“As institutions, all the social justice rhetoric we’re talking about… at what point do we really empower young people to be brought into the decision making process? [The capstone process offers] trust placed in youth to pick a project topic and make it happen.”

-IRF at June Jordan School for Equity

A capstones is a culminating project, performance, or structured experience that demonstrates learning of pre-determined outcomes and act as closure to a long-term arc of learning. Often capstones include a significant research and writing component, and conclude with public demonstrations of learning in front of an audience, and successful completion of capstones are often tied to promotion or graduation.

District Examples:

Balboa

OC

JJSE