Our+Story

__**How We Started**__
 * School-wide initiative towards project-based learning
 * Need for collaboration
 * Started small
 * The need for time
 * Finding connections
 * Passion

__**The New 3 R's**__ > prepares them for college or work > out for them, and push them to achieve.
 * Rigor—making sure all students are given a challenging curriculum that
 * Relevance—making sure kids have courses and projects that clearly relate to their lives and their goals
 * Relationships—making sure kids have a number of adults who know them, look

__**Grant for 21st Century Learning**__
 * 11 staff members attended [|High Tech High] in San Diego
 * Train-the-Trainers
 * Training and mentoring by High Tech High creator [|David Stephen]

//“America’s high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don’t just mean they’re broken, flawed or underfunded, though a case could be made for everyone of those points. By obsolete, I mean our high schools. . .even when they’re working as designed. . .cannot teach all of our students what they need to know today.”// Bill Gates, National Summit on High Schools