Geffen Academy at UCLA is a university-affiliated school for students in grades 6-12. We value academic depth and inspiration within a humane educational environment. Our community is guided by principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Geffen Academy students are encouraged to be questioners, analysts, and presenters, who are creative, collaborative, and active young adults. Our students practice their skills, competencies, and relationships with deliberation. Geffen Academy graduates believe that knowledge is beautiful, transformative, and relevant to ones life and civic responsibility in a global community.Our dynamic partnership with UCLA offers our students and faculty a connection to extraordinary resources and opportunities to integrate rigorous academics with real-world challenges. As part of the public mission of UCLA, Geffen Academy leverages leading research and teaching methodologies to create a forward-looking, boundary-breaking approach to education that prepares students for successful lives in the 21st century.