IHS Personal Project

Welcome to the Personal Project website for Inderkum High School!

Here you find resources and materials to help you navigate the process of completing your personal project with the guidance of your English teacher and your personal project supervisor.

The Personal Project is the culminating project for your MYP experience. It is your chance to show how you have grown and reflects the Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills you have developed. It also is the opportunity for you to produce a piece of work that is truly personal and meaningful for YOU. It doesn't matter how busy you are; you have a hobby or passion that you pursue (or have always wanted to pursue) outside of school. The Personal Project is an opportunity for every student to get resources to pursue that passion.

What kind of project can you create?

The outcome or product of a personal project will vary depending on the nature of the goal of the project.

Students can approach their projects in different ways, and projects usually fall into these three categories.

Three Types of Projects

Learning how to code and creating an app or game.
Learning a family language in order to communicate with relatives (video or letter exchange)
learning the guitar or ukulele and recording an original song

This is best for students who want to focus on learning a new skill or pushing their learning boundaries.

Building a piece of furniture and learning the key elements of design and woodworking
Creating a public art display and learning how to create large-scale murals
Sewing a Cos-Play costume (complete with metal armor, a dulled sword, and face-mask) and learning the elements of design

This is best for students who enjoy hands-on projects and want to focus on their creativity.

Learning how to build a website in order to create a support resource for teens with anxiety
Learning how to direct and edit a short film in order to showcase homelessness in Sacramento
Creating a club on campus to support senior citizen mental health

This is best for students who want their project to directly serve their community.

IHS Sample Personal Projects

IHS Personal Project

Student Interviews from Class of 2027

MYP Joanna Digital storybook.mp4

Storybook

MYP Kara: Painting.mp4

Tiger Mural

MYP Tanaya EV.mp4

C-SPAN documentary

Objectives: Three stages of the project

There are three objectives for the personal project which state the specific learning targets for each stage of the project. These objectives will help define what you will accomplish in your project, and your personal project is assessed using these objectives and aligned assessment criteria.

Objective A: Planning

i. state a learning goal for the project and explain how a personal interest led to that goal

ii. state an intended product and develop appropriate success criteria for the product

iii. present a clear, detailed plan for achieving the product and its associated success criteria.

Objective B: Applying Skills

i. explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their learning goal

ii. explain how the ATL skill(s) was/were applied to help achieve their product.

Objective C: Reflecting

i. explain the impact of the project on themselves or their learning

ii. evaluate the product based on the success criteria.

Required Components

The following are the required components that will be turned in when you complete the Personal Project.

MYP projects academic honesty form: You will complete and sign this form at each meeting with your supervisor.
Project report: a report that discusses what you learned and created throughout the process including evidence (visuals).
Process Journal: An ongoing record of your progress as you take action/apply skills.
Bibliography: Following MLA format, you will include a bibliography of your sources. The bibliography does not count toward your total page count.