Introducing Dustin Keane
Dustin Keane joined Cascade e-Commerce Solutions Inc. (CeSI) as an intern on the 12th of May. He is currently a sophomore attending Highline Big Picture High School. Dustin and his family reside in SeaTac, Washington.
Dustin’s interests include learning how computers are used in business and learning how to code websites.
Highline Big Picture High School is located at the old Glacier site. At Highline Big Picture students attend school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and go to internships on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To obtain an internship the student requests informational interviews with businesses in their areas of interest. Each interview lasts about 20-30 minutes. Then if the student likes a business or business person, the student requests a job shadow. Next if the student is still interested in that business, the student requests an internship set-up meeting with the student’s advisor (teacher) and the business. During that meeting the participants discuss whether the work at that business is relevant to the student’s interests and a good learning experience for the student.
Highline Big Picture students are not graded in a traditional way (i.e. A, A+, B, B- etc) instead, throughout the year, they present their work at 2-4 exhibitions. Each exhibition contains detailed documentation and proof of work performed, skills learned, and relationships developed.
If you are interested in learning more about Highline Big Picture High School, visit http://hsd401.org/ourschools/highschools/bigpicture/