YPSILANTI NEW TECH AT ARDIS “I’ve already seen some starting. A student came up to me and asked if they could leave their stuff in the unlocked, wide open classroom.” - Mr. Perry on trust. 3rd day of school.
Located on 2100 Ellsworth Ypsilanti, MI 48197 For more information call: (734)-714-1053
What Is New Tech About?
New Tech Principles
How many of you looked forward to going to school? Didn’t think so. Well, New Tech is trying to change that. New Tech want to make students excited about coming to school. The school work on Project Based Learning (PBL). Students work together in groups to solve problems. The students start out with an entry document sharing information about a problem. They then move on with two lists: Know and Need to Know. From there they create a problem statement and discuss the necessary steps to take.
New Tech schools are run on 3 essential principles. Each are key to create a safe and fun working environment.
Trust is a big part of New Tech High School. When the student begin to trust one another they work better together. They trust each other to share ideas and opinions. Trust also helps to create a safe environment, not just for working but for making connections.
New Tech Skills
Respect: re-spect, noun- esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability,
Responsibility:re·spon·si·bil·i·ty, noun- a
particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible:
Trust: noun- reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
New Tech schools also use 21st Century Skills to help students thrive and succeed in their work. Work Ethic: Each student is expected to
complete work on time, respect others working around them, listen to one another , and willing to help others.
Technological Skills: Students need to know
which type of software to use and when exactly to use it.
Collaboration: When students work in groups
they need to be able to contribute effort and listen to other group member’s ideas.
The Students of New Tech The students attending Ypsilanti New Tech have gathered from school around the district. When the students went to the Howell Nature center and participated in the ropes course, had a chance to get to know one another before school started. The students worked on team building and trusting each other. The students took time and worked together to accomplish some hard tasks: orienteering, a high ropes course, a and a low ropes course.
“ The high ropes were really awesome. The team building was also prettty awesome.” - Student, on the field trip