Students at Renaissance will . . .

Students will have opportunities to experience:

  • Individual & Collaborative Learning

  • Development of Leadership Skills

  • Community Service through the lens of local and global needs

  • International Mindedness & Cross-cultural understanding with respect

  • Applications & Connections to the real world 

  • Research, Speaking, & Writing Skills

  • Rigorous Honors and College Preparatory Courses

  • Explore and embody the "Learner Profiles"

  • Practice and apply the "Approaches to Learning" (ATL's) which assist in being post-secondary ready

  • Music and/or Art classes required in the 9th and/or 10th grade

  • World Language classes in the 9th and 10th grade for high school graduation requirements (Spanish or Mandarin Chinese)

  • World Language classes in the 11th and 12th grade for International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP), International Baccalaureate Career Certificate Program (IBCP), and Associate of Arts in General Studies through ISU (AA)​

  • Theory of Knowledge (TOK) for IBDP & AA students, or Personal & Professional Skills (PPS) for IBCP students in the 11th and 12th grade

  • Leadership Opportunities

    • Leadership Boise Academy

    • Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY)

    • Idaho Science and Aerospace Scholars

    • Meridian Mayor’s Anti-Drug Commission (MADC)

    • Hispanic Youth Symposium

    • National History Day Competitions and Club

    • Student Council

    • National Honor Society (NHS)

    • Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council (MYAC)

    • CTE Student Organizations

    • IBDP Community, Action, and Service (CAS)

    • IBCP Service Learning (SL) with a focus on student CTE

  • Career Technical Educational (CTE) Pathways with Professional Student Organizations 

    • Culinary

      • Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) student organization

    • Engineering

      • Technology Student Association (TSA) student organization

    • Computer Science (NEW)

      • Technology Student Association (TSA) student organization

    • Law Enforcement and Fire Services

      • Skills USA student organization

    • Residential Construction

      • Skills USA student organization

    • Health Services (EMT, CNA, Pharmacy Tech)

      • Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) student organization

  • Co-Curricular Activities

    • Academic Decathlon (ACADECA)

    • Speech and Debate

    • Yearbook

    • Student Council

    • National Honor Society

    • Note: Co-curricular Activities often are tied to a course and have outside classroom commitments

  • Clubs

    • Science Bowl

    • Thespians Guild (Theater Club)

    • Art Club

    • Photography Club

    • National History Day Club

    • Human Rights Club

    • Chess Club

    • Bowling Club

    • Note: Clubs are reflective of student interest with a volunteer staff advisor