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Ready for the Real World!

Ready for the Real World!. Garden City High School’s Buff Project: Expecting the Best. Why have a Senior Project?. It teaches responsibility. Real world skills (research, writing, speaking, time management) are emphasized. It keeps senioritis in check.

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Ready for the Real World!

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  1. Ready for the Real World! Garden City High School’s Buff Project: Expecting the Best

  2. Why have a Senior Project? • It teaches responsibility. • Real world skills (research, writing, speaking, time management) are emphasized. • It keeps senioritis in check. • The school board said we had to have one!

  3. 1st Formed a committee. 2nd Called in an expert: Careen Oscher from Far West Edge, Medford, Oregon 3rd Adapted materials to our needs 4th Piloted in Senior English class. How did we start?

  4. What are the components? • Paper • Product • Portfolio • Presentation

  5. Paper Criteria • 5 sources (at least one primary) • 1500 words (5-7 pages) • MLA format • Shows the process of writing • --note cards, outline, drafts, editing, etc.

  6. Product Criteria A Learning Stretch that can be: • Experiential • Performance-based • Experimental

  7. Examples: Teaching the Vietnamese alphabet

  8. Making a quilt

  9. Illustrating a children’s book

  10. Getting a brown belt in karate

  11. Cooking, decorating, silversmithing

  12. Learning to play an instrument

  13. Portfolio Criteria • Product Log • Letter of Intent • Mentor Checklist • Photos, Sketches, Drafts • Daily Points • Speech Outline

  14. Presentation Criteria • 8-10 minutes • Use of Visual Aid & PowerPoint • Discuss both Paper and Product • Question and Answer

  15. How are those outside GCHS involved? • Mentors • Judges • Paid Readers • Parents

  16. How are those inside GCHS involved? • Evaluation Teams • Judges • Mentors • Buff Teachers

  17. People you need • Buff Project Coordinator • Community Liaison • Advisory Board

  18. Successes • Raising money for various charities: cystic fibrosis • Volunteering for the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Homeless shelters • Teaching younger children skills: Project Effort

  19. Teaching Responsibility • Letter of Intent • Deadlines • Working with a mentor • Graduation Requirement

  20. It prepares our students for the real world in a way academic classes can’t. It lets them have success in their own choices. It involves the entire faculty with our Seniors. It lets the community see what our graduates can do. It is an antibiotic for senioritis. It is worth the time, the planning, and the effort. What do I think about Senior Projects?

  21. Any questions?

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