Harrisburg High School SciTech Campus - Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg High School Campus is a STEM, college preparatory high school. When speaking with the students and faculty of SciTech, you will often hear the expression, "my SciTech family." Our founder envisioned a school with a family atmosphere that would alter the landscape of secondary education in Harrisburg. She wanted to create a safe place where a community of learners could thrive not because they were better than other students in the city, but because they believed in her dream as well and because they trusted a small group of educators to lead them.

To this day, our demographic has not changed: our students persevere despite poverty, despite setbacks and systemic racism, despite the quiet desperation that makes so many young people stop short because they can see no way to make it to the finish line. Our teachers and administrators, then, realize that we are coaches who bring hope where there is little. Officially, we institute programs to foster achievement; we offer rewards for mastering state exams, and we recognize students individually for demonstrating leadership, scholarship, and character. But our greatest asset is not the summation of our programs that look good on paper. It is the atmosphere of love and family that we foster with students. Recently a student wrote this unsolicited assessment in an essay for his English class: "I'm struggling with a lot of things, but coming to school is one of the best things I ever did. SciTech makes me feel like I'm at home, and I love it."