SciTech High
Coordinates: 40°15′37″N 76°52′51″W / 40.2603°N 76.8809°W The Harrisburg University of Science and Technology High School also known as SciTech High, located in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, welcomed its first students in September 2003. SciTech High is a regional math and science magnet school that attracts students from Harrisburg and neighboring school districts and is affiliated with the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Beginning with the 9th grade, SciTech High prepares students for a university curriculum, studying toward degrees in science, engineering and technology. Enrollment is limited to 400 pupils The opportunity to create a unified 9-16 curriculum is unique in the nation and represents a potentially replicable approach to bridging the frequent discontinuity between high school and higher education.[1][2]
- After school activities
- Robotics
the school has one of the few active robotics teams in Harrisburg. it is led by one of the school's first teachers, Robert Steps. The members of the robotics team greatly enjoy their time there. The program helps teach teamwork, ingenuity, and how to speak robot C, a code language designed for robots. The team joins in a tournament every year.
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[edit] Academic achievement
- Graduation Rate
- 2010 -100% [3]
- 2009 - 100%
- 2008 - 98%
- 11th grade Reading on grade level
- 2010 - 76%, State - 67%
- 2009 - 80%, State - 65%[4]
- 2008 - 57%, State - 65%
- 2007 - 73%, State - 65%
- 11th grade Mathematics on grade level
- 2010 - 78%, State - 59%
- 2009 - 69%, State - 56%
- 2008 - 57%, State - 56%
- 2007 - 38%, State - 53%
- 11th grade Science on grade level
- 2010 - 45%, State - 39%
- 2009 - 51%, State - 40%
- 2008 - 22%, State - 39%
SciTech High also focuses on the College in High School program, that lets students enroll in college classes while they are still in high school. Students take advanced and engaging science related courses and earn college credit while completing high school graduation requirements.
Funding for SciTech High comes from a variety of public/private sources. Since 2001, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided more than $124 million to support schools across the United States, including SciTech High. The school is a recipient of an Annenberg Foundation Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative grant. The initiative places one literacy and one math coach for every 600 students in 24 high-need high schools located in 15 school districts across Pennsylvania, with a total enrollment of over 32,000 students. The PAHSCI model is the nation’s only multi-tiered teacher coaching and mentoring initiative that provides trained teacher-leaders, called coaches, to schools and school districts; coaches and school/district administrators, in turn, receive professional and program support from the initiative’s team of mentors and facilitators. [5]
In 2008 the Board of Control approved a Memo Of Understanding between Harrisburg Area Community College and Sci-Tech High regarding the College in the High School Program/College in the Technical School Program.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ SciTech School Administration. "SciTech High application information". http://www.scribd.com/doc/25420680/Harrisburg-University-of-Science-and-Technology-High-School-2010-2011-application.
- ^ Harrisburg City Schools administration (November 23, 2009). "Harrisburg City Schools Reform 2001-2009 report". http://www.scribd.com/doc/36445835/Harrisburg-City-Schools-Reform-2001-09-Pennsylvania.
- ^ Pennsylvania Department of Education (January 2011). "Harrisburg University Science & Technology High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2010". https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_scmN--D7LbODJiMTJjZjctNWRhOC00ZTBlLTg2OWEtZWM2MmYxYWJjNTli&hl=en.
- ^ Pennsylvania Department of Education (March 2009). "Harrisburg University Science & Technology High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2009". http://www.scribd.com/doc/28580187/Harrisburg-University-Science-and-Tech-High-School-Report-Card-2009.
- ^ The Annenberg Foundation media (January 2011). "The Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative". http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/initiatives/initiatives_show.htm?doc_id=509394.
- ^ "Harrisburg School District BOARD OF CONTROL MEETING AGENDA". September 8, 2008. http://www.hbgsd.k12.pa.us/2043906322912/lib/2043906322912/_files/9.8.08_Agenda.pdf.
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