Thursday, August 13, 2009
The BOSS!
Kleinfelder hired a photographer to take pics of the staff for whatever. Turned out pretty good, huh?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Weekend Ride!
Been having beautiful weather lately! And since the chop is all done and rock solid, I took a little back country ride! This makes me grin!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Exciting NEWS!
Jeremy received his acceptance letter from High Tech High!
HTH is an inquiry-based liberal arts school where the lines between “technical” and “academic” are deliberately blurred.
If you’re not familiar with High Tech High, here’s a little information taken from the web site: http://www.hightechhigh.org/dc/index.php
High Tech High opened in 2000 as a highly successful single charter school in San Diego. Created by a coalition of education practitioners and business leaders, High Tech High (HTH) provides students with an educational experience that sharply contrasts the large impersonal high school model – which is common across the United States.High Tech High serves an enrollment of approximately 1,040 total students across three schools. The organization’s instructional design features a strong emphasis on project-based learning and on maintaining a common intellectual mission. That way, all students are enabled to complete a rigorous college preparatory high school education.
Organizational Structure
High Tech High is organized for independence, flexibility, and links to the community. HTH operates as a non-profit corporation and series of public charter schools, all under the direction of a five-member board of directors. The organization’s community advisory board includes corporate partners, public agencies, neighborhood organizations, higher education institutions, parents, and other constituencies. A second non-profit corporation, the High Tech High Foundation, is responsible for all fund-raising for the school.Internally, HTH is structured as a high performance organization focused on personalization, engagement, and achievement.High Tech High: A Snapshot for 2006-7
Six schools three high schools, two middle schools, and one elementary school in San Diego.
Approximately 2500 students and 200 employees
100 percent of graduates have gone to college, 80% to four-year institutions
$45 million in real estate holdings; annual operating budget: $18 million
First charter school to be authorized to credential its own teachers
Granted first statewide charter in January 2006
Mission
High Tech High’s mission is to provide a diverse student body with relevant academic, workplace, and citizenship skills, preparing its graduates for rewarding lives in the technological society of the 21st century.
Primary Goals of High Tech High
At a school level, the primary goals of HTH include:
Integrating technical and academic education that prepares students for post-secondary education in high tech fields, as well as other liberal arts areas of study.
Increasing the number of educationally disadvantaged students in math and engineering who succeed in high school and post-secondary education and who become productive members and leaders in their community.
Providing all HTH students with an extraordinary liberal arts education.
Graduating students who will be thoughtful, engaged citizens and who will complete college within six years of graduating from HTH.
Implementing fully the Design Principles of HTH.
Serving among the most racially diverse student bodies in communities where HTH operates its schools.
Residing within facilities that meet the design requirements of HTH.
As a central organization, the primary goals of HTH include:
Supporting quality replication of HTH schools that meet all goals on a school level.
Becoming a self-sustaining central organization that offers a comprehensive suite of back office and other supports to HTH schools.
Enabling students and site-based staff to remain focused on the full implementation of HTH design principles.
Modeling efficient “behind the whiteboard” management practices that are as exemplary as the “in front of students” programs offered at High Tech High schools.
Opening two-to-four high quality HTH schools annually.
Supporting the maintenance and/or furtherance of quality at existing HTH schools.
Reducing annually the dependence on philanthropic assistance to support the operations of our central organization.
Maintaining a trajectory toward providing ongoing administrative services at 50 percent of the per pupil rate, which is experienced at school districts across California.
I learned of HTH while teaching at Madison High School. We mentored their robotics team and Jeremy decided early on that he wanted to attend HTH.
HTH is an inquiry-based liberal arts school where the lines between “technical” and “academic” are deliberately blurred.
If you’re not familiar with High Tech High, here’s a little information taken from the web site: http://www.hightechhigh.org/dc/index.php
High Tech High opened in 2000 as a highly successful single charter school in San Diego. Created by a coalition of education practitioners and business leaders, High Tech High (HTH) provides students with an educational experience that sharply contrasts the large impersonal high school model – which is common across the United States.High Tech High serves an enrollment of approximately 1,040 total students across three schools. The organization’s instructional design features a strong emphasis on project-based learning and on maintaining a common intellectual mission. That way, all students are enabled to complete a rigorous college preparatory high school education.
Organizational Structure
High Tech High is organized for independence, flexibility, and links to the community. HTH operates as a non-profit corporation and series of public charter schools, all under the direction of a five-member board of directors. The organization’s community advisory board includes corporate partners, public agencies, neighborhood organizations, higher education institutions, parents, and other constituencies. A second non-profit corporation, the High Tech High Foundation, is responsible for all fund-raising for the school.Internally, HTH is structured as a high performance organization focused on personalization, engagement, and achievement.High Tech High: A Snapshot for 2006-7
Six schools three high schools, two middle schools, and one elementary school in San Diego.
Approximately 2500 students and 200 employees
100 percent of graduates have gone to college, 80% to four-year institutions
$45 million in real estate holdings; annual operating budget: $18 million
First charter school to be authorized to credential its own teachers
Granted first statewide charter in January 2006
Mission
High Tech High’s mission is to provide a diverse student body with relevant academic, workplace, and citizenship skills, preparing its graduates for rewarding lives in the technological society of the 21st century.
Primary Goals of High Tech High
At a school level, the primary goals of HTH include:
Integrating technical and academic education that prepares students for post-secondary education in high tech fields, as well as other liberal arts areas of study.
Increasing the number of educationally disadvantaged students in math and engineering who succeed in high school and post-secondary education and who become productive members and leaders in their community.
Providing all HTH students with an extraordinary liberal arts education.
Graduating students who will be thoughtful, engaged citizens and who will complete college within six years of graduating from HTH.
Implementing fully the Design Principles of HTH.
Serving among the most racially diverse student bodies in communities where HTH operates its schools.
Residing within facilities that meet the design requirements of HTH.
As a central organization, the primary goals of HTH include:
Supporting quality replication of HTH schools that meet all goals on a school level.
Becoming a self-sustaining central organization that offers a comprehensive suite of back office and other supports to HTH schools.
Enabling students and site-based staff to remain focused on the full implementation of HTH design principles.
Modeling efficient “behind the whiteboard” management practices that are as exemplary as the “in front of students” programs offered at High Tech High schools.
Opening two-to-four high quality HTH schools annually.
Supporting the maintenance and/or furtherance of quality at existing HTH schools.
Reducing annually the dependence on philanthropic assistance to support the operations of our central organization.
Maintaining a trajectory toward providing ongoing administrative services at 50 percent of the per pupil rate, which is experienced at school districts across California.
I learned of HTH while teaching at Madison High School. We mentored their robotics team and Jeremy decided early on that he wanted to attend HTH.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Annual President's Day Mammoth Trip
This past President's Day weekend was spent up in Mammoth as usual! This year we invited our friend Priscilla and her daughter Prudence. Our nephew Nick joined us as well. Neither Nick or Pru has snowboarded before. They picked a great weekend to try it out! The conditions were crazy good and everyone had a great time. Everyone, except Jeremy and Denise. They had the flu and were stuck in the condo most of the weekend. This is probably the last trip up to Mammoth this season.... Next trip up will be for summer mountain biking!!!!!!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Jade and "Molly"....
Last year we had to put Julian down. That was a sad day for us all. So to keep Jade riding, we picked up Molly a few months ago. She's a young horse, gentle, and very good with kids. Jade continues to take her lessons and gets more confident every time out. Here's a few pics and a video of Jade "posting" !
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