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The product of a coalition of educators and high-tech leaders, High Tech High comprises two divisions. Students in Division I (grades 9-10) study math, science, Spanish, and integrated humanities while completing projects in and outside school. In Senior Institute (grades 11-12), students pursue more advanced coursework and internship developed in consultation with a school advisor and worksite mentor.
Projects both in and outside school form the foundation of the curriculum right from the student's first year. By junior year, students are out in the San Diego community part time, in internships that match them with workplace mentors. Their role is not just to learn but also to create something of value for their employer-from websites to water quality proposals, documentaries to community surveys.
Projects are everywhere at High Tech High, and a look around the school on any given day will find students of every subject actively making things, trying things out, making them better. Teachers are learning, too, as they work in collegial teams to develop and share curriculum and to assess how students have gained. -from High Tech High's Annual Curriculum Yearbook (2002)
To see some of the student's portfolios and read more go to http://www.whatkidscando.org/portfoliosmallschools/HTH/HTHintro.html
Contact:
info@HighTechHigh.org
http://www.hightechhigh.org/schools/HTH/
Phone: 0011 619 243 5000 |
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