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Vision: Tech
Valley High School serves as a model in the region, the state and beyond of
innovative public education that is based in strong partnerships and focuses on
educating and inspiring students to embrace the increasingly important world of
math and science.
Mission: Tech Valley High School provides a unique and innovative
student-centered educational opportunity, engages students in current emerging
technologies and supports the growth and economy of the region.
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“This is one great newsletter! The
principals in our New Tech Network of schools should use this as an exemplar.”
-Bob Pearlman,
director of strategic planning at the New Technology Foundation, Napa, Calif.
(upon receiving TVHS's first eNewsletter)
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For more information,
please visit
techvalleyhigh.org
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Collaboration
Rensselaer County Chamber
Members Experience Project-Based Learning Firsthand
Since the days when TVHS was just
a twinkle in the eye of Capital Region BOCES and Questar III, its organizers
had a fellow visionary and staunch supporter in Linda Hillman and the
Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Recently, the Rensselaer
chamber hosted a breakfast for its members to hear about the first year of
TVHS. And in true TVHS form, the business leaders learned by doing.
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Linda Hillman, President
of the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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Tech Valley High freshmen Leilani Yasutake,
Germantown, and Mike Celello, Schodack, work with Jay McNulty, seated
right, and other business leaders during the project-based learning
exercise to show how they are learning at the new public high school
focused on math, science and technology. |
Eleven TVHS freshmen
attended the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce's June breakfast
to give a hands-on presentation that offered a glimpse into the future of
teaching and learning.
Sponsored by The DR
Group, the program recapped TVHS's first year. Principal Dan Liebert and
Director of Institutional Advancement Raona Roy hosted the event, in which
students led project-based learning exercises to show business leaders how
they learn every day.
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Tech Valley High freshmen Logan O’Neil, Guilderland, and Josh McDonald,
Troy, discuss with business leaders the skills and abilities needed in
citizens and workers in the 21st century as Principal Dan Liebert, second
left, looks on. |
And if John Olsen, shareholder of The DR Group, Albany, is any indication of
how the audience felt, then the event was off the charts. “Quite frankly, I
was blown away. I had the opportunity to see a formal presentation by the
students and the principal and to participate in a small workshop with one
student. All the students were amazing, and I was so impressed. I sat next to
a young lady (Micaela Quinn of Niskayuna) and had the opportunity to talk to her.
I am totally convinced that she will graduate from Tech Valley High and be
well equipped to
conquer the world."
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Tech Valley High School freshman Michaela Quinn, Niskayuna, joined John
Olsen, shareholder, The DR Group, at the Rensselaer County Regional
Chamber of Commerce's June breakfast.
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The Rensselaer Chamber sees a
natural affinity between economic development and TVHS. Ms. Hillman, Chamber
president, noted: “We are particularly interested in this school because it is
positioned to play a key role in economic development by helping to stem the
region’s loss of academically talented youth by engaging them in all Tech
Valley has to offer; increasing the pipeline of students entering local
colleges; playing a key role in attracting and retaining new business to the
area; and developing a tech-savvy workforce of tomorrow."
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