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Brien McMahon High School
MYP Coordinator: Laura Gordon
Personal Project Coordinator: Adam Kalunian
The personal project is a culminating assessment in the Middle Years Programme (MYP) that students will complete over the course of Year 5 (Grade 10). It is an opportunity for students to envision, plan, create and share a product or an outcome of personal interest to you. Students will be asked to call on skills they have developed throughout their time in the MYP as well as attributes from the IB learner profile while also building ATL skills, self-esteem, self-confidence and self-reliance.
The Aims of the Personal Project
INQUIRY, ACTION and REFLECTION
Students will
Explore an area of interest
Choose how to achieve their goal
Create their own success criteria for the product
Reflect on the impact that the personal project has had on themselves and / or their community
Personal Project Criteria
Objective A: Planning
Objective B: Applying skills
Objective C: Reflecting
Image take from IB's Personal Project Guide
WHAT WILL STUDENTS LEARN FROM COMPLETING A PERSONAL PROJECT?
The Personal Project involves students in a wide range of activities to extend student knowledge and understanding and to develop their skills and attitudes.
These student-planned learning activities include:
deciding what they want to learn about, identifying what they already know, and discovering what they will need to know to complete the project
creating proposals or criteria for their project, planning their time and materials, and recording developments of the project
making decisions, developing understandings and solving problems, communicating with their supervisor and others, and creating a product or developing an outcome evaluating the product/outcome and reflecting on their project and their learning.
As students become involved in the self-initiated and self-directed learning process, they will find it easier to construct in-depth knowledge on their topic, and develop an understanding of themselves as learners.
Information in this site courtesy of: International Baccalaureate Organisation. Middle Years Programme Projects Guide, Cardiff, Wales: Peterson House 2022
BMHS MISSION STATEMENT
Brien McMahon High School students will develop the skills, competencies, and knowledge to be successful in school, in the workplace, and in a global society.
OUR VISION
Brien McMahon High School seeks to prepare all students for the challenges of the 21st century by fostering intellectual curiosity and inspiring our students to become responsible, ethical, and innovative members of a global society.
OUR CORE VALUES
Dedication to personal and team success
Intellectual curIosity and innovation
Adherence to principles and ethics
Caring and compassion toward all
Communication (speaking, listening, writing, understanding)
IB Mission Statement
The IB develops inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through education that builds intercultural understanding and respect.
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