Fall Semester Presentation Night is Monday, December 14, 2009

SCHS Mentor Training Dates 2009

Tuesday, 9-8-09

Tuesday, 9-22-09 (3:30, rm. 354)

Monday, 10-5-09

Tuesday, 10-20-09

These sessions will take place in the SCHS Media Center, 6:00 P.M. Light refreshments will be provided.

 

West Caldwell Mentor Training Dates 2009

Monday, 9-21

Thursday, 9-24

Tuesday, 9-29

These sessions will take place in the WCHS Theatre, 6:00 P.M.

 

Hibriten High School Mentor Training Dates 2009

Tuesday, 9-15-09 (HHS Media Center, 6:00 P.M.)

Tuesday, 10-6-09  (HHS Media Center, 6:00 P.M.)

 

All mentors must be trained in order to participate in the Graduation Project. If you were trained last year for the Caldwell County Graduation Project, you do not need to go through the training again. We appreciate your support!


 

What is the North Carolina Graduation Project?

 

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 consists of four components (a research paper, product, portfolio, and an oral presentation) culminating in a student's final year of high school. Student engagement in the graduation project process and the completion of the graduation project demonstrates the integration of knowledge, skills, and performance.

 

 

 

  GRADUATION PROJECT PACING GUIDE

    South Caldwell High School

Fall Semester 2009

 


Date Due

Events

8/28

Confirm/update GP topic, research paper progress, mentor, and product

9/2

Graduation Project Academic Coach is assigned by this date.

9/2

Finalized Graduation Project Proposal (p.10) due to Graduation Project Coordinator

9/9

Turn in signed Requirements for Success (p.7) to Coach

9/9

Letter of Intent due to Coach (p.11)

9/9

Signed Parent Consent Form due to Coach (p.12)

9/16

Deadline for providing mentor name to Coach.

 

Classes work on Research Papers according to teacher schedules

9/23

Signed/completed Mentor Application and Consent Contract returned to Coach (p.29)

9/30

Verification of mentors by Coach (to be documented in Coach's Log)

10/9

1st Product / Mentor Log (p.30) and Product Reflection Check per Coach

10/21

Deadline for completion of Research Paper (per English teacher)

11/6

Proclamation Poster Due (2 copies; 1 to post, 1 to eventually be placed in Portfolio)

11/13

2nd Product / Mentor Log and Product Reflection Check per Coach

11/20

Deadline for minimum 5 mentor hours-Work with mentor completed

11/20

Product, journals, and logs completed, verified by Coach

11/20

Letter to Judges due to Coach 

11/24

Deadline for postmark/fax of Final Product Evaluation Form (p.8 in Mentor Manual) to Graduation Project Coordinator from Mentors

11/24

Product / Mentor Log and Product Reflection due to Coach

11/24

Thank-you note to Mentor due (verified by Coach /copy for portfolio)

 

Practice Speeches per English teacher

11/30

Presentation-ready Portfolio due to Coach-complete with GP Self Evaluation (p.38)

12/4

Portfolio returned to students in preparation for Presentation Night; Coaches' evaluations to coordinator

12/10

Coordinator has all portfolios in possession

12/14

Graduation Project Presentation Night

12/17

Senior Symposium

 

 

 

 

To visit the NC Department of Public Instruction's graduation project site, click here.