Hello, Internet.

 

So, my classmates and I recently returned from California.

Specifically, we visited three places: San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. Right now I want to expand on that first place we visited: San Diego.

Now, we did some interesting things in San Diego. We went to the Safari Park, we saw the USS Midway, we saw Old Town.

(That’s me at the zoo blending in with some cacti)

My favourite thing we did in San Diego, however, was visiting High Tech High , a charter school that uses Project-Based Learning to teach their students. While there, we were each paired up with a grade nine student or two (or four, in my case) who we shadowed throughout the day. We went to classes with our students, ate lunch with them, and at the end of our first of two days there, we interviewed them about life at High Tech High.

I found it very interesting to hear about High Tech High, both because it’s different than Seycove and because in some ways it’s similar to PLP. I also did my main project for this trip on High Tech High, and in the process I interviewed one of the teachers of the class we were working with. Being able to hear what she said about High Tech High in comparison to what the students said gave me some different perspectives on the school as a whole.

 

 

A wall at High Tech High

 

 

Toodles!