11th grade
Commencement Project - Junior Year
The bulk of the project should be completed during the summers before and after the student's junior year of high school. Students are encouraged to dedicate 40 hours. A community-centered activity can be described as a work experience in a profit or nonprofit organization that will give the student exposure to career opportunities or a personal commitment to better the lives of others. This experience can range from an internship to community service. This time is designated outside the academic hours of the school day. It is the responsibility of the student and his/her parents or guardians to provide transportation to the community-centered activities. As the project progresses, the student is responsible for keeping an accurate Documentation of Hours with appropriate signatures and encouraged to keep a detailed journal to keep track of reflections and accountability checklist.
First Trimester
Project Plan/Proposal
Have you completed your Project Plan?
Please save your Research Paper and Vision Slides in your Senior Project Portfolio.
What is your Senior Project vision?
Vision Template
Update Your Project Plan
In the junior year, students may need to update or add specific details to the Written Plan. If the student plans to redirect the project to another problem in the community, a new Written Plan needs to be submitted.
Capture the Experience
The student is encourages to take pictures and keep a journal of reflections during the project experience. These pictures and reflections will be used when presenting the project for evaluation. These pictures can also be save in the student's Senior Project Portfolio.
Second Trimester
Administrative Review
In the second trimester, the Administration will listen to a brief senior project presentation from the junior class. After introducing him/herself with name and project title, the students will prepare a 1-minute presentation that summarizes three questions:
What is the goal of the project?
What have I done?
What do I have left to do?
Students will use the Elevator Pitch Worksheet to prepare a 60-second project summary for the Upper School Principal. In previous years, the students recorded their Elevator Pitches and submitted these videos for review. Students will save these videos in their Senior Project Portfolio.
Administrative Review Worksheet
Class of 2025 Administrative Review: April
Third Trimester
Written Plan Proposal
Please MAKE A COPY of the Document below and save it with your last name in your Senior Project Portfolio.
Elevator Pitch 2018Documentation of Hours
The student is required to track the project hours and request signatures from project mentor.
Please MAKE A COPY of this Document and save with your last name in your Senior Project Portfolio.