Roosevelt Senior Project
Dear Student,
The Senior Project at Roosevelt High School is designed to sum up the knowledge and skills developed by you through your high school years. Work may begin in May of your Junior year when you will be challenged to begin designing a learning project on a topic you value and to demonstrate your ability to present and problem solve. By the end of your Senior year, you will have independently completed a Senior Project that reflects your interests and your educational experiences here at Roosevelt High School.
Employers and universities indicate that workers and students need to be able to bring complex ideas together in order to be successful. Your Senior Project will help you practice this trait as you coordinate and implement many activities in a field of study of your choice. The format outlined in the Senior Project Packet will help you organize your work and to package it in a way that represents your creativity and diligence.
The Senior Project is designed to give you ownership over your own work. By completing this project you will demonstrate the ability to utilize many valuable and useful life skills such as responsibility, determination, organization, time management and communication.
Good luck in your endeavor. We all look forward to working with you on this exciting project.
Senior Project Committee,
Melissa Boswell, Senior Project Coordinator
Guidelines
The Senior Project process consists of:
- General Information
- To Do Checklist
- Topic selection
- Senior Project Plan (due before final project plan approval)
- Senior Project Parent Permission Form
- Field Expert Selection and Information Sheet
- Three research resources (one primary) and Annotated Bibliography that support the Project
- Presentation of the Project to a panel
- Presentation Evaluation Form
- Time Log with Journal that shows how you used your 30+ hours
- Reflection from your field expert
- Final Reflection that you complete, discussing your culminating experience
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Certificate of Completion
- Panel Registration
Your Project topic must be meaningful and challenging to you and manageable in size. The Project must use at least 30 hours of your out-of-class time and lead to a Project that is safe, legal and presentable to a panel of judges.
Due Dates
Note: These dates are generic and subject to change.
| May of Junior year | Early Topic Selection, Project Planning |
| September 30 of Senior year | Topic Selection and Project Proposal due |
| March 2 of Senior year | Bibliography and Time Log due |
| March 2 of Senior year | Certificate of Completion due |
| March/April of Senior year | Panel Presentations |
| April of Senior year | Final Reflection and Field Expert Reflection due |
It is your responsibility to make sure that all assignments are turned in ON TIME and are recorded by the Senior Project Coordinator.
We all look forward to working with you on this exciting project!