Endorsement Requirements

Global citizens come from all walks of society with a wide variety of interests and skills. This program is designed to be a rigorous and well-rounded experience for motivated students who want to explore these interests, deepen their understandings, and develop and strengthen skills in the globally oriented endeavors of their choosing. While there are no “one size fits all” requirements to become a global citizen, students are expected to be self-directed, and eligibility for endorsement will be determined by their commitment to and the quality of their cumulative work. With this in mind, each student’s portfolio will include a mix of coursework (including service learning action projects), extracurricular activities, and leadership experiences. For those who would like to earn the more rigorous “GCP Endorsement plus Capstone Project”, they may additionally complete an independent capstone project of their own choosing.

Guidelines are as follows:

#1 COURSEWORK - Students will complete:

.5 credit Introduction to Global Citizens Program (Suggested: 9th grade, Required: by end of 10th grade)
1 credit Service Learning (Must be taken in 10th or 11th grade.)
4 additional globally oriented credits from the GCP Approved Course List

The following is an optional course available to students who are looking to earn the Endorsement Plus Capstone Project, to give them time to work on their Capstone projects after the completion of Service Learning:

GCP Capstone Project (.5 credit)

#2 LEADERSHIP

Junior/Senior GCP Mentorship
Leadership experiences - (i.e. captain of team, officer of club or class, SAL, event/activity leader…)

#3 PASSPORT ACTIVITIES - Students will engage in on and off campus globally oriented GCP Passport Activities such as clubs, travel, volunteer experiences, and student directed research projects within courses.

#4 PORTFOLIO

Ongoing Digital Portfolio of GCP coursework and activities
End of year reflection and presentations - yearly
Senior year presentation of Portfolio

#5 OPTIONAL: CAPSTONE PROJECT - For students who want to engage in globally oriented work in a more rigorous and independent manner and earn the “GCP Endorsement plus Capstone Project”. To be presented Senior Year.

Global Citizens Program Agreement

Essential GCP Student Responsibilities and Expectations

Our goal is to help students become global citizens. This involves building skills toward responsibility, independence, initiative, commitment, and follow through. While we continue to support students in the attainment of these skills, it is ultimately up to the student to independently meet the requirements, responsibilities, and expectations of this program. Endorsement is not guaranteed. With this in mind, please note the following:

Email: It is the student’s responsibility to independently and regularly check email and Google Classroom for essential and ongoing GCP information.
Remind: Students are also responsible for signing up for Remind, a text service we use at times to reinforce meetings and due dates.
- Using your phone, send a TEXT to 81010.Your text message should include: @gcpall
- Send a second TEXT to 81010 to join your grade. Your text message should include one of the following groups: @gcp12, @gcp11, @gcp10, or @gcp9
- Members should join two groups: @gcpall and their current grade (ex: @gcp11)
Attendance Policy: GCP meeting attendance, group and individual, is mandatory. Students must reach out to the GCP Coordinator before a meeting if you have a conflict and communicate with the GCP Coordinator immediately after the missed meeting to find out what you missed.
- After one missed meeting without communication from you, both before and after the meeting, we will send you an email reminding you about this policy.
- After a second missed meeting without communication from you, we will assume you are no longer interested in earning endorsement and will remove you from the endorsement list. We will send you an email to this effect.
- You are always encouraged to continue participation in select GCP activities, including building a portfolio, regardless of whether you are on the endorsement track.
- Reminder: Communication is key!
Deadlines: Deadlines are hard deadlines. You will receive emails with reminders. Without communication from you, a missed deadline is cause for removal from the endorsement track.
Independent follow through: Students seeking endorsement must regularly and independently review their progress towards meeting endorsement requirements: coursework, passport activities, leadership, attending GCP meetings, optional Capstone project, and portfolio. In addition, it is the student’s responsibility to reach out to the GCP Coordinator as necessary.

Communication is essential. Coordinator and advisors are consistently available to address any concerns. If students have questions or concerns about anything to do with GCP, it is essential that the student reach out to Coordinator/advisors. We are here to help you solve problems and get all you can out of this program!

Honor Code

As a participant in the HHS GCP, I understand that my focus is to make this world a better place. As such, I will act with honesty and integrity in all academic and social endeavors; I will be respectful of myself and others; I will do my own work as well as work collaboratively with others; I will be accountable for following through on my commitments; and I will take responsibility for my actions. Finally, I will encourage and celebrate the efforts of others in our common cause toward the greater good.

Example Pathways

There are many combinations of globally oriented coursework, leadership and other activities which would satisfy requirements to earn the Global Citizens Program Endorsement upon graduation. To explore a few examples click here.

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