REMEMBER!!

Your project must be a learning stretch for you. That means it is something new to you, and it requires you to push yourself and find new ways to learn.

Your project may be connected with a career interest or a personal interest.

Your project itself must take at least twenty hours to complete.

You need to find a mentor from the community.

You must have a product or way to verify that you completed the project such as a painted car, a video, a photo journal, a display board with photos,etc.

TOPICS YOU MIGHT CONSIDER...

carepentry
journalism
film making
photography
environmental concerns
social justice
politics
law
medicine

EXAMPLE IDEAS FOR THE SENIOR PROJECT

paint a car work with a retirement home to develop a program or class study local history and create a video learn to play a musical instrument build a play yard for children rebuild an car engine learn to blow glass study stage design and work community theater production desgin a landscape project, aquire the funds and complete the project learn to make pottery write and direct a children's play research and write a scholarly paper on an issue of concern in society teach children about healthy choices write, publish,and market a book of poetry work on a major construction project

refinish furniture create educational podcasts learn to write Chinese or Japanese characters learn sign language and work with a deaf student build a guitar learn to cook the cuisine of a particular country create a class on an outdoor activity and teach children maintain or rebuild a National Park trail take a class on and go backpacking work with a business to develop their web page or other marketing strategy organize a fund raiser for charitable cause create a healthy living program for senior citizens adopt a "grandparent" in a nursing home and work with the staff to help them