Intersessions & Internships
Learning Beyond the Campus
Design Tech has an academic curriculum that is graded and delivered in a learning cycle constructed to help you achieve mastery before moving on. It is also the mission of the school to enable you to go beyond academics — and the campus — to explore many different subjects during your four years of high school.
Intersession
One of the unique educational experiences offered to Design Tech High School students is the opportunity to participate in Exploration classes during three, two-week periods during the school year.
Intersession classes are mandatory instructional time and they allow you to earn credits for graduation. Juniors and seniors may also complete internships during intersession.
Intersession helps students
explore new disciplines and industries
develop different skills and mindsets
have a meaningful experience outside their daily school context
visualize their futures as productive and solution-finding members of the community
This website is largely the result of student engagement, including film production, photography and web design!
Explorations
Explorations are wide-ranging: training to be a lifeguard, mural painting, rock band, musical theatre, golf, photography, cooking at AT&T park, hop hop, martial arts, coding at Oracle, and presenting student innovations at Oracle Open World.
Internships
The Internship Program is offered to junior and senior students.
Internships are highly encouraged. They allow students to share design thinking with the greater community, and promote knowledge in action.
Internships help broaden the student’s scope, and inform potential career paths.
Students apply success skills and Design Thinking mindsets in every internship regardless of industry, or personal interest.
