WTSD Capstone Challenge

Warren Township Public Schools (Somerset)

Capstone Experience

(Recognized Program)

Warren Township School’s Capstone Experience is an innovative educational program designed to engage students in critical thinking, problem-solving and real-world applications of their learning.

The primary goals of the program are to encourage critical thinking and problem-solving, foster collaboration and teamwork, develop oral communication, public speaking, and media literacy skills, and promote goal setting and personal accountability. It provides students with opportunities to showcase their knowledge and skills through interdisciplinary projects focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, a set of universal goals that meet the urgent environmental, political and economic challenges facing our world.

Students are assigned to teams based on their interests such as zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, responsible consumption and production, life below water and life on land.

Focused on grades five to eight, the program has been successful in achieving its goals. Students have shown significant improvements in critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills.

The Capstone Experience exemplifies an effective approach to education that goes beyond traditional classroom learning. By engaging students in real-world problems and encouraging them to develop practical solutions, the program not only enhances academic skills but also prepares students to be thoughtful, proactive global citizens.

Congratulations to the Warren Township School District’s, the Capstone Experience program, a recipient of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Annual School Leader Award for recognized program.

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