d.tech seeks partners in our community to mentor students, volunteer time, initiate projects, and invest in our school.

 
 

Become a Professional Mentor & part of the learning process at d.tech

Over the course of four years, mentors enable students to experience a variety of educational experiences that broaden their world-view, shape their interests, and provide talking points as they approach postgraduate life. Perhaps the most lasting transferable skill that mentors bestow is self-confidence.

Professional mentoring opportunities include:

  • d.tech Career Exploration Series

  • Exploration courses & Design Challenges

  • Coaching athletics and the robotics team

  • Presentation of Learning Feedback

  • Opening up studios & internships

If you would like to become a professional mentor, contact us with more information about your interest.

Volunteer your time as a parent to help build the d.tech community

d.tech requests that parents volunteer 30 hours per year, and deeply values the community-building that comes with parent engagement.

Parents help with:

  • organizing the d.tech fundraising Gala 

  • overseeing the ‘Koi Pond' Annual Fund campaign

  • chaperoning student events (movie nights, freshmen mixer, grade level field trips)

  • mentoring student Presentations of Learning (POLs)

  • driving students to field trips and intersession exploration classes

  • donating food for events and Staff Appreciation Week

  • setting up the all-school picnic and neighborhood meet & greets for new families

  • Robotics

  • Sports supervision & coaching

  • hosting X Period Activity -Tuesday/Thursdays (2:25-3:35pm)

  • lunch supervision

  • teaching an class or being an internship mentoring during Intersession

Contact us and let us know how you would like to volunteer your time.

Invest in our school

If you are a technology firm in Silicon Valley who would like to invest in our school campus, please reach out to our Executive Director, Ken Montgomery.

Suggest a community project that d.tech students can get involved in

d.tech students learn to be agents of change, and their solution-finding skills become a vehicle to give-back to our local community. 

d.tech students have:

  • prototyped a redesign of the Redwood Shores Library interactive exhibits

  • made the reception area of Samaritan House warm and inviting for small children

  • provided design thinking workshops for Redwood Shores students

  • organized an annual Maker Day in d.tech's Design Realization Garage.

If you would like to suggest a project in your community, please submit your idea on this form:

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