When Tech High School graduate (1999) Sarah Ahlberg broke her leg playing soccer in eighth grade, she recovered at home with her father who had just undergone quadruple heart bypass surgery. It was a traumatic experience for her to face the mortality of a parent at such a tender age. By the age of 15, … Read more
1994 Tech High School grad, Jonathan Schroden, always had a knack for science. Chemistry and the physical sciences came naturally to him. So when he went on to attend the University of Minnesota-Duluth, he knew his focus would be in chemistry and physics. After finishing his undergraduate degree, he went on to Cornell University where … Read more
This the second post in the “What’s It Like?” series, sharing the stories of District 742. It would be an understatement to say that Kerry Kopp, the advanced placement physics and chemistry teacher at Tech High School, knows how to challenge his students to expand their curiosity every day. The focus: address students’ curiosity and encourage … Read more