UHart Welcomes Four 2019 Graduates from UHSSE

University High School for Science and Engineering (UHSSE) graduated 88 seniors on Tuesday, June 11 at a ceremony held in Lincoln Theater. Four of the graduates, (l-r) Joshua Durant, Sanaa Harper-Gulley, Savannah Jackson, and Natalie Salgado, will continue their education as members of the incoming UHart Class of 2023.

One hundred percent of the 2019 UHSSE seniors applied to and were accepted to more than 40 two- and four-year colleges or universities across the country. Eight-two percent of the graduating class plan to attend a four-year institutions with the balance attending a two-year or vocational institution or entering the military.

UHSSE, located on Mark Twain Drive on campus, is a magnet school and a partnership between the University and Hartford Public Schools. As an early college high school, it integrates the college experience through courses and other opportunities to expose high school students to higher education options. Qualified students are able to take college courses at UHart and earn college credits.

At the 2019 graduation,(photo 1 in Gallery) Samuel Oslovich received the Dean’s Early College Award for earning the most college credits among his class. He will attend UConn. (Photo 2 in Gallery) Deniz Camli-Saunders received the President’s Early College Award for having the highest GPA. He will attend Purdue University. (Photo 3 in Gallery) A portrait of UHart’s Associate Vice President and Dean of University Magnet Schools Alan Hadad was unveiled during the ceremony in gratitude for his years of tireless commitment to the high school. It will hang in the high school’s library.

In May of 2019, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont that UHSSE is one of 41 high schools in the state recognized by the national nonprofit organization GreatSchools for having a successful track record of graduating students who enroll in two-or four-college, are ready for college-level coursework, and persist on to their second year.