Whitman Students Recognized by the National Education Equity Lab Honor Society
Congratulations to our Whitman scholars who were recently selected for the National Education Equity Lab Honor Society! They are among the top scholars in the nation in their Ed Equity Lab college credit-bearing course. This honor recognizes students who achieved the distinction of being in the top 20% of high school students in ivy league college courses last Spring. Our students earned credits from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
We are proud of all of you who completed the course, as well as those from Brown University in Providence, RI!
Aaliyah Martinez Ariana Garcia Ashley Gonzalez Jamie Garcia Jay Martinez Kaitlyn Barrios Kassidy Mitchell Mark Fadersaer Meisy Herrera Rachel Cubias Rosa Hernandez
We're thrilled to have the addition of Promethean Boards in each classroom.
Students will be able to use these daily, for all courses. We look forward to engaging students with this new technology tool.
I'm sincerely honored to have been recognized as one of 22 LAUSD Teachers of the Year for 2022-2023. Thank you to Dr. Charles for the nomination and support! I'm truly grateful for the opportunity to work with the staff and students at Walt Whitman High School!
Art students created these mosaic pavers as part of a Landscape Design project on Defined Learning.
Project Based Learning
At Walt Whitman High School, we have been using a program called Defined Learning to implement project based learning in each of our classes. This program provides authentic, real life tasks and challenges that connect to the students' courses. For example, students might learn how to design a carnival game as a way to learn about math and probability, or investigate a crime scene evidence unit to then practice writing an argumentative essay. Another example could be students practicing science and engineering principles through creating aquarium, landscape or backpack designs.
Students work in small groups, and receive feedback from their teachers and peers to improve their designs. So far our experience has been positive and the students seem to enjoy the process.
This type of project based learning has been shown to increase student engagement, learning, and facilitates college and career ready skills. We believe this program is well-suited for our students, our school culture and hope that you will support them in their progress.
2018-2021
Students and student work, field trips, art shows, Girls Build....
CONGRATULATIONS to the Class of 2020! We are so proud of you and this accomplishment.
