High Tech High International School

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I have had 4 children in the High Tech schools from middle school to high school. All very different children and all have had great experiences. Middle school the teachers seems particularly in tune with the students needs and each student formed close relationships with at least 1 teacher per year.
High school - one child has an IEP - best support received during all of his schooling years - consistent and repsonsive.
Good mix of traditional learning (to be college ready) but still interesting projects - projects ALWAYS more engaging than traditional note taking and exams. Two kids have graduated with great college options and two still in the system.

I do recommend - though need to understand it will look a little different than the traditional instruction.---I thinks its great for educating the whole human and not just playing the "get into college" game. Internships in jr. and senior year are excellent.

Posted: July 26, 2022

Amazing school. Deeply caring and accessible instructors. An accademic program that supports cross cultural understanding and gives each student the opportunity to achieve all that they can. Dual enrollment (enrollment in College Courses while in HS) is supported but is an addition to regular classes not a substitute for them. My dyslexic and dysgraphic child received the support they needed to work around their limitations, finish through Calc II and be excited about going to college. The school's goal is for all of their students to go on to College. They come close. I believe Great School's numbers understate the percentage of college attendance. The school even offers additional academic and planning support to students for their first year after graduation. The school can seem informal and even a little hippie or anti=conformist at times. If you have had a traditional education it can worry you.
But we found that High Tech High Int'l's seminar style of learning by doing seems to defeat the type of resistance to learning you see in other schools. My oldest is off to a good University to study engineering and my next in line will be at a different High Tech School in the fall. They take the same approach so I believe my next in line will thrive there.

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Posted: June 19, 2017

Students and teachers couldn't have been nicer, but education was seriously lacking, which is why I left after one year.

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Posted: January 21, 2013

I am a HTHI alumni and I have nothing but amazing things to say about the education I received. I transfered from a traditional public high school to HTHI. As a result of the education I received I was accepted into highly competitive colleges and am excelling at the university I chose to attend. My grades did go up after I transfered but not because the classes were easier but because the teachers brought such passion and excitement to whatever we were learning that for the first time I had an incentive to learn. That being said, HTHi is not for everyone. If you are looking for a school with amazing sports or where your child will take tons of AP classes than this isn't the right school for you. For me HTHI was exactly what I needed and I have seen so many passionate, brilliant, successful students come out of this school.

Posted: October 11, 2012

Dear nervous parents, I hope my review of this school will help you truly understand more about this school and what it means to me. I will address a few points of criticism 1) HTHI curriculum; HTHI is not about the content you learn but rather the critical thinking process. It is true that I did not learn as much content as some of my friends at traditional school but I was given a better foundation for learning which has helped me succeed. Knowledge and wisdom is not about how much factual evidence you know, honestly anyone can get that from google these days. It is all about your ability to problem solve and think critically. 2) POL's are an amazing way to improve public speaking and I contribute this practice to my ability to excel in job interviews. 3) I could rant all day about AP classes. All they do is gives incoming freshman a "get out of jail free card", college courses should be taken in college, it is not that same in high school. Finally, this school is not for everyone. If you are eager to learn and are bored by traditional schools this is the place for you!! If you are not interested in education or learning, then traditional schools will be just fine.

Posted: April 1, 2012

Having just completed my bachelors at a UC** I feel that I can fairly evaluate how HTHI contributed to my complete education. First let me start by saying that the entire HTH system is just another private-public capital venture. The classes are all designed with windows on the outside so that students can be observed by constantly touring contributors. POL (presentations of learning) are claimed to help students with public speaking skills, but in reality this is just another method used by the school to attract more investors. My biggest complaint was that the school attracts students with the promise of project based learning. They offer great project based courses for freshman and sophomores but by the last two years projects are almost non-existent. By this time it is impossible to transfer out of the school because their credit system. Also their high college acceptance rates are due to the fact that they make the entire senior class apply for community college. Finally, let me say that the school did not prepare me for college at all. It took me two years to adjust, as I went from Cs and Bs to straight As by my 3rd and 4th year. (My math suffered horribly from HTHI)

Posted: November 14, 2011

I am a recent graduate of High Tech High International and have now transitioned to competitive, private university in Boston. HTHI provided me with the best high school education I could have ever asked for. I was hesitant to attend HTHI as I wanted the "traditional high school experience." Yet, choosing HTHI was one of the best decisions of my life. The curriculum is practical and applicable in the real world. I find myself excelling above many of my college friends (who went to highly ranked private, AP, and IB high schools) in communication skills, online research, and critical thinking. Contrary to other opinions, AP is not necessary to succeed in college, and I feel just as prepared as my friends who took upwards of 10 AP classes. However, what truly makes HTHI an amazing place is the faculty. The passion they have for their students and for teaching is inexpressible. While many of them are younger than the "traditional" teacher, they are innovative and creative, and always ask for student feedback. They do not let students fall through the cracks. No school is perfect, but HTHI prepares kids for more than standardized tests, it prepares them to succeed in college and beyond.