PAHS Senior Culminating Project
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OVERVIEW OF THE SENIOR CULMINATING PROJECT
The goals of the SCP are to address Washington State Learning Goal 3 - Think analytically, logically, and creatively; integrate experience and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and solve problems; State Learning Goal 4 - Understand the importance of work and how performance, effort, and decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities; and to allow students to showcase what they have learned and to stretch themselves in the pursuit of a self-direct special project. To these ends, students are asked to find something that they are interested in, something that will keep their attention for the 18-22 months of the project. Career interests, hobby interests, philosophical questions are all fair game. They must develop an essential question which they will try to find an answer to. It is recognized that some questions will not be answered in this time; but, the students' journey and their ability to deal with ambiguity, to continue questioning and questing, and to report their learning is the heart of the project.
Besides the intellectual rigor of the project, students must also demonstrate their understanding and use of several skills: time management, research, formal writing, public speaking, verbal and visual communication, etc.
NOTE: Students with I.E.P.s and 504 accommodations are expected to complete the Senior Culminating Project. Case Managers will be involved in ensuring that the students' projects are appropriate in scope and difficulty and that individual needs are met.
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