The Senior Project & Community Mentorship - "Where Relationships Lead to Success”
Superior High School
Senior Project Coordinators:
Robert Scott
394-8720 ext. 193
robert.scott@superior.k12.wi.us
What is a Senior Project?
The Senior Project is a “learning stretch” final assignment. Basically, the purpose is to ask each student to take the learning he/she has acquired over thirteen years of public education and add to it. The project requires students to research, design and present a project that reflects their interests, knowledge and skills gained in school and their vision for the future. The Senior Project is an independent, student-selected project.
Project Options
- Service Learning
- Career Exploration
- Self-Development
- Formal/Academic
Project Requirements
- Project idea can be proposed and approved during the student’s junior or senior year.
- 20 hour (minimum) involvement is necessary during the summer or senior year.
- Must work with a teacher advisor.
- Must find and work with a community mentor.
- Parent approval of project is required.
- Formal exhibition will be presented at the end of the senior year.
- Completion of Senior Project Portfolio to document student work is required.
- Evaluation of project will be pass/fail.
Timeline
- JUNIOR YEAR
- September
- Introduction to project in class assembly.
- January
- Students meet teacher advisor and begin the planning process.
- May
- Students identify three project proposals.
- Students may submit a proposal and begin their project.
- SENIOR YEAR
- September
- Introduction to project proposal writing.
- October
- Final project proposals are due.
- November
- Select a community mentor to support your project.
- February
- Regular progress checks with teacher advisor and mentor expected.
- March
- Submit all senior project materials.
- Practice exhibitions.
- Senior Project Exhibitions held.
The Senior Project IS a graduation requirement beginning with the Class of 2006
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