrieved on July 31, 2011.
↑ "All-girls school coming to Houston ISD." Houston Business Journal. November 12, 2010. Retrieved on May 29, 2011.

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Houston Independent School District

Alternative and magnet K-12 schools	T. H. Rogers

6-12 schools	Jane Long Academy (middle school zoned, high school not zoned)

Alternative 6-12 schools	Leland Sharpstown Int'l Y.W.C.P.A.

High schools	Austin Bellaire Chávez Davis Furr Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Lee Madison Milby North Forest Reagan Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Wheatley Worthing Yates

Alternative and magnet high schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.E.C.J. Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College South Early College

K-8 schools	Gregory-Lincoln Woodson

Alternative and magnet K-8 schools	The Rice School

Middle schools	Key Lanier Pershing Pin Oak Others

Alternative middle schools	BCM Academy at Ryan Las Américas Newcomer School

Elementary schools	Cornelius Harvard Kashmere Gardens Lantrip River Oaks Walnut Bend Others

Alternative elementary schools	Arabic Immersion Mandarin Chinese Immersion

Former alternative 6-12 schools	C.L.C. Kay On-Going

Former high schools	San Jacinto

Former alternative high schools	Carter Career Center DeVry Advantage Academy Gulf Coast Trades Center (no longer affiliated with HISD) Middle College

Former K-8 schools	E.O. Smith

Former middle schools	Ryan

Literature	Brown, Not White Make Haste Slowly

Third Ward, Houston

Geography

Neighborhoods	Riverside Terrace University Oaks Washington Terrace

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Houston Independent School District Yates High School Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan DeBakey High School for Health Professions Young Women's College Preparatory Academy Ryan Middle School (closed) Contemporary Learning Center (closed) Yellowstone Academy

Other education	University of Houston Texas Southern University Houston Public Library Houston Community College (nearest campus in Midtown)

Other

Landmarks	Frenchy's Chicken Project Row Houses

METRORail stations	Elgin/Third Ward TDECU Stadium/UH/TSU UH South/University Oaks Leeland/Third Ward

This list is incomplete. This template refers to the modern Third Ward and not the historical political definition. Exact definitions of the Third Ward differ depending on the agency/authority/person. Leeland/Third Ward is outside of the common boundaries of the Third Ward but is in close proximity.

Single-gender schools in Texas

Public boys' schools

Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (Dallas)
Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men (Houston)
The Lawson Academy (Houston)
Young Men's Leadership Academy at Kennedy Middle School (Grand Prairie)

Public girls' schools

Rangel Young Women's Leadership School (Dallas)
Richards School for Young Women Leaders (Austin)
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders (Lubbock)
Young Women's College Preparatory Academy (Houston)
Young Women's Leadership Academy (Fort Worth)
Young Women's Leadership Academy at Arnold (Grand Prairie)
Young Women's Leadership Academy (San Antonio)

Private boys' schools

Dallas/Fort Worth area	Cistercian Preparatory School (Irving) Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas (Dallas) St. Mark's School (Dallas)

Houston area	The Regis School of the Sacred Heart (Houston) St. Thomas High School (Houston) Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (Houston)

San Antonio area	Central Catholic Marianist High School (San Antonio)

El Paso area	Cathedral High School (El Paso)

Became coed	Holy Cross of San Antonio (San Antonio) St. Anthony Catholic High School (San Antonio)

Private girls' schools

Dallas/Fort Worth area	Hockaday School (Dallas) Ursuline Academy (Dallas)

Houston area	Duchesne Academy (Houston) Incarnate Word Academy (Houston) Saint Agnes Academy (Houston)

San Antonio area	Incarnate Word High School (San Antonio) Providence High School (San Antonio)

El Paso area	Loretto Academy (El Paso, PK-5 coed, 6-12 girls' only)

Closed	St. Francis Academy (San Antonio)

High schools in the City of Houston

Houston Independent School District

Zoned schools	Austin Bellaire (Bellaire) Chávez J. Davis Furr Sam Houston Kashmere Lamar Lee Madison Milby North Forest Reagan Scarborough Sharpstown Sterling Waltrip Washington Westbury Westside Wheatley Worthing Yates

Magnet/Alternative schools	Carnegie Vanguard Challenge Early College DeBakey East Early College Eastwood Academy Energy Institute H.A.I.S. H.S.E.P. H.S.P.V.A. Jones Futures Academy Barbara Jordan H.S.L.E.C.J. Leland Liberty (Newcomer) Mount Carmel Acad. North Houston Early College T.H. Rogers Sharpstown Int'l South Early College Y.W.C.P.A.

Public schools not in Houston ISD

Aldine ISD	Aldine Carver B. Davis (Unincorporated) Eisenhower MacArthur (Unincorporated) Nimitz (Unincorporated) Victory Early College (magnet)

Alief ISD	Elsik Hastings Taylor (Unincorporated) Kerr (Magnet) (Unincorporated)

Clear Creek ISD	Clear Lake Clear Brook (Unincorporated)

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD	Cypress Creek (Unincorporated) Cypress Ridge (Unincorporated) Jersey Village (Jersey Village)

Fort Bend ISD	Willowridge Kempner (Sugar Land) Marshall (Missouri City)

Galena Park ISD	Galena Park (Galena Park) North Shore (Cloverleaf)

Huffman ISD	Hargrave (Huffman)

Humble ISD	Kingwood Kingwood Park

Katy ISD	Mayde Creek (Unincorporated) James E. Taylor (Unincorporated)

Klein ISD	Klein Forest (Unincorporated)

New Caney ISD	Porter (Unincorporated)

Pasadena ISD	Dobie Pasadena Memorial (Pasadena) South Houston (South Houston)

Spring ISD	Dekaney (Unincorporated)

Spring Branch ISD	Memorial (Hedwig Village) Northbrook Spring Woods Stratford WAIS (magnet)

State charter	Galaviz Houston Heights KIPP (multiple campuses) Harmony Public Schools (multiple campuses) YES Prep (multiple campuses) Yzaguirre School

Independent

Secular private	Awty Briarwood British School Kinkaid (Piney Point Village) Monarch Post Oak Rainard School of the Woods St. John's The Village School

Religious	Al-Hadi School Beren Academy Cristo Rey Jesuit Darul Arqam North (Unincorporated) Emery/Weiner Episcopal (Bellaire) Houston Christian Iman Academy Incarnate Word Academy Lutheran High North Lutheran South Saint Agnes St. Pius X St. Stephen's Episcopal St. Thomas St. Thomas' Episcopal Strake Jesuit Westbury Christian

This list is incomplete. Italicized public schools are not in the "full purpose" Houston city limits (See map) but have portions of Houston in their attendance boundary, while italicized private schools are in municipalities that are surrounded by Houston and/or are in unincorporated areas but have Houston postal addresses.

Public high schools for girls in the United States

Florida

Young Women's Preparatory Academy (Miami)

Georgia

Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy (Atlanta)

Louisiana

Became coed	Eleanor McMain Secondary School (New Orleans)

Michigan

Detroit International Academy for Young Women (Detroit)

Missouri

Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls (St. Louis) - High school scheduled to begin in 2017

New Jersey

Girls' Academy of Newark (HS will open in 2016)

Merged	Battin High School (Elizabeth)

New York

Young Women's Leadership School, Brooklyn
Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women (New York City)
Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women (New York City)
Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem
Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria (New York City)
The Young Women's Leadership School of Queens

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia High School for Girls

Closed	The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School (Philadelphia)

Texas

Rangel Young Women's Leadership School (Dallas)
Richards School for Young Women Leaders (Austin)
Talkington School for Young Women Leaders (Lubbock)
Young Women's College Preparatory Academy (Houston)
Young Women's Leadership Academy (Fort Worth)
Young Women's Leadership Academy at Arnold (Grand Prairie)
Young Women's Leadership Academy (San Antonio)

Coordinates: 29°43′52″N 95°22′27″W / 29.7312°N 95.3741°W / 29.7312; -95.3741

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Young Women's College Preparatory Academy

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