by Dylan Peers-McCoy of Chalkbeat

When Indianapolis schools closed due to the coronavirus, Gregg Nowling’s engineering and design students were in the middle of building projects using foam core, hot glue guns, and X-Acto knives. 

With only a few days notice, Nowling had to find a way to teach some of the same concepts remotely to his students at the downtown campus of Purdue Polytechnic High School, a charter school with a focus on project-based learning and backing from the well-funded school reform group XQ.

What happens when you hand high school students the opportunity to work with an ePortfolio? CourseNetworking had the chance to find out. Purdue Polytechnic High School (PPHS), a competency-based high school in Indianapolis, IN, has been using CourseNetworking and utilizing ePortfolios for over two years. Recently, the staff and students of PPHS provided outstanding feedback to the CN on how their use of the CN ePortfolio affected the futures, learning outcomes, and overall engagement of their students. 

PPHS students are making the best of working remotely, even if it isn’t easy! 

A group of PPHS students have been working hard on a solar panel passion project. They had just hit their stride with physically building their design when our school building was abruptly closed and their very hands-on project needed to go virtual. Working remotely has it’s challenges for even the most experienced teams, so the PPHS Solar Panel team knew they had their work cut out for them. 

Purdue Polytechnic High School - Continuous Learning Plan

Section One:  Delivery of Learning 

Describe how you will deliver continuous learning opportunities for all students, including special student populations.

Students will be served through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities including live virtual class sessions; one-on-one meetings with teachers;  daily utilization of a proctored, online curriculum; and continued project engagement.

Request for Proposals--Food Operations and Management Services (South Bend only)

Purdue Polytechnic High School is seeking to contract with a food service management vendor to operate its food service in South Bend for the 2020-2021 school year. The due date to submit proposals is 12 pm on April 29, 2020.  

https://www.doe.in.gov/nutrition/procurement-fsmc-and-vendors-nslp