How do HTH schools handle honors courses?
At High Tech High, we aim to personalize our offerings to individual students. For two students in the same physics class, one might be building a hovercraft while another is building a sailboat. Our teachers work to challenge and support each student to aim for their personal best. We believe this is a better way to acknowledge differences between students rather than offering “honors” vs. “regular courses.” Nonetheless, we recognize that one reason that students take honors courses is the weighted GPA that comes with this course, which helps during college admissions. Therefore, we allow students to take courses for honors credit for which UC will grant weighted GPA’s, namely junior and senior core classes.
