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he frst Big Picture School in the Caliornia capi-tol, The Met Sacramento High School opened itsdoors in the all o 2003, with sixty incomingninth graders. Being orced to relocate three times inas many years, Met Sacramento has made its nameas one o Big Picture’s most resilient schools, provingthat rigorous, real-world learning takes place regard-less o the school’s location. Under the tireless leader-ship o ounding Principal Beth Kay, the school willgraduate its frst class in the summer o 2007.
On the College Track
Met Sacramento has become known or its collegepartnership. Forty percent o students have taken atleast one college class at Sacramento City CommunityCollege.
Highly Qualifed Advisors
More than hal o Met Sacramento aculty membershave master’s degrees and two or more academic spe-cialties.
Dedicated Mentors
More than 85% o mentors say they would take anoth-er Met Sacramento intern, and 75% attend studentexhibitions. Every 10th grade student had a summerplan in 2005, and every entering 11th grader had aninternship walking in the door.
“The purpose o this school is to learn, to really learn, not justmemorize a bunch o random math problems, or notes roma history book that we will orget as soon as summer vacationcomes.”
Lea AndrewMet Sacramento student
The Met Sacramento
Rigor in the Real World
Students have interned at the Sacramento Zoo, KFBK Radio, Foothill Farms Veterinary Hospital,
Elk GroveCitizen
newspaper, DLR Group, Vitiello Architects,and many other places.
Student project work:
• Researched and designed a cell phone tour or theSacramento Zoo• Researched and wrote a column on teen issues pub-lished by the
Elk Grove Citizen
newspaper or overa year• Researched mental health issues and counseling onThe Suicide Hotline• Researched learning disabilities and made recom-mendations or teachers• Studied eline anatomy and recreated bone structure• Reported and edited stories or the
Sacramento News and Review
At the Same Cost
A charter school within the Sacramento City Uni-fed School District, Met Sacramento operates at thesame cost per pupil as any other SCUSD school.
one student at a time
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