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Not Your Typical High School
Why is Propel ANDREW STREET School Not Your Typical High School?
Because we are a high school with a mission.
There are three elements of our high school model that make us very unique: a small learning community; a focus on personalized, project-based learning and authentic assessment.
 Small Learning Community
- A Small School
- Full Time, Multi-Age Advisories
- Active Student Engagement in Building the School Community
- Service to a Larger Community
A Focus on Personalized, Project-Based Learning
- Personal Learning Plan
- Personal Work Space
- Self-Directed Project-Based Learning
- Personal Paths into the Workplace
Authentic Assessment
Graduation requirements:
- Achieve math, reading and writing skill competencies;
- Complete 10 pieces of extended work (or equivalent) each year connected to standards in ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies);
- Complete successfully at least one dual-enrollment or extended internship;
- Complete an autobiography;
- Complete at least 80 hours of community service;
- Document the creation, periodic review, modification, and completion of a Personal Learning Plan;
- Be accepted into some kind of post-high school activity.
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