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Senior Project Orientation- Day 1

8/19/2024

8:30-8:40- Schedule Review for Tuesday/Wednesday
Meet with Seniors in commons to review schedule and locations for the day.

8:40-9:15- Class Logistics and Orientation- 8:40-8:55 and 9:00-9:15

8:40-8:55- Both Lori’s Pods in her class, Jessica’s Pod in Kyle’s class
9:00-9:15- Both Lori’s Pods in Kyle’s room, Jessica’s Pod in her class

Humanities:

Introductions (5 min)
1. Name, pronouns, one word to describe your ideal classroom. Create desk sign.
Syllabus Review (10 min)
1. Review syllabus, students sign it. Bring home for parents to sign.
Off-Campus Permission Slip- Check the spreadsheet
Google Classroom/DP Orientation (if time)

Math

Student Contracts (5 min)
1. Hit the highlights, students sign it.
Whatever else Kyle wants to do.

9:20-9:40- COMMONS- What is Senior Project?
Slideshow overview, case study instructions

9:45-10:25- Split between Kyle, Lori, Jessica
Case studies (20 min)

As a group, develop 2-3 criteria that need to be met for a senior project to be good.
Read over the case study titles: case studies
Choose two to focus on
Read it and answer:
1. By your criteria, was this a good project? Why/why not?
  1. Rank each project on your criteria on a scale of 1-5 (1=Not good at all, 3=mid, 5=killed it)
2. Did your criteria line up with your initial gut impulse? Where did they? Where didn’t they?
3. What could this person have done to make this project more quality?
Review Sr. Project Timing on Slides

Skills Inventory/Brainstorm (20 min)

Going to think about you as a student and how that relates to senior project in a variety of different ways. Goal is to get you thinking deeply about you and how you relate to this project in an expansive way
Focus on ACTION PROJECT, not thesis. We’ll be talking about the thesis more specifically in Humanities next week
Complete TWO graphic organizer/brainstorms. One is focused on your general traits, and one is focused on concrete skills (send outside, other rooms)
1. Brainstorm 1: Emotional self, goals/dream, interests, behavior/work habits
2. Brainstorm 2: Academic Skills, social/emotional skills, non-academic skills, skills to develop

10:30-11:20- Butcher Paper Sr. Project Brainstorm (Commons → Classrooms→ Commons)
Break into 12 groups of 5-6 students, split into three rooms. In each room there are butcher papers with:

Product- What could you build/create/do?
Topic/Question- What question do you want to answer? What questions are you curious about? What topics intrigue you?
Organization- What organization, business, or individual could you collaborate with?
What questions do you have for Kyle/Lori about senior project, thesis, or senior year in general?

Spend 6 minutes at each. The goal is to come up with as many ideas as possible for the various elements of senior project. Be sincere and serious, but also be open to crazy ideas!

Bring everyone back together to review, answer the questions they come up with.

11:25-12:00- 3-2-1 Idea Brainstorm (split between classrooms)
3-2-1 Idea generation

Use the brainstorms from yesterday to complete the 3-2-1 brainstorm.
Done early? Come show your ideas to Kyle, Lori, or Jessica to get feedback!
You will have more time to finish this after lunch

12:00-12:45- LUNCH

12:45-2:00- Finish 3-2-1 Brainstorm (split between classrooms)
3-2-1 Idea generation

Use the brainstorms from yesterday to complete the 3-2-1 brainstorm.
Done early? Come show your ideas to Kyle, Lori, or Jessica to get feedback!
You will have more time to finish this after lunch

2:00-2:30- Osprey Block IceBreakers (Commons)
Seniors get into Osprey Block Groups, plan a quick (5-10 minute) activity to:

Learn names in OB meetings
Get to know the OB group a little better

2:30-3:25- Osprey Block Meetings
TBD

Important TPOL Things

5/20/2024

TPOL Schedule- Lori's Room

Tuesday, 9:30-11:00
Shea
Jebby
Hanna
Django
Illyria
Pierce
Eli H.
Niko
Zoelle F.
Des
Lucas

Tuesday, 1:00-2:30
Zoe
Maddie
Nellie
Vincent
Bella R.
Toby
Kaitlin
Zander
Sophia
Col
Matt

Weds. 9:30-11:00
Llew
Haley
Caleb
Kai
Nora
Adrian
Cedar
Bella S
Sam
Porter
Bella O.

Weds, 1:00-2:30
Elias
Julian
Vista
Michael
Cooper
Leela
Zoell
River
Brayden
Jo

Other Important Events

Nest Meeting
Thursday, 2:15 pm
Senior Impersonations!
Senior Project Awards!

Senior Supper
Thursday, 6:00 pm
AHS

Graduation Rehearsal
Friday, 8:30 am
FLC Concert Hall

Graduation
Friday, 3:30 pm
FLC Concert Hall

5.1- TPOLs, Exhibition, Turning in Projects

5/14/2024

Announcements:

When Stars Collide- Buy tickets to Des’ festival! Go support your classmate, while listening to awesome music!
All School Exhibition is THURSDAY. If you are scheduled, please make sure you are where you need to be, on time!
WEDNESDAY Periods 2-4- Be here. You need to set up for your Exhibition, and conference with your cohort leader- this is where you will have the final pass/fail conference.

TPOLs

Review prep time and materials
Be here 2nd-4th periods Friday and Monday (9:24-12:00). If we finish early with our tasks for that day, we will dismiss you early, but plan on this chunk of time.

Put reminder in your phone for when your seminar is scheduled. Be here and on time.
Professional dress is NOT REQUIRED for this

How to turn in your Senior Project

If you are exhibiting the night of All School, your project should be turned in no later than the end of the school day on Friday, 5/17.
If you are exhibiting at another event, your project must be turned in no later than 9:00 am on Tuesday, 5/21.
RIGHT NOW:
1. Upload your paper
2. Insert your TED Talk video

Exhibition Things

Schedule and Locations- Let Lori know NOW if there are issues with location or time!
Professional Dress is REQUIRED
Off campus exhibitions- TAKE PICTURES! DOCUMENT THAT IT HAPPENED
Go tape your area off, move tables, etc.

FINISH YOUR PROJECT AND TURN IT IN!

Panel Meeting: 11:30 Kyle’s Room

Structure
Questions
When to practice

4.3 and 4.4- Conferences and FINISH IT!

5/9/2024

Announcements

7 DAYS TO EXHIBITION! Time to kick into high gear, if you haven’t already!
SHAME- Get Libby your graduation ticket survey and song survey! Time grows short!
SURVEY- Take this survey for Erin CR. Do it today, before our conference.

Cohort Tasks for Today

Weekly Reflection- At the bottom of the action guide, complete the first weekly reflection for this week. Make sure to address each of 4 prompts.
Erin CR Survey- Take this before our conference.
Individual Conferences- If scheduled for today, do a conference with your cohort leader. ALL Lori’s conferences will be done tomorrow!

FINISH YOUR PROJECTS! Time is short!

4.1- Exhibition Planning + Website

5/7/2024

Slides for Today

Announcements

9 DAYS TO EXHIBITION! Time to kick into high gear, if you haven’t already!
SHAME- Get Libby your graduation ticket survey and song survey! Time grows short!

Exhibition Plans

Review exhibition panels
Review Senior Project Website. See the example here: https://ahsseniorprojects18.weebly.com/
Exhibition Survey- Every student fills this out

Conference Check Ins
Get in your cohort groups and discuss the following:

Check In- How is everyone doing?
EXHIBITION TALK! What is each of you exhibiting? How will you make it engaging/interactive for the audience? Where in the school would you like to be located, and why?
Critiques- Who are we doing a project tune, dilemma protocol or critique with this week? If your group is doing 2 critiques- Both on Tuesday, or 1 Tuesday and 1 Thursday? What do you need to share with your group for your critique?

To Do Lists

Open your Action Guide, review the notes from your check in with your cohort leader.
Go onto your to-do list document
Update your lists for this week.
Make sure you have ample documentation (pictures, notes, screenshots, emails, links) for what you accomplished last week.

Work Time
Get stuff done! Your project should be really close to finished (if not entirely done) by the end of this week. This is particularly true given the rumors I hear about attendance next week.

3.2- Critiques

4/30/2024

Announcements

Money is GONE. Lori’s senior project fund is tapped out. You will have to find other sources for funds/materials at this point.
This week = DANGER ZONE check ins. If, by the end of the week this week your cohort leader is concerned about your progress, there will be emails/calls home, and admin will be notified as well. You will also likely be required to stay at school during 5th and 6th periods until you have made sufficient progress. Nobody wants this, so let’s not, okay?
We have 3 WEEKS until Projects are DUE. Time to make real progress.

Project Tunes

People being tuned today- take a moment and come up with a focusing question. Write it down.
Do your project tunes! Follow the protocol!

Work Time

To-Do List- Update your to-do list for today AND for Wednesday. Put any documentation you have from yesterday in there.
Project Critique Reflection- If you were critiqued today, they need to complete a reflection that will be shared with their cohort leader.
Do Things! Get some stuff done in the remaining hour or so of cohort time. Make sure you are set with your plan for tomorrow.

3.1 - DANGER ZONE! To Do Lists and Doing

4/29/2024

Announcements

Money is GONE. Lori’s senior project fund is tapped out. You will have to find other sources for funds/materials at this point.
This week = DANGER ZONE check ins. If, by the end of the week this week your cohort leader is concerned about your progress, there will be emails/calls home, and admin will be notified as well. You will also likely be required to stay at school during 5th and 6th periods until you have made sufficient progress. Nobody wants this, so let’s not, okay?
We have 3 WEEKS until Projects are DUE. Time to make real progress.

Conference Check Ins
As a group discussion the following questions:

Check In- How is everyone doing?
Excitement- What are you most excited about right now related to your action projects? What went well last week?
Learning- What’s one thing you learned last week? This could be a concrete skill, a time management strategy, something academic…anything!
Struggles- What are you struggling with? Offer ideas to help your group members!
Critiques- Who are we doing a project tune, dilemma protocol or critique with this week? What do they need to bring in or share with the group in order to have a successful and helpful critique?

To Do Lists

Open your Action Guide, review the notes from your check in with your cohort leader.
Go onto your to-do list document
Update your lists for this week.
Make sure you have ample documentation (pictures, notes, screenshots, emails, links) for what you accomplished last week.

Work Time
Make progress! Do the things! HERE WE GO!

2.4 and 2.5- Cohort Conferences

4/25/2024

Announcements:

Take the following survey for feedback to us!

Cohort Tasks for Today

To Do Lists + Documentation- If you haven’t already…create a document titled Your Name- To Do Lists. Make a to-do list for this week, and put all your documentation for the week below that list. Make sure this document is shared this document with your cohort leader.
Weekly Reflection- At the bottom of the action guide, complete the first weekly reflection for this week. Make sure to address each of 4 prompts.
Project Critique Reflection- If you were critiqued yesterday, they need to complete a reflection that is shared with their cohort leader by the end of this week.
Individual Conferences- If scheduled for today, do a conference with your cohort leader. ALL Lori’s conferences will be done tomorrow!
Work Time- Get work done on your project!

2.3- Off Campus Work

4/25/2024

Update your to-do lists, and get shit done!

2.2- Project Critiques

4/23/2024

Announcements:

If you are on this list, do the Senior Celebration Booklet NOW NOW NOW: Lucas, Hanna, Sam, Vista, Jo, Cedar, Zoelle, Matthew, Des, Jebby, River, Kai, Zoe, Cooper.

Project Tunes

People being tuned today- take a moment and come up with a focusing question. Write it down.
Do your project tunes! Follow the protocol!

Work Time

To-Do List- Update your to-do list for today AND for Wednesday. Put any documentation you have from yesterday in there.
Project Critique Reflection- If you were critiqued today, they need to complete a reflection that will be shared with their cohort leader.
Do Things! Get some stuff done in the remaining hour or so of cohort time. Make sure you are set with your plan for tomorrow.

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Important TPOL Things

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Other Important Events

5.1- TPOLs, Exhibition, Turning in Projects

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4.1- Exhibition Planning + Website

3.2- Critiques

3.1 - DANGER ZONE! To Do Lists and Doing

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