Sacramento New Technology High School is a small charter school

Charter school

Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...

 based on the rings of New Tech Network's New Technology High School

New Technology High School

New Technology High School is a secondary school located in Napa, California.The school was founded in 1997 as a joint project of the Napa Valley Unified School District and the business community of the Napa Valley. One business community member, Ted Fujimoto, was instrumental in visioning the...

s. It is part of the Sacramento City Unified School District

Sacramento City Unified School District

Sacramento City Unified School District is a school district in Sacramento, California. The district's main office is located at the Serna Center in Sacramento....

 and is located in South Sacramento.

History

Sacramento New Technology High School was established in 2003 on the site of Thurgood Marshall High School, an alternative high school during the 1990s. Prior to Thurgood Marshall, the site was home to Argonaut Alternative High School during the 1980s.

Affiliation

The school is part of the New Tech Network, a school development organization, that helps public schools implement the "New Tech Model". This model is based on three key elements:

1. Project-based learning

Project-based learning

Project-based learning, or PBL, is the use of in-depth and rigorous classroom projects to facilitate learning and assess student competence . Students use technology and inquiry to respond to a complex issue, problem or challenge...

 (PBL) - This is the heart of the instructional approach. Teachers facilitate students to use collaborative methods of learning.

2. Trust, Respect, and Responsibility - In this type of cultural environment, students decide how to allocate their time and team roles as opposed a traditional school setting where teachers are more involved in a student's time management

Time management

Time management is the act or process of exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase efficiency or productivity. Time management may be aided by a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific...

.

3. Smart use of Technology - With a one-to-one ration of computer

Computer

A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...

 to student, the New Tech Learning Platform facilitates students and faculty to share projects online, collaborate, communicate, and conduct research.

There are currently 40 schools across the nation that have adopted this model. Sacramento New Technology High School, or SNTHS, regularly hosts administrators and faculty from other public schools to demonstrate the "New Tech Model". There are tours of the school conducted by student ambassadors.

The School and Curriculum

SNTHS has an estimated 350 networked computers

Computer network

A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....

. 90% are Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 based and 10% are Apple Mac OS. The Apple computers were implemented for the 2010/2011 school year in an effort to give students the opportunity to develop more graphic design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

 oriented skills. Along with the conventional math, language

Language

Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...

, and social science courses found at other high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

s, this effectively expanded the current digital media

Digital media

Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital form. It can refer to the technical aspect of storage and transmission Digital media is a form of electronic media where data is stored in digital (as opposed to analog) form. It can refer to the technical aspect of...

 course offering. SNTHS also houses a fully digital ProTools music studio, a state of the art multi-media and multi-purpose room, and interactive whiteboard

Interactive whiteboard

An interactive whiteboard , is a large interactive display that connects to a computer and projector. A projector projects the computer's desktop onto the board's surface where users control the computer using a pen, finger, stylus, or other device...

s in every classroom.

Faculty

Principal - Paula Hanzel

Vice Principal - Robert Richardson

Office Manager - Sarah Folmar

Registrar - Marie Valerio

Network Administrator - Deejay Supe (a well known radio/club disc jockey in the Northern California area)

School Counselor - Yvette Acquisto

Internship Coordinator - Elyna Cespedes

Chemistry - Senna Davis

Math- Tim Hebert

English, Government and Economics - Jennifer Kennedy, Zac Jereb

World History and English - Jose Garcia, David Boswell

English and Contemporary Studies - Christine Coit, Peter Newman

English and American History - Megan Williams and Pam Shimabukuro

Digital Media - Elliot Harris

Spanish 1 and 2 - Liliana Lozano

Algebra 1, Physics, and Pre-Calculus - Daniel Darby

Biology - Lucas Strohmeyer

Computer Assisted Drawing (CAD) and Geometry - Alannbert Millendez, Jerry Huang

Chemistry and Algebra 2 - Senna Davis, Tim Hebert

Physical Education - Matt Craine

Links:
see New Tech Network
School Website