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Purpose of the North Carolina Graduation Project

According to the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the “North Carolina Graduation Project is a multi-faceted, multi-disciplinary performance assessment completed over time. The NC Graduation Project provides students the opportunity to connect content knowledge, acquired skills, and work habits to real world situations and issues. Through the graduation project process, students will engage various specific skills that include: computer knowledge, employability skills, information-retrieval skills, language skills – reading, language skills – writing, teamwork, and thinking/problem-solving skills. The NC Graduation Project consisting of four components (a research paper, product, portfolio, and an oral presentation) culminates in a student’s final year of high school. Students engagement in the graduation project process and the completion of the graduation project demonstrates the integration of knowledge, skills, and performance.”

The North Carolina DPI Graduation Project online.

Four Program Components

1. Write a research paper-a student driven paper demonstrating the student's ability to access, sort, select and validate information, and incorporate it in research paper centered around a student chosen research topic and focused thesis.
2. Design and develop a project-(related to the paper) showcasing the application of knowledge, personal and interpersonal skills and core skills-reading, writing, thinking, speaking, presenting, problem solving as well as live skills time management etc.
3. Compile a portfolio- demonstrating and validating the student's Senior Project learning journey. (Before hearing each student speak, the judges will preview the student's Senior Project Project Portfolio.)
4. Deliver a related formal demonstrating oral communications skills. (The speech is presented to a board of judges selected from the faculty, community members, classified staff and administration who have some background in the students' area of study.)

Senior Project Goals

• To design and implement a culminating, capstone requirement for high school exiting students.
• To integrate, focus, standardize and unify the curriculum.
• To allow students to demonstrate self directed, goal setting peak performance.
• To provide opportunities for students to take risks while remaining in an environment of high expectations, standards and safety nets.
• To provide a performed based learning experience that authentically checks for acquisition of attitudes, skills and knowledge

 

Senior Project Team Members

• Faculty Advisor
• Project Advisors
• Community Mentors
• Seniors Currently Enrolled in English-IV

 

Senior Project Handbook

• Handbook

 

Senior Project Forms

• Blank Outline Form
• Budget Template
• English III Pacing Guide
• English IV Schedule Pacing Guide
• English IV Schedule Pacing Guide 2nd Semester 2009-2010
• Extra Graduation Ticket Judges Form
• Faculty Advisor Contact Form
• Faculty Advisor Manual
• Honor Code and Pledge
• Liability Waiver
• Mentor Activity Log
• Mentor and Parent Consent Form
• Mentor Final Confirmation Form
• Mentor Handbook
• Mentor Information Form
• Parent Letter and Acknowledgement Forms
• Product Activity Log
• Reflection Questions
• Research Topic and Product Approval Form
• Service-Learning Application
• Student Info for Advisor
• Student Info Sheet for Mentor
• Technology Request Form
• Yes Test for Research Paper

 

Senior Project PowerPoints

• Senior Project Overview
• Formulating a Thesis and Outline
• Research and Organizing Notecards
• Taking Notes
• Writing the Research Paper
• Annotated Bibliographies

 

MLA Handbook

• Formatting Microsoft Word for MLA
• MLA 2009 Handbook
• MLA Citations in a Text
• MLA Sparknotes
• Sample Research Paper in MLA style

 

 

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Senior Project Manager Contact

Ms. Dawn Meece
Senior Project Faculty Advisor
South View High School
4184 Elk Road
Hope Mills, NC 28348
(910)425-8181

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