Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience is a

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in St. Louis,

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. It was established in 2013 and is part of the

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district.

History

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In 2013, SLPS set up the school after demand for a magnet high school oriented towards medical professions was raised by community members. The school's funding came from an advisory board of 14 members, most of whom were executives from major industries in the

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area. The board pushed to move the school into its current location in the

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neighborhood within the St. Louis University Medical District. The board has paid for multiple fees of its students such as bus passes, college application fees, PSAT fees, and money for field trips for its students. The board has also secured internships for its students from a variety of companies and businesses in St. Louis such as

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, and Danforth Plant Science Center. Collegiate is currently trying to raise $13 million to create a science wing with 6 laboratories, a greenhouse, and a gymnasium. Most science classes were held in mobile labs behind the school. In 2021, the school proposed moving its location to

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, which the St. Louis Public Schools board voted to close effective the upcoming school year. The proposal did not come without pushback from students, who created a petition signed by around 460 individuals to keep the school at its current location. Despite the opposition, Collegiate moved forward with the move and relocated to Cleveland Junior Naval Academy’s former location. On October 24, 2022, a school shooting took place at Central Visual and Performing Arts which shares a campus with Collegiate killing 2 people.

Academics

The school requires all of its students do 100 hours of community service.

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and CPR certification is also required before entering the 11th grade. All seniors must complete an internship or capstone project in a

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field before graduating. Its auditorium regularly hosts guest speakers from nearby

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and

Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...

. The average ACT score is 25 and the average SAT is 1210. The student teacher ratio is 15 to 1. 92% of its student body is proficient in reading and 72% of the students are proficient in math. All 44 seniors of the school's first graduating class went to university and the school continues to rival other magnet schools such as

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and

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, often ranked among the top schools in the nation.

Awards

In 2018, Collegiate won first place in a World Wide Technology Hack-A-Thon contest.

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