Culminating Senior Project

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Culminating Senior Project

• Coordinators
• Mrs. Matthews
• Mrs. Thomas

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What is the Culminating Senior Project?

• The senior project has been defined as a
  culminating high school project that demonstrates
  your students ability to write, speak, acquire
  and use knowledge, solve problems, and apply a
  variety of skills, including time management and
  task analysis. It is a culminating assessment
  that demonstrates what students know and can do
  as they prepare to graduate. It prepares them for
  college and/or the workplace and can help them
  transform their senior year into one that is
  uniquely challenging and stimulating.

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There are 3 stages to the project

• Mentor Complete a project with the help of a
  mentor, which demonstrate a learning stretch.
• Written Analysis This is a written summary of
  your learning experience, explaining the process
  followed and what was learned. Reflecting on the
  learning process and the learning of the topic.
• Presentation This is an oral explanation of your
  project to a panel of teachers and community
  members.

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How do you the students choose a project?
We have them consider the following

• Choose something that interests you. Remember
  you will be spending a significant amount of time
  and energy on it.

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How do you the students choose a project? (Cont.)

• Keep in mind that the project must take a minimum
  of 20 hours to complete. If you try to cut
  things too short you could have problems. So do
  not set yourself up for problems by trying to cut
  corners. This is why we are asking that you
  choose 3 to do some pre-research on, so you can
  perhaps foresee possible problems.
• Think about choosing a project that may help you
  out in the near future, say a career interest,
  school interest, business interest, etc.

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What will help most?

• Your mentor is going to be your greatest asset so
  choose wisely and make sure s/he has the time to
  help.
• Make sure you understand what is expected of you.
  No questions are dumb.
• If a problem occurs the sooner you ask your
  Connections coach what to do the better.

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Senior Projects
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Ideas
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