Urban Discovery Academy is a free-public charter school serving TK through 8th grade students in the heart of the IDEA District, in the East Village neighborhood of Downtown San Diego. Urban Discovery Academy recently added the first Design-Thinking focused High School in San Diego, IDEATE High Academy, also located in Downtown. The UDA schools provide a rigorous continuum of education that develops the whole child as a scholar, athlete, artist, and democratic member of society, infused with project-based learning, design-thinking interdisciplinary challenges, college prep, and most importantly empathic social responsibility and innovative thinking.

UDA and id8 Featured in the News at our Nations Largest Teachers College

The Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University has featured UDA, id8, and our design thinking work in their magazine. A preview of the article can be found here.

Urban Discovery Featured on KPBS

A recent news story on school design and safety features our Urban Discovery Academy 14th Street location as a model school!

Support our Annual Fund!

Please support our Annual Fund drive this fall. Family donations will support classroom supplies, programming, and field trips for our students. We are aiming for a fundraising goal of $150,000 this year to help fill the gap between state funding and our innovative programming.

IDEATE Facility News and Design Thinking Complex

A Big News Announcement: The Design Thinking Education Center of San Diego, the Permanent Home of IDEATE High Academy

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	Minimum Day (12pm Release) Date: 9/26/2018
	Parent Network Meeting Date: 10/2/2018, 6:30 PM – 8 PM
	Minimum Day (12pm Release) Date: 10/3/2018
	Stellar Student Awards Date: 10/5/2018, 8 AM – 8:15 AM
	No School- Professional Development for Teachers Date: 10/8/2018
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