The San Diego Met, a California State Distinguished School founded on the Big Picture Learning model, is one of 40 public high schools in the San Diego Unified School District. We are an alternative middle college high school located on the campus of San Diego Mesa College. Our population is ethnically diverse. Students come to the Met from San Diego County area public, private and charter schools. Currently, the population is 47% male and 53% female and approximately half of students qualify for the Free and Reduced Priced Meals program. Most of the students will be part of the first generation in their family to attend college.
The mission of The San Diego Met is to prepare students for college and the workforce through active learning, academic rigor, and community involvement. Because personalization is a key component of our school culture, advisories of 20 to 25 students work with the same teachers (called advisors) for all four years. Following The Big Picture School model, advisors, parents and students design a customized academic learning plan focused on California State Content Standards and students career interests and passions.
We believe that a childs interest and passions are the key to his or her high school education and life-long learning, and that learning best takes place when each student is an active participant in his or her education. The Mets focus is not only on knowledge acquisition but is also on knowledge utilization. We believe that school-based learning is most effective when blended with outside experiences that broaden and deepen student understanding. Therefore, we strive to develop life-long learners with the ability to apply academics in practical and creative ways to real life experiences and challenges. Big Picture schools create a structure, instructional methods, and a learning environment that supports students to become self-motivated, competent, life-long learners.
Students at the San Diego Met earn attendance credit through independent study contracts. Three days per week students are engaged in academic study on campus; the other two days each week are spent on Learning-Through-Internships (LTI). Students complete academic projects under the guidance of a mentor. The San Diego Met partners with more than 400 businesses in the San Diego area. Additionally, students present four exhibitions a year in which they demonstrate how they have mastered the content standards and integrated the five learning goals through their academic work and internships. Parent engagement is required at the exhibitions and in the development of the customized learning plan.
Because we are a middle college high school, students begin to take college classes in their sophomore year and have the opportunity to earn 32.5 college credits prior to graduation. A college-going culture is established in the ninth grade, and students are required to research at least a dozen colleges every year. Students work closely with the San Diego Met College Transition Coordinator as well as a Mesa College counselor. Students participate in college campus visits, take the PSAT, SAT and ACT, attend FAFSA and scholarship workshops, and are guided through all aspects of the college application process.
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