High Tech High Chula Vista

High Tech High Chula Vista is a charter school in Chula Vista, California. The high school, being open-campus and project-based, opened in the fall of 2007 with approximately 150 9th-grade students.^[1]^[2] Construction began in June 2008 and was completed in January 2009.^[3] The school opened on August 27, 2007.^[4] Its facilities were rated as "gold" by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2010.^[5] Students are admitted into the school through a randomized lottery acceptance system to bring diversity.

High Tech High Chula Vista has an internship program ingrained into the junior-year curriculum. Junior students spend four weeks interning for a professional organization of their choice and need 30 hours a week. The students have a designated mentor in their organization who communicates with and supports them in their work. Juniors must complete a relevant project while in their internship that benefits the organization and is later presented to teachers, families, and mentors.^[6]

References

^ "HTHCV Home". HTHCV.
^ "HTHCV Handbook" (PDF). HTHCV.
^ Gerber, Christopher; Naslund, Eric; Brady, Jim (Summer 2012). "Teaching for the Future" (PDF). High Performing Buildings. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ "High Tech High Chula Vista". California Department of Education. Government of California. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ "High Tech High Chula Vista". usgbc.org. U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ "Internships Home". High Tech High Chula Vista. Retrieved 2023-12-16.