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The Idea

In 1993, Stanley Goldstein, founder and former CEO of CVS Pharmacy, asked Doctors Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor, principal and assistant principal respectively of the award-winning Thayer High School in New Hampshire, to come to Rhode Island to help improve education in the state. A few months later, Theodore Sizer, chairman of the Coalition of Essential Schools at Brown University in Providence, invited Littky and Washor to be the first Senior Fellows at the newly formed Annenberg Institute for School Reform.

One Student at a Time: A Deeply Personalized Public High School

by Big Picture Founders Elliot Washor and Dennis Littky

Perhaps more than any public school in America, the Met School insists on educating "one student at a time." Each student develops a unique curriculum based on strong personal interests and the school's demanding academic learning goals. Every student in the Met's first two graduating classes has been accepted to college and/or vocational school.

Met students spend two days per week at internships that they select based on their interests. Across four years, one student interned with an engineer, a judge, a choreographer, and a marine biologist. He completed many personalized projects such as co-directing a musical and developing water quality systems in Narragansett Bay.

Step 1

Call The Met at 395-5417 and schedule a shadow day/family meeting.

Step 2

Attend a shadow day/family meeting. This gives you a chance to understand more about our school's culture and learning environment.

Step 3

Prospective students/parents must complete all parts of the student application.

Step 4

After you have complete step 2 and 3, your parent or guardian must fill out all registration material provided in our office. Make sure to supply us with a current/revised final transcript to assure proper placement and assessment of your individualized learning plan.

Please Note: You must be dis-enrolled from your current school before becoming a Metster!

All application materials should be sent to:

The Met
810 V Street
Sacramento, Ca, 95818
Office (916) 395-5417
Fax: (916) 264-4701

Advisory

Starting in 9th grade, students are organized in advisories, groups of roughly 20 students from the same grade level and led by an advisor (or teacher), who stays with them for all four years of high school. The Advisor, unlike a traditional teacher, guides each student's learning in every academic area and helps the group develop a strong sense of trust and teamwork. She/he is a coach, pushing students to achieve their greatest academic potential as well as their character and leadership skills. Throughout their four years together, an advisory becomes very close and its members often refer to it as a family.

Community Handbook

How the Met came to be

The Idea

One student at a time

One Student at a Time: A Deeply Personalized Public High School

by Big Picture Founders Elliot Washor and Dennis Littky

FACTS

Application to enroll

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

What is an Advisor?

Advisory

Student Clubs

Lunch Menu