Capstone

Capstone, a challenging course for highly-motivated students, enables students to develop advanced research, writing, and presentations skills while grappling with essential questions that span disciplines. It pulls together and further refines the skills you advanced in all courses during your high school education. It culminates in the creation of a truly interdisciplinary investigation. Capstone projects that students conceive and execute with the support of community experts and faculty advisors are the culmination of a year's worth of intensive work. 

This course includes eight essential competencies that asks students to know and to be able to demonstrate mastery of content of skills through:

Reading: Students will utilize higher order thinking skills as they read authentic material from a variety of perspectives, cultures, and disciplines. 

Writing: Students will write competently and creatively, having mastered language conventions including rhetorical, stylistic, and grammatical structures. 

Speaking and Presenting: Students will communicate clearly and effectively in prepared and extemporaneous speech. 

Researching: Students will generate questions and use informed research and technological methodologies to evaluate information and synthesize new and innovative ideas. 

Problem Solving: Students will develop and exercise sound diagnostic and creative skills in addressing complex challenges.

Social Responsibility: Students will be open-minded, respectful, responsible, and engaged members of the school community. 

Civic Engagement: Students will demonstrate leadership through active community involvement and advocacy. 

Local/Global Awareness: Students will demonstrate their understanding and growth as engaged citizens.