HighTechHigh Los Angeles is a diverse community of active learners dedicated to fusing the traditional academic subjects with real-world, technical applications and problem solving skills. Students are productive, self-directed learners, engaged in rigorous, relevant work. HighTechHigh-LA prepares students to be motivated, influential leaders committed to the challenge of connecting our community to the larger society.
HighTechHigh-LA is an institution of learning:
- Housed in a state-of-the-art educational facility to create a stimulating educational environment
- Enriched in the utilization of technology to develop vital career skills required of professionals in tomorrow’s workforce
- Centered on project-based learning that emphasizes real-world, hands-on educational experiences
- Committed to community service and awareness through student internships with local business and industry
- Personalized to meet the holistic needs and to maximize the unique talents of the individual student
- Dedicated to the development of students with individual integrity and a strong sense of ethics
School-wide Learning (ESLRs) - Collaboration. In addition to working as self directed learners, students draw upon their collective thinking and experience. When students work in teams on projects, their collaboration is an explicit focus for assessment.
- Technology. Students use technologies to problem solve and to enhance their project work in the context of conducting research, writing, completing complex mathematical calculations, organizing and managing projects and schedules, or being creative with digital graphics, photography, web design or video.
- Communication. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, are essential to success in post-secondary education and in the workplace. Student communication skills are assessed in rigorous reviews by faculty, peers, and members of the community. The Faculty emphasize student writing across all curricular content areas as a focus for program development and assessment.
- Community Ethics and Responsibility. HTH-LA students are being prepared to be positive and productive forces in their families and communities, embracing traits of alert citizenship and an appreciation for diversity. Faculty guide students toward a global vision of ethics and social responsibility through the exploration of science, humanities, the arts, the advisory process, and interactions with the communities in which they will live, study and work.
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