global connections high school
at Tyee Educational Complex
4424 S. 188th Street
SeaTac, WA 98188
School Hours: 7:25 a.m. - 2:05 p.m.
Contact Us: 206.433.2343
Principal:
Attention all 8th Grade Parents and Students!
Please join us for our 8th Grade Parent Night on March 31 at 6:00pm in the Tyee Library
Get here by Metro bus:http://tripplanner.metrokc.gov/cgi-bin/itin_page.pl?resptype=U
Global Connections in the news...check it out! Seattle Times -WASL Scores, August 27, 2008
Principal, Rick Harwood, receives Molina Health Care 2009 Community Champions Award |
Online Grades-Parent Login: http://grades.hsd401.org/parents/index.php
MISSION:
We promise to prepare all students to thrive as world citizens who actively contribute to the global community.
VISION:
Inspiring Academic Excellence
- Prepare students for college.
- Connect courses together around big ideas.
- Meet individual needs by personalized learning.
- Encourage students to do their individual best.
Building Relationships
- All students known well by all teachers, especially Connections (Advisory) Teacher.
- Learn from our diversity.
- Involve parents, community and business members in helping students achieve personal goals.
- Promote respect and responsibility for self, family, community, and all cultures.
Making Connections
- Provide opportunities for real world contacts through work experiences, internships, and community service.
- Involve students in important decisions regarding their school.
- Connect students to other cultures, environments, and the global community.
SCHOOL SLOGAN:
Achieving Success in the Global Society.
The COMMON PRINCIPLES OF THE COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
- Learn to use one's mind well.
- Less is more; depth over coverage.
- School goals apply to all students.
- A tone of decency and respect.
- Democracy and equity.
- Resources dedicated to teaching and learning.
- Personalized teaching and learning.
- Student as worker, teacher as coach.
- Commitment to the entire school.
- Demonstration of mastery.
Student Population
