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HTH SCUBA
HTH SCUBA
MISSION
HTH SCUBA provides experiences in the underwater world for students with the goal of developing connections with the ocean, ourselves and community while using scientific methods to increase our awareness of human marine ecology in the past and present.
Educator Goals
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To impart scientific skills and foster a connection to the ocean environment that may result in behavioral changes including an increase in curiosity and respect.
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Foster empowerment: Achieve challenging goals (such as SCUBA certication) and overcoming fears (going in cold water or exploring a college campus).
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Promote equity: HTH SCUBA members are a diverse group of individuals with a number of students from underrepresented communities. Participants are encouraged to center their interests, experience and communities so that they may tell the tales, or research the issues, that are significant to them. This provides for a more holistic educational experience for all involved.
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Build connection: Connection through mentorship and community is core to the experience as it through which students may increase their sense of agency to collaborate with others, contribute academically and professional and create change. Student scientist and internship opportunities build a bridge to collegiate academia and professions and meeting with community stakeholders including younger students builds leadership.
SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS
The following programs are part of HTH SCUBA and are offered when possible:
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SCUBA Certification
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First Aid, CPR & AED
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Students Offshore : Marine Adventure
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Mentorships & Internships
POPULATIONS SERVED
At High Tech High, the student body makeup is 55 percent male and 45 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 67 percent. High Tech High is 1 of 48 high schools in San Diego.
DONATIONS
In order to achieve our mission, we need financial assistance which we hope you can help provide. This donation will assist us in helping our students from diverse backgrounds have an opportunity that for many would not have been possible, to get SCUBA certified and receive marine scientific training. HTH SCUBA is a California nonprofit educational organization; it is tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). Our W-9 may be provided upon request.
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STudent Experience
in their words....
"Learning how to SCUBA dive was my very first aha moment...It became something that I want to take with me for the rest of my life and into college. This experience kind of became self discovery into what I want my future to look like and I can't wait to see where I end up."
"Learning how to SCUBA dive was my very first aha moment...It became something that I want to take with me for the rest of my life and into college. This experience kind of became self discovery into what I want my future to look like and I can't wait to see where I end up."
"The most important thing I learned was that I should pursue whatever makes me the happiest, and I think diving does that. I know we have only done four open water dives, and I hate to be dramatic, but I can see myself doing this till the day I die; as a career, or even just as a hobby. I learned that in reality, the ocean isn't something to be afraid of, it's something to appreciate and observe as much as you possibly can."
"The most interesting thing I saw under the water had to be the canyon, I could see how the canyon had a deep dark opening that gave me chills apart form how cold it actually was. I was honestly almost in tears of joys when I saw the field of those crabs looking back at us."
