The Personal Project is a culminating event in your time in the Middle Years Program (grades 6-10). During this time you have developed in many ways and learned about many things. Choosing the right Personal Project might set you on a path to deeper study, further activism or help you tune your future career interests. Students must satisfactorily complete the Personal Project to be promoted to the 11th grade.
Objectives (from the Personal Project guide, for use from September 2021/January 2022)
The objectives of the personal project state the specific targets that are set for learning. They define what the student will accomplish as a result of completing the personal project.
Objective A: Planning
Students should be able to:
state a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal.
state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product.
present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.
Objective B: Applying Skills
Students should be able to:
explain how the Approaches to Learning skill(s)* were applied to help achieve their learning goal.
explain how the Approaches to Learning skill(s)* were applied to help achieve their product.
*Approaches to Learning (ATL) Skills are skills that help students learn how to learn. See the Approaches to Learning section of this handbook for examples of ATL skills.
Objective C: Reflecting
Students should be able to:
explain the impact of the project on themselves or on their learning.
evaluate the product based on the success criteria.
Supervisors will use the Personal Project rubrics as a guide for giving feedback and determining if a student needs to improve to meet a minimum level of achievement on the Personal Project.