I have worked at HTH for 10 years, and most of the complaints are correct. However, we have gotten more organized, but we don t have a draconian set of rules. We use some textbooks, but more primary and secondary sources. In college the most important skill you need is to interact with your professors,
... Read more and our students are great at that. Everyone has a hard time with the college paper chase, but if you can communicate openly with your professors it is golden. We only have Spanish and we don t have football. When a college sees the students took 4years of math, science, English and met the A-G requirements, (you can t graduate with out meeting them) they real like our students. I would take any advise about a school with a grain of salt, even mine. We actually teach the students this too, know the source. Read less
Posted by a teacher on 08/29/09
I believe this school did an excellent job of preparing my daughter for the UC system where she starts in a few days. Many parents have noted issues below with the emphasis on presentations over tests and other day to day organizational issues all of which can present a few problems. However there is
... Read more no comparason with the other public school in Pt Loma, (with regards to academics) which my son attends. The test scores at PLHS are much lower, the classes are alot bigger, crime is a big problem. In all fairness though the gap does appear to be closing some based on the latest API scores and PLHS has a great sports program Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/12/08
I agree to disagree with the previous review. ALL DO NOT end up in fine colleges; unless you are not considering the 33% attending junior college. 57% accepted to public colleges and of that 57% only 14% accepted to the uc system and less than 10% accepted to private universities. The kids do learn excellent
... Read more presentation skills; however I wonder how these kids transition to college with NO text book experience. If you check the Star Testing website, a parent will have a clear idea if their kids overall are learning math and science at HTH. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/03/08
Where else would my child have worked with researchers in Africa to do DNA testing on bushmeat to help catch poachers, co authored a field guide on the San Diego Bay, designed and built an apparatus to enable a young man with CP to eat by himself, designed a computer game, interned for a non profit and
... Read more designed their Website? Where else do students of every race, economic level and geographic area come together to learn and get along and ALL end up accepted to fine colleges? These polished presenters and enthusiastic learners are very impressive to colleges. (my son's friends are all off to Berkely, UCLA and other top schools this fall ). Yes it can be disorganized. Yes, we did get some tutoring to fill in math gaps in 11th grade. But the preparation for life and learning is second to none. Read less
Posted by a parent on 07/30/08
I am pulling my child out of this school because of the teacher and academic quality. Too many teachers w/no experience. Courses are blocked and integrated and my experience has been my child is taught very little in each subject. I am concerned my child will not be fully prepared for college because
... Read more too much time is spent on projects and group work and little time is spent on learning a particular subject in-depth. The things I do like are that there is a great deal of writing done in the classes. They learn great computer skills which includes power point presentations often. It has a small good diverse student body and the kids seem to all get along. As much as I hate changing because my child enjoys the school very much, I feel it will be best for my child s academic success to move. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/01/08
There are great things about the school - class size, student engagement, higher-than-normal testing results for 9 & 10th graders. Problems exist however. In addition, the school is very unorganized. Examples - teachers who do not turn grades in many times over; school forgetting to put on their web
... Read more calendar that students have a day off; school allowing students to publish one price for the yearbook and then telling parents that the price is actually much higher; right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing, etc. I'm mulling over taking my student out. There is some question whether classes meet A-G requirements as well - Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/28/08
Our child did not end up going from HTM to HTH for a number of reasons. First we were concerned about the lack of text book use, lectures and note taking... skills that are very important for college. Languages, music and sports are also not very far along at HT and these are areas that our child likes
... Read more to participate in at a level not offered at HT. For example; if you go to High Tech High you can take Spanish, but only to a certain level. No French, no German, etc. If you go to High Tech International you are offered Spanish and Mandarin. Music is something that can be done during X Block, but there is no formal class. Sports are new for HT and while I applaud the fact that they now exist sports are still new to HT and need a few years to season. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/29/07
Excellent learning school. Teachers make learning fun and keep students engaged. This school has an intership program for Juniors which allows them to work in their field of expertise and choice.
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Posted by a parent on 08/28/07
My student benifited from this school, and I believe since students and teachers maintain such a great relationship, the learning experience in more beneficial.
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Posted by a parent on 07/18/07
High Tech High is a project based, community oriented school. Student population is about 500 total for grades 9-12. The student teacher ratio is low. Students are taught more through hands on and group projects. There is still a good amount of individual-responsible work given. I like the fact
... Read more my child is exposed to business based applications. There is a very good parent based level of support. Extracurricular activities have grown two fold. Read less
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San Diego schools — High Tech High School is located at 2861 Womble Rd, San Diego CA 92106. 2861 Womble Rd is in the Midway District neighborhood and 92106 ZIP code in San Diego, CA The school district for High Tech High School is the San Diego Unified School District. High Tech High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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