International School Senior Project Page

Since our first senior class, the International School has required the completion of an independent learning project in order to graduate. The Senior Project serves as a self-directed culmination of our students’ education and a launching pad to integrate them into the life of the community through career exploration. It consists of a year-long project designed by the students themselves, and has three basic components: information gathering and synthesis; project planning and implementation; and student presentation to a community-based panel. Each project proposal is evaluated by a community advisory board to ensure it meets certain criteria, such as a learning stretch, project achievement, community involvement, feasibility, and an observable outcome or closure.