What Is The Big Idea Project?
Finally! After 13 years, you get to control your own education. There are 17 weeks left of your high school education — and they're yours to design. Introducing The Big Idea Project, a student-driven independent study project that is facilitated by the five Senior-team teachers.
The Big Idea is essentially a research project for which students are given freedom in topic selection and how they demonstrate their learning. Students will be supported and guided through deep research, experimentation, analysis and real-world application/action on a topic of their passion and choosing!
How Does It Work?
—Students will be supported in choosing a thesis topic and question.
—Each student will be assignment to a Project Mentor teacher, who will meet individually with the student every week. Students are required to keep track of their appointments.
—Each student will be assignment to a Project Mentor teacher, who will meet individually with the student every week. Students are required to keep track of their appointments.
—Each student will be assignment to a Project Mentor teacher, who will meet individually with the student every week. Students are required to keep track of their appointments.
—Students will be taught college-level research skills and will spend their school day on project research, experimentation, analysis and real-world application — on a topic about which they are passionate.
—There are 9 checkpoints that students will meet in order to move to the next level of their work.
—There are 9 checkpoints that students will meet in order to move to the next level of their work.
Why Are We Doing This?
—Students get to choose what they learn.
—Students get to take the myriad skills and talents they have acquired through their 13 years of schooling and put all of it to use.
—Students have the opportunity to do deep study about something they love and have ownership of their education experience.
—Students will be guided to the discovery of topics with which they may be unfamiliar, and perhaps have not had the space to discover or study in depth in their past educational experiences.
—Students will learn and practice college-level and life skills in research, writing, experimentation, analysis and real-world application.
—Students get to take the myriad skills and talents they have acquired through their 13 years of schooling and put all of it to use.
—Students have the opportunity to do deep study about something they love and have ownership of their education experience.
—Students will be guided to the discovery of topics with which they may be unfamiliar, and perhaps have not had the space to discover or study in depth in their past educational experiences.
—Students will learn and practice college-level and life skills in research, writing, experimentation, analysis and real-world application.
