Meridian Technical Charter High School (MTCHS) is a high school located in Meridian, Idaho, United States. The student population is 170–200 students, with a maximum of seventy students per grade. The school shares a campus with Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School (MMACHS). The two schools do not share classes; lunch is provided within the MMACHS cafeteria, and busing is provided at MTCHS. The school was originally known as Meridian Charter High School. The name was changed to avoid confusion with nearby Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School.
The purpose of MTCHS is to educate students in the fields of technology. The technical courses offered are programming, graphic arts, networking, engineering and electronics. College level classes are also offered, which allow students to graduate with college credits, certifications, or even the possibility of a college degree (with an extended and per-student curriculum). MTCHS requires that students complete an internship of 280 hours either in the summer before, or during their senior year. Internships have been completed in the past with major Boise area companies like HP, Micron Technology and Urban Design.[3]
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Over the course of their high school career, each student will gradually become more specialized in an area of technology. After their freshman year, a student chooses between the Hardware and Software pathways, each of which contains two of the four major focus areas. At the end of sophomore year, students once again split into one of the two focus areas within their current pathway. The different paths represent different technical electives that the student takes during their junior and senior years. Paths are as listed below:[4]
MTCHS has high standards for its students. In the past MTCHS has had a higher grading school than most schools. Since the school provides many dual enrollment classes with surrounding universities, it was misleading and confusing having MTCHS grades not match up with the college grades. As of the 2013-14 school year, the grading scale has changed to match a typical school's grading system.
MTCHS still imposed the no credit system, but the letter grades are those of most public schools:[5]
^Darin Oswald (February 7, 2018). "Technical charter school provides dedicated paths for programmers, designers and engineers". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
^. Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
meridian, technical, charter, high, school, this, school, related, article, require, cleanup, meet, wikipedia, quality, standards, more, verifiable, information, this, school, needed, advice, editing, help, available, july, 2021, mtchs, high, school, located, . This school related article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards More verifiable information on this school is needed Advice and editing help are available July 2021 Meridian Technical Charter High School MTCHS is a high school located in Meridian Idaho United States The student population is 170 200 students with a maximum of seventy students per grade The school shares a campus with Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School MMACHS The two schools do not share classes lunch is provided within the MMACHS cafeteria and busing is provided at MTCHS The school was originally known as Meridian Charter High School The name was changed to avoid confusion with nearby Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School Meridian Technical Charter High SchoolAddress3800 North Locust Grove RoadMeridian Idaho 83646United StatesInformationTypeCharterEstablished1999School districtWest Ada School DistrictPrincipalRandy YadonFaculty14 00 FTE 2 Grades9 12Number of students201 2018 19 1 Student to teacher ratio14 36 1 Color s Black and redMascotDragonsWebsitewww wbr mtchs wbr org Contents 1 Purpose 2 Focus Areas 3 Curriculum 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPurpose editThe purpose of MTCHS is to educate students in the fields of technology The technical courses offered are programming graphic arts networking engineering and electronics College level classes are also offered which allow students to graduate with college credits certifications or even the possibility of a college degree with an extended and per student curriculum MTCHS requires that students complete an internship of 280 hours either in the summer before or during their senior year Internships have been completed in the past with major Boise area companies like HP Micron Technology and Urban Design 3 Focus Areas editOver the course of their high school career each student will gradually become more specialized in an area of technology After their freshman year a student chooses between the Hardware and Software pathways each of which contains two of the four major focus areas At the end of sophomore year students once again split into one of the two focus areas within their current pathway The different paths represent different technical electives that the student takes during their junior and senior years Paths are as listed below 4 Computer Networking Topics include computer repair networking administering servers network design firewalls and network security Media Arts Topics include graphic design print design web site development video production and photography Computer Programming Topics include JavaScript XML CSS HTML ASP net C Java databases SQL PHP and Software Development Electronics Engineering Topics include electronics robotics microcontrollers soldering technician training problem solving troubleshooting CAD Curriculum editMTCHS has high standards for its students In the past MTCHS has had a higher grading school than most schools Since the school provides many dual enrollment classes with surrounding universities it was misleading and confusing having MTCHS grades not match up with the college grades As of the 2013 14 school year the grading scale has changed to match a typical school s grading system MTCHS still imposed the no credit system but the letter grades are those of most public schools 5 90 100 A 80 89 B 70 79 C 0 69 NC No Credit See also edit nbsp Schools portalWest Ada School DistrictReferences edit a b Meridian Technical Charter High US News Retrieved July 13 2021 Meridian Technical Charter High School National Center for Education Statistics NCES Retrieved July 13 2021 history Archived from the original on 2012 07 29 Darin Oswald February 7 2018 Technical charter school provides dedicated paths for programmers designers and engineers Idaho Statesman Retrieved 2013 10 20 Meridian Technical Charter High School Archived from the original on 2013 11 14 Retrieved 2013 10 20 External links editOfficial website West Ada District 243 38 21 N 116 22 21 W 43 63917 N 116 37250 W 43 63917 116 37250 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Meridian Technical Charter High School amp oldid 1105894457, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
