The Diploma Programme of Design Technology is a two-year introduction to designing, a range of fundamentals of technology, and global technological issues.
It provides students with the knowledge to be able to design and make in school workshops, and also to develop an informed literacy about technology in general..
Design Tech applicants are admitted to the school based on a lottery system, per California law.
The lottery gives preference to siblings and to students in the San Mateo and Sequoia High School districts. N.B.:
Design Tech High School is an innovative, free, public high school authorized by the San Mateo Union High School District.
The school is open to all students in the state of California.
Entrance is by lottery when the number of students seeking enrollment exceeds the number of spots available.
Design Tech High School (d.tech) is a pioneering California public charter high school.
Oracle’s relationship with d.tech began in 2014 through the Oracle Education Foundation, and quickly grew and deepened into the company building a home for the school on Oracle’s headquarters campus.
Design Tech offers students the chance to create sports teams based on interest.
The first sport introduced to the school was Basketball during the school's inaugural year.
