What are some important ideas embedded in the Senior Project program?
The first thing to remember is that Senior Project is only a program which means it is as good or as bad as we make it. The key to implementation and success is hinged on several beliefs. All graduating exit students should be actively engaged and rigorously involved in learning and applying sophisticated skills. The senior year should be challenging and, to some degree, student-driven. Remember, 75% of the students in traditional high schools are “Wanna Bes.” They want to be seniors. They watch seniors, model what seniors do, and cant wait to become seniors themselves. If these students see seniors as disengaged and laid back, then they perceive the last year of high school as easy and unimportant. However, if they see the seniors challenged, excited, and meeting a requirement framed by high standards, learning tension, interest, and skill, then they see the senior year as challenging and critical to their future. Senior Project high schools believe the seniors deserve the best effort
