WHAT IS HIGHLAND TECH HIGH’S CURRICULUM?
A. Highland Tech High offers a well rounded, vigorous curriculum in each of eight content areas: • reading and literature; (Reading) • communication literacy oral and written; (Writing) • numeric literacy (Math) • science and global environments; (Science) • social environments; (History) • career and content literacy (Business) • personal, social, service skills (Character Education) • technological literacy (Technology) Each of these content areas is divided into developmental levels which are the basis for the ‘scope and sequence of each class. Students must demonstrate proficiency for each performance target within each level before moving on to the next level. There are no “A, B, C,” grades. At HTH, mastery is required for 100% in skills, and 20-80% in contextual or analytical. Students move at their own pace, advancing in levels as they are ready. All curriculum is aligned with national standards, state standards, and district standards. Q.
