Welcome to the University High School Website!

We are excited to be an "A" rated school in an "A" rated district!

Though we encourage you to follow UHS on social media, we would like to remind you that our primary methods of communication for events and news is our Connect Orange messenger system and our Remind Texts. You should be receiving emails, text messages and phone calls through the Connect Orange system. Please visit UHS if you need to update contact info to ensure you are receiving calls at the correct number and emails at the correct address.

Graduation Information:

I am so excited that we are able to give our graduates this formal commencement ceremony this year!  I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that this year’s ceremony will be different from past years but also to be clear that it will be special and will honor our graduates.  Let us all come together in celebration of our graduates this year and a common understanding that the parameters put in place to allow for this commencement ceremony are necessary to keep everyone as healthy and safe as possible. 

Yours, Mr. Ott

Graduation Day – Wednesday, May 26^th, 2021

• ●University High School’s Commencement will be held on Wednesday, May 26^th at 7:30 pm at the Amway Center.
• ●To ensure the safety of all of our graduates and guests and to comply with COVID restrictions, University High School will host two consecutive 45 minute commencement ceremonies.
  • Group 1 will consist of students with last names Abad through McNamara, our Top 10 in class, and all graduates on ACCESS points.
  • Group 2 will consist of students with last names Medal through Zhang
• ●The commencement ceremony for Group 1 will begin promptly at 7:30 pm with the ceremony for Group 2 beginning immediately after the conclusion of Group 1’s time.

MORE INFORMATION HERE: 

Office Hours 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Student School Hours
7:20 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. ( M, T, TH, F)
7:20 A.M. to 1:10 p.m. (W)

Hello Cougars and Cougar Families, this is Mr. Ott with your weekly update.  

This week, I want to start by focusing on the upcoming Spring assessments.  Per the Florida Department of Education (FDOE), no remote administrations are available for any statewide summative assessments.  

Testing begins each morning at 7:20 a.m.  LaunchEd students should arrive on campus on their testing dates no later than 7:10 a.m. and report directly to their testing rooms.  

Room assignments will be shared with students via school email, Cougar Corner, and teachers one week prior to each testing date.  

Face-to-Face students will test in separate rooms from LaunchEd and students will be socially distant with a minimum of six feet between desks.  

Masks are required at all times while on campus and temperatures will be taken upon arrival.  

LaunchEd students are encouraged to provide their own transportation and are required to leave campus as soon as testing is complete.  If you are are/have a LaunchEd student that would normally ride the bus, please watch your email next week (3/29-4/2) for an important transportation opportunity. 

Uber and Lyft are not allowed on our campus, so please plan accordingly.  

Students should be finished with testing by 11:00 a.m. each day unless they receive extended time as per an IEP/504/ELL plan.  

Assessment dates are as follows:

FSA ELA - ALL 9th & 10th grade students 
Reading Session 1 - May 6, 2021
Reading Session 2 - May 7, 2021

FSA EOC - ALL Algebra 1 & Geometry students 
Session 1 - May 10, 2021
Session 2 - May 11, 2021

NGSSS EOCs - ALL Biology & US History students
May 13, 2021

Your fully up-to-date school laptop is required for you to test.   Please make sure that you have updated your laptop at an OCPS site prior to testing and that your laptop has the secure browser loaded.  It will install on its own as long as you restart and update it at an OCPS school site. To update, please park close enough to an OCPS school/site to login with wifi.  

Students, it is imperative that you continually check your school email accounts and Cougar Corner for testing information.