Genius Hour is a period in every students’ day. The purpose of Genius Hour is to provide students
with an opportunity to explore their own passions and “geniuses” in order to support their
movement to college, career and workforce readiness, by offering a time to research and develop
further knowledge on topics of interest, such as photography, technology, robotics, foreign language,
leadership, service, problem solving, STEM, coding, current events, engineering, biology, music.
This time supports problem solving, research, communication, and creativity regarding students’
topics of interest.
Genius Hour in my classroom is school community involvement and chess. We do various
projects throughout the year ranging from assisting around the building with projects,
decorating/designing the planters at the front entrance and learning about the game of chess.