WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.708 (light music) 2 00:00:04.708 --> 00:00:05.625 The Porter Family Center 3 00:00:05.625 --> 00:00:07.166 for Innovation and Academics 4 00:00:07.166 --> 00:00:08.291 has really enhanced 5 00:00:08.291 --> 00:00:09.458 the learning experience 6 00:00:09.458 --> 00:00:10.541 for all of our Highlanders. 7 00:00:11.291 --> 00:00:12.708 From state-of-the-art facilities, 8 00:00:13.416 --> 00:00:14.541 advanced classrooms, 9 00:00:15.625 --> 00:00:16.416 collaborative learning 10 00:00:16.416 --> 00:00:18.750 spaces, quiet study areas, 11 00:00:19.208 --> 00:00:21.041 new library, student commons, 12 00:00:21.583 --> 00:00:22.416 there's so many ways 13 00:00:22.416 --> 00:00:23.583 that we've really catered 14 00:00:23.833 --> 00:00:24.666 to the student 15 00:00:24.666 --> 00:00:25.958 experience here at Lake Higland, 16 00:00:26.291 --> 00:00:27.041 and that's especially 17 00:00:27.041 --> 00:00:28.541 with this brand new facility. 18 00:00:29.875 --> 00:00:30.666 I feel like our 19 00:00:30.666 --> 00:00:33.583 teachers really work to give us 20 00:00:33.750 --> 00:00:34.875 the best possible education 21 00:00:34.875 --> 00:00:36.083 experience that you can get. 22 00:00:36.833 --> 00:00:37.750 They're not the ones that 23 00:00:37.750 --> 00:00:39.083 are just doing it to get paid. 24 00:00:39.083 --> 00:00:39.958 They're the ones that are doing it 25 00:00:39.958 --> 00:00:41.708 to really inspire the next generation, 26 00:00:41.958 --> 00:00:43.250 to teach the next generation. 27 00:00:43.916 --> 00:00:46.250 They're kind of in this to make sure 28 00:00:46.250 --> 00:00:47.791 that we have the right skills 29 00:00:48.333 --> 00:00:50.375 to go to that next stage in life. 30 00:00:51.333 --> 00:00:52.875 I love how my teachers are always willing 31 00:00:52.875 --> 00:00:53.791 to give extra help. 32 00:00:53.791 --> 00:00:56.416 If you need to have more experience 33 00:00:56.416 --> 00:00:57.333 with the topic you're learning 34 00:00:57.500 --> 00:00:58.291 how they're always willing 35 00:00:58.291 --> 00:00:59.458 to go one-on-one with you 36 00:00:59.875 --> 00:01:01.416 and to help you out in any way you need. 37 00:01:02.541 --> 00:01:04.083 Lake Higland is absolutely 38 00:01:04.083 --> 00:01:05.208 the school of opportunity, 39 00:01:05.958 --> 00:01:07.750 and I hear it from students all the time 40 00:01:07.750 --> 00:01:09.708 about how they discovered something new, 41 00:01:10.791 --> 00:01:11.500 something that they had 42 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:12.625 never thought about before, 43 00:01:13.375 --> 00:01:16.083 and they learned how to do 44 00:01:16.083 --> 00:01:17.500 that here in the upper school. 45 00:01:19.791 --> 00:01:20.875 Lake Higland has absolutely 46 00:01:20.875 --> 00:01:22.500 prepared me to exceed in college 47 00:01:23.250 --> 00:01:24.416 because it provides me 48 00:01:24.416 --> 00:01:26.250 with the preparation. 49 00:01:27.041 --> 00:01:27.916 I understand it's in the 50 00:01:27.916 --> 00:01:28.791 name, Lake Higland Prep, 51 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:30.166 but preparation and meaning 52 00:01:30.166 --> 00:01:32.500 that you have to take initiative, 53 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:33.833 whether it be when 54 00:01:33.833 --> 00:01:34.916 working with your teachers, 55 00:01:35.166 --> 00:01:36.583 working with other students, 56 00:01:37.375 --> 00:01:38.250 and also being able to 57 00:01:38.250 --> 00:01:39.041 manage your workload. 58 00:01:39.416 --> 00:01:40.000 And so that's 59 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:41.458 providing almost a precedent 60 00:01:41.458 --> 00:01:43.500 to be able to continue those expectations 61 00:01:43.916 --> 00:01:44.958 and stay on top of things.