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School Without Walls
SENIOR HANDBOOK
2003-2004 School Year

SENIOR PROJECT PROPOSAL

The Senior Project Concept and Final Proposal should follow THIS FORM. The parts which are required to be filled out for the Concept are sections A, C, and E (staff & student names). They may need to be revised for the Final Proposal based upon staff, student and committee input. A sample form is included on the next page and is available on the computer.

A. WHAT I WANT TO LEARN

This part is really what your SENIOR PROJECT IS, so be sure to include specifics: the problem(s) to be dealt with... for example - "I want to learn how to build a desk." Your project is learning how to build a desk; it is not just building the desk. Your learning may include: finding out how to select appropriate materials and tools, learning how to use them, learning how to draw plans, etc. The desk is not the project; the learning is.

B. HOW WILL I GO ABOUT LEARNING THESE THINGS?

Detail the methods you will use and the resources you will need. (include here your senior project advisor)

C. WHAT WILL THE PRODUCT BE?

What will I produce?

D. WHAT WILL THE TIMELINE BE?

Work Schedule and conference dates.

E. COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Staff: 2

Community: 2

Student: 2

Above all, you must accept the responsibility for making clear what you have accomplished. Your committee is not responsible for figuring out what you have said or done. Your original SENIOR PROJECT product or appropriate documentation must be submitted to the office for filing. It will be available to students, staff, and others for reference.

SENIOR PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM
(PDF format - Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

EXAMPLES OF PAST SENIOR PROJECTS

• An extensive research paper on the Black Death
  
• An analysis of basketball
  
• A critical analysis of Thoreau and Skinner
  
• A slide-tape of history
  
• A researching and demonstrating of the principles of color separation photography
  
• Fashion design (designing and making a dress)
  
• A study of negative utopias
  
• Study of the evolution of the chair-restoration of two Victorian chairs
  
• Building a desk
  
• Learning how to build a guitar and demonstrating the process
  
• Production of 2 one-act plays on Mary Stuart & historical research on that period
  
• Designing and making an appliqued quilt
  
• Coaching and sports reporting
  
• A study of self identity of black children
  
• A study of teenage sexuality
  
• A synthesis of the Approximation of Functions
  
• Plans for renovation of a landmark building
  
• Bicentennial quilt and instruction book on quilting
  
• Construction and music of pipe organs
  
• Building and playing a hammered dulcimer
  
• Movie based on impressions of growing up
  
• The history of impressionism
  
• A paper and videotape on video as an art form
  
• Design and construction of clay musical instruments
  
• Facilitating a Big Brother/Big Sister support program for new SWW students
  
• Organizing an exchange program between SWW and a Russian high school

Definition of a 2003-2004 Senior
Senior Project Deadlines
The Senior Contract
The Senior Project
Senior Project Proposal
Senior Project Advisor
The Senior Project Committee
Senior Project Exhibit
Senior Meetings

Senior Contract Form
Senior Project Proposal Form
(These forms are in PDF format
Adobe Acrobat Reader required)