PUC Preparatory School

Specialties

Pacific Union College Preparatory School is a Seventh-​Day Adventist Christian learning community called to meet the needs of all students through quality activities that encourage learning, leadership, and service in preparation for college, for life, and for Heaven.

History

Established in 1909.

Prep is a Seventh-​Day Adventist Christian high school with a long tradition of educational excellence. Established as a demonstration school, Prep serves as an on-​campus laboratory for the Education Department at Pacific Union College. Located in the northern end of the Napa valley, the rural physical location is ideal, with cultural and urban influences within a short driving distance. A majority of Prep’s students come from the surrounding communities of Angwin, St. Helena, Calistoga, Napa, and Middletown.

The school began in 1888 as a part of Pacific Union College, then called Healdsburg College. Mrs. Ellen G. White, a founder of the Seventh-​Day Adventist Church, helped to choose the current spot for PUC in this basin at the top of Howell Mountain. In 1935 the Preparatory School administration was separated from the college administration, and the first class under this new administration graduated in 1936. Since then, more than 3,000 students have received diplomas.