Humboldt Senior High School is moving toward an environmental studies and college and career preparatory school, which will begin to be implemented in the 2009-10 school year. Our focus will continue in preparing our students for life beyond high school by using diagnostic assessments to determine the reading and math levels of all students. We use this data to provide instructional support to meet our students' needs or build upon their strengths.
Humboldt Senior High School offers a comprehensive curriculum with "rigor, relevance, and relationships" for all students. In the 9th grade, all students take core courses in English, math, social studies and science in scheduled groups. The advisory focuses on helping students develop the tools to have a plan for life after high school, including a "Six-Year Plan" that is required for all students. The school structure provides all students with opportunities to engage in focused career exploration and specific in-school programming to develop the whole student.
Special Features:
- Challenge courses: Advanced Placement (AP) courses; College-in-the-Schools (CIS); Post-Secondary School Enrollment Options (PSEO)
- Internships, job shadowing and on-the-job training
- World languages (French, Spanish), fine arts, child development courses
- Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)
- AVID program
- Culinary arts program features a student-run restaurant
- Woodshop, automotive program and adaptive sports and athletics
- Our business and neighborhood partnerships help to prepare our students for post-high school opportunities
- Business Partnerships with Ecolab and Travelers further strengthen the school's offerings
- Community partnerships: St. Olaf College, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU), the Urban Teacher Education Partnership, Admission Possible, Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound and GEAR-UP