Seminar Requirements

Seminar Requirements

• Students must participate in nine Honors Diploma seminars.

• Participation includes attending a seminar, being an active participant at the seminar, and writing a brief reflection (one page single-spaced or two pages double-spaced) on the seminar.

• Students may use a combination of "internal" seminars (those arranged by the Honors Diploma Program) and "external" seminars (those found/arranged by the student). Students may use up to two "external" seminars toward the requirement.

• Pre-approval of external seminars is strongly recommended. External seminars should be similar to our program seminars (a formally arranged presentation by an expert in a field, at least one hour in length, aimed at an adult audience). Examples are a university lecture or a special guest presentation hosted by a community organization. Non-examples would be a routine talk, a field trip, or a guest speaker in a class.

• The Honors Diploma Program will offer four-five seminars per year. Additionally, non-seniors may use the Senior Exhibition Fair as a seminar each year (attend, participate in discussion, write a reflection).

• All seminar reflection papers are due within two weeks of the actual seminar date.

• Seminar reflection papers should be shared with Mrs. Gardner through your high school Google account. All internal seminars will have a reflection assignment posted on Google Classroom.