HST was developed as a response to the insistence from the business community and Board of Education for a more relevant education for high school students. Our approach at HST is both a state of mind and a philosophy. HST is built on a belief system that values and honors all students, promotes critical thinking and reasoning, and inspires a love for learning and applying knowledge. Our approach builds self-confidence by encouraging students to inquire, investigate, experiment, and communicate openly as partners in the learning process.
Teachers facilitate and differentiate instruction to address the learning styles of all students.
The program values and safeguards student equity thorough heterogeneous groupings of all students. Diverse students come together in academic, laboratory, and social settings to learn about and appreciate individual differences and commonalties. The classroom and laboratory at HST reflect the society in which our students live and learn. The academic program at Highland School of Technology reflects the school philosophy. This is achieved through the process of integrating the curriculum so that students understand the relevancy of what they are learning and how to apply their knowledge in meaningful ways beyond the high school classroom.