Students in Honors CmPS work through the same 6 steps of problem solving that were taught in the Honors Future Problem Solving course: identifying challenges, creating an Underlying Problem, brainstorming solutions, developing criteria, ranking solutions, and developing an action plan.

However, instead of working within the constraint of a futuristic scenario, students in CmPS create their own "future scene" by identifying a problem that currently exists in their local, state, or global community. Students then apply the 6 steps of problem solving to plan out a Community project that actually implements the solutions to make a real-world impact.

Recent projects have included Project PEACE (incorporating mindfulness and wellness into MHS), Project Planting Seeds (increasing hands-on instruction by developing the environmental studies program and establishing a greenhouse on campus), Project Knowpioid (raising awareness about the opioid epidemic), and Project Facetime (decreasing usage of phones in favor of hands-on, productive activities like reading, mindfulness, and creativity).

Students show their impact through a video, written report, interview, display presentation, and scrapbook. Student projects are submitted for judging at the state level, and state winners progress to the International Competition.