Principal’s Scholars Program

Promoting college preparatory pathways and global competitiveness through educational excellence.


Celebrating 50 years of operating at the helm of pre-collegiate education, the Principal’s Scholars Program (PSP) is a statewide mathematics and science initiative that works with parents and teachers to prepare disadvantaged students for college preparatory pathways and the global world. PSP focuses on the development of critical thinking, computational literacy, and higher-order thinking skills as a systematic educational reform strategy.

PSP Students at alma mater

The Principal’s Scholars Program

The Principal’s Scholars Program (PSP) is a statewide, pre-collegiate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiative that strives to prepare elementary, middle, and high school students with demonstrated potential for college preparatory pathways that will lead to boundless global innovations and opportunities. PSP accomplishes its mission by implementing a transformative learning strategy composed of three integrated learning processes: deeper learning, focused learning, and borderless learning.

Principal's Scholars Program
1112 West University Avenue, Suite 201
Urbana, IL 61801
217-333-0234