Fire Project Overview
DESCRIPTION
The journey for this Senior year final project really began when you set foot as a freshman at Social Justice High School. Whether you realized it or not, you were to come across various topics and issues. This is an opportunity for you to develop a research-based exploration of an issue in the form of a cumulative project. This project will your final, but most challenging academic endeavor of your career at Social Justice High School. Most of your senior classes will play a pivotal role in the development of your Fire Project, which includes, but is not limited to: Senior English, Senior Seminar, Academic Decathalon, Yearbook, Journalism, AP Psychology, Sociology, AP Statistics, and Advanced Studio Painting & Drawing. Although you have and will continue to receive guidance in the form of formal and informal conferences and information, this final project relies heavily on your own ability to stay focused and drive the success of your project’s completion.
STRUCTURE
Each of the classes listed above will provide instruction in a different area of the project. You are to turn in specific assignments in the specific classes. More information on this is to come. You will be able to select your Top 3 academic mentors from within the Social Justice staff, who will be there to help you oversee your project. Your mentor's role will be to assist you with the project and serve as a listening ear and a form of academic guidance.
DREAM CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
EXPECTATIONS
Guiding Principles
The journey for this Senior year final project really began when you set foot as a freshman at Social Justice High School. Whether you realized it or not, you were to come across various topics and issues. This is an opportunity for you to develop a research-based exploration of an issue in the form of a cumulative project. This project will your final, but most challenging academic endeavor of your career at Social Justice High School. Most of your senior classes will play a pivotal role in the development of your Fire Project, which includes, but is not limited to: Senior English, Senior Seminar, Academic Decathalon, Yearbook, Journalism, AP Psychology, Sociology, AP Statistics, and Advanced Studio Painting & Drawing. Although you have and will continue to receive guidance in the form of formal and informal conferences and information, this final project relies heavily on your own ability to stay focused and drive the success of your project’s completion.
STRUCTURE
Each of the classes listed above will provide instruction in a different area of the project. You are to turn in specific assignments in the specific classes. More information on this is to come. You will be able to select your Top 3 academic mentors from within the Social Justice staff, who will be there to help you oversee your project. Your mentor's role will be to assist you with the project and serve as a listening ear and a form of academic guidance.
DREAM CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
- Political Rights Committees
- Economic Rights Committee
- Education Rights Committee
- Environmental Rights Committee
- Safety Rights Committee
- Health and Sexuality Rights Committee
EXPECTATIONS
- Come to class with all necessary materials: a binder, all handouts, a notebook, and writing utensil.
- Work independently.
- Meet all designated deadlines.
- Portfolio of Notes, Proposal, Research, Data, Annotated Outline, Drafts, and Presentation.
- Participate in all activities while positively contributing to the Fire Project community.
- Evaluation by a panel of your students and staff members, parents/guardians, and community members.
Guiding Principles
- Choose a topic that you are passionate about as you will be conducting an extensive research process.
- Being that the Fire project is mostly self-guided, your success in the Dream Conference is highly dependent on communication with your teachers. Express any and all questions, comments, and concerns to them.
- You have the option of collaborating with a partner that has chosen a similar topic for the Dream Conference. You both will receive the same grade for the project. Therefore, CHOOSE WISELY...
- All of the assignments build on each other so it is imperative that you do not fall behind, and submit all assignments on time.
- Non-participation will result in failure from at least one core class, but essentially failure from multiple courses.
- The Essential 7 value of Excellence is an academic expectation throughout the Dream Conference experience.