Once again, September brings the traditional start of the school year, and Rotarians can turn to local experts to find out what's new in education. On September 13, Lake Washington High School's Principal Christine Bell, who leads the oldest of the seven high schools in Lake Washington School District, serving approximately 1,800 full-time students, will introduce Rotarians to some highlights of the new school year, note several of the students’ and staff’s recent accomplishments, highlight the new facilities opening this fall, and describe how the Kangaroo team has designed instructional and support operations after more than a year of remote learning. On September 27, Dr. Matthew Colpitts, head of school and president of Ventures Academy, will describe for Rotarians how the school was established, how it helps students to envision and build products, market and sell them, serve their customers, and exercise corporate citizenship. The Academy is a high school for startups, where the students build and run real companies under the tutelage of senior Fortune 500 business and technology leaders, not as a game, not as a simulation, and not for a class. The students' ventures are real businesses that they own and manage for the duration of their studies and beyond. Thank you to Amy Mutal for initiating this program series.September Series is Back to School
Once again, September brings the traditional start of the school year, and Rotarians can turn to local experts to find out what's new in education. On September 13, Lake Washington High School's Principal Christine Bell, who leads the oldest of the seven high schools in Lake Washington School District, serving approximately 1,800 full-time students, will introduce Rotarians to some highlights of the new school year, note several of the students’ and staff’s recent accomplishments, highlight the new facilities opening this fall, and describe how the Kangaroo team has designed instructional and support operations after more than a year of remote learning. On September 27, Dr. Matthew Colpitts, head of school and president of Ventures Academy, will describe for Rotarians how the school was established, how it helps students to envision and build products, market and sell them, serve their customers, and exercise corporate citizenship. The Academy is a high school for startups, where the students build and run real companies under the tutelage of senior Fortune 500 business and technology leaders, not as a game, not as a simulation, and not for a class. The students' ventures are real businesses that they own and manage for the duration of their studies and beyond. Thank you to Amy Mutal for initiating this program series.