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Overview
Overview
Research at High Tech remains an integral part of the student experience. In their underclassmen years, students take required research courses before deciding whether they would like to pursue further research as upperclassmen. Throughout their endeavors, students are mentored by our supportive faculty and given access to all of the resources High Tech has to offer.
The school's latest expansion in 2003 gave us our beautiful research wing complete with conference room space and a research lab. On any given day, the lab is full of students running and observing experiments - a bit chaotic, but full of energy and excitement. Students can also use a wide range of instruments, ranging from various types of sensors to solar cells to microscopes. Regardless of what experiment they end up conducting, students are given all the tools they need to succeed.
Independent Research
Independent Research
Although there are no formal research classes offered following sophomore year, there are still many opportunities for students to engage in research. Upperclassmen chose to continue conducting research outside of class for no credit in their junior and senior years. In some cases, these upperclassmen conduct continuations or extensions of their sophomore projects while others choose to create entirely new experiments. Students are able to work either individually or in groups in various locations, including the student's home, High Tech's research lab, or external university facilities. In the 2023-24 school year, we at HTHS set a new record for the number of upperclassmen students carrying out independent research, with 45% of juniors/seniors carrying out research!
Many of these students then go on to compete in various different research competitions (please see below). Others find that they simply enjoy research and are interested in gaining experience in laboratories before going to college.
There are also several grant programs that offer monetary reimbursement for student expenses related to their experiments. High Tech's own Parent Faculty Association (PFA) generously offers to match costs for students who apply to their grant program.
Competition Information
Competition Information
HTHS students have historically had excellent showings at research competitions on the local, regional, national, and international levels. Each year, a significant portion of the HTHS student body participates in competitions including:
Each year, students working in research have the opportunity to showcase the research carried out over the course of the school year. In 2020-21, because of the virtual nature of the year, we began to showcase our students in a Virtual Student showcase. In the 2021-22 school year, we were able to return to an in-person Research Showcase, but decided to continue to showcase all student work virtually through our Virtual Showcase Site. The Student Research Showcase Site highlights all research activities and achievements since the 2020-21 school year.
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