Some information about the Personal Project and what it's about:

The MY Program requires not only community service and assessments, but also a Personal Project in the 10 th grade year. This individually done exploratory project is guided by the student's imagination and ingenuity, the maintenance of a Process Journal, and a supervisor of the student's choice. Introduced in the spring of their 9th grade year, each student chooses a topic of interest that can be developed with the application of the Areas of Interaction.

Projects from previous years have included:

• dance and instrumental performances
• culinary demonstrations
• creative writing
• poetry readings
• computer generated games and artwork
• business development plans
• sports improvement plans
• athletic skills workshops for children
• career explorations
• research projects of personal interest

All work on the Personal Project is conducted outside of the school day. This project is due at the end of January of the 10 th grade year with a required presentation in February to district evaluators. Successful completion of the Personal Project means receiving a grade of 3 or higher on the grading scale described below. The aims, objectives and rubrics for evaluation of the Personal Project are all available from Ms. Frazier in Office 537 while many of the deadline forms can be downloaded from this site.

During the student's final year in the MYP, mandatory assessments will be administered in all the aforementioned subject areas. These are designed and evaluated by each 10 th grade MYP teacher using rubrics developed for the specific subject area. The final grades are reported to the THS coordinator using General Grade Descriptors 1-7 (Very poor- Excellent) as established by the IB MYP Examinations Center headquartered in Cardiff , Wales. Students must average a 4 rating (Satisfactory) in all subject areas, have completed their community service commitment and successfully have completed the Personal Project in order to earn a THS Certificate of Achievement at the MYP graduation ceremony in early May of their 10 th grade. Only by earning the THS Certificate of Achievement , do students have the option to continue to the IB Diploma Program in 11 th grade at Thornton High School .

Students have the option to pay for official moderation of their work during the 10 th grade year through the MYP Examinations Center . The deadline for payment to Wales is early October of the student's final MYP year. Please contact the MYP coordinator Ms. Frazier if more information is desired about this option.

WHAT DO YOU NEED?

Need to organize your thoughts? Click on this LINK for a visual organizer. If you do not kno how to fill it out, please reference the sample organizer. (PDF)

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Supervisor Information Letter