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Follow on Google News | Stepinac's Video Details How Personalized Blended Learning Environment Prepares Students for SuccessSchool's Advanced Technological Platform Comprises First-of-its-Kind All Digital Textbook Library
By: Archbishop Stepinac High School The six-minute presentation— Portanova explains how Stepinac’s technologically advanced academic platform, a project that began five years ago, was created with two goals in mind for all of its students: 1) to inspire life-long learning and make intellectual curiosity a mainstay and permanent part of their lives and 2) to give them a strong academic foundation to succeed at college. To achieve those goals, Portanova noted the four tenets comprising Stepinac’s approach to learning which he describes as a “conscientious integration of technology.” The second is that all the courses at Stepinac are “blended,” The third tenet in Stepinac’s model to help prepare students be accepted by the college of their choice is emphasizing the importance of research. Portanova notes that the library not only consists of more than 61 titles that can be used for primary and secondary research but offers a wide array of resources as well including essays and lectures. Portanovo describes Stepinac’s fourth tenet as giving students a ‘great academic profile’ consisting of 19 Advanced Placement Courses starting in the freshman year as well as college electives offered by Mercy College and Marist College and a wide choice of other electives designed to meet the student’s individual needs and interests. As a result of Stepinac’s success as a pioneer in developing and implementing an advanced technological platform, Portanova said that the school has become a “standard bearer for curriculum innovation,” The video can be accessed on Stepinac’s website, www.stepinac.org, and on the school’s social media platforms including YouTube:https://youtu.be/ About Archbishop Stepinac High School The mission of Archbishop Stepinac High School is to offer young men of the Archdiocese of New York a highly competitive academic and extracurricular program that will prepare them for college and leadership roles. The faculty and staff accomplish these objectives by pursuing excellence and creating a supportive, disciplined atmosphere with a strong sense of camaraderie and Christian values that is unique to the Stepinac experience. For more information, visit www.Stepinac.org. End
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