King's High School and My Love

This semester, I did my practicum at King's High School. It is a rather prestigious school, known for both sport and academics. I was in awe by the school buildings themselves. They are rather stately and grand. There is much history behind the school.
I was also suprised by the verocity that the students attacked school studies. I have been in an Advanced English junior class and nearly every student gives 100% in every class. They are also very active in SAT prep and the like.
But almost most shocking to me was the lack of technology throughout the entire school. In my classroom, there is a tv mounted to the ceiling with a VCR and DVD player. The teacher has a computer, and the only other technology is an overhead projector. I have been in other classrooms and they all have virtually the same equipment. In the library, there are several computer stations, but they are older computers.
It is just interesting to me how technology is downplayed so greatly at King's. But students do incredibly well, so something must be going well.