Senior Options

Independent Study

(PLEASE NOTE THAT EACH INDEPENDENT PROJECT HAS A REQUIREMENT OF A MINUMUM OF 10 HOURS OF STRUCTURED TIME -- e.g. internships, volunteerism or classes. THIS TIME MUST BE RELATED TO YOUR PROJECT)

NAME:______MENTOR:______

1.  What is the general subject are of your independent study (e.g. education, medicine, law, music, culinary, business etc.)

2.  Provide a brief overview of your proposed project.

a) What do you hope to accomplish?

b) How do you hope to accomplish your goals?

c) Why do you feel an independent project is necessary to accomplish your goals instead of an internship-must provide concrete information?

3.  What do you plan to do for your required hours of structured time? Explain how this experience will connect to your project.

4.  Please offer contact information about where and with whom you will be working. In addition, you must have a SPONSOR COMMITMENT FORM completed by your contact person at this organization or place of business.

ORGANIZATION/PLACE OF BUSINESS:______

CONTACT PERSON:______

ADDRESS:______

EMAIL:______TELEPHONE:______

5.  Refer to the AP EXAM hour chart and outline your AP exam schedule. Indicate how the APs will impact your weekly hours. Be specific.

6.  Provide a detailed WEEK BY WEEK schedule, indicating what you will be doing during each 30 hour week. For each week, indicate what your weekly goal for that week will be. These weekly goals should BUILD to your final product/project/goal and should not just be the same information again and again. Your answer to this question must be very specific and very detailed. See sample weekly chart below.

SAMPLE: Week One

Weekly Goal:

Day / Activities / Hours Spent
Monday 5/4
Tuesday 5/5
Wednesday 5/6
Thursday
5/7
Friday
5/8

Create an hour by hour description of what you think your typical day will look like FOR THIS week.

SAMPLE HOUR BY HOUR CHART

Time / Activities
9am-10am
10am – 11 am
11am – 12pm
1pm – 2pm
3pm – 4pm
5pm – 6pm

SAMPLE: Week TWO

Weekly Goal:

Day / Activities / Hours Spent
Monday 5/11
Tuesday 5/12
Wednesday 5/13
Thursday
5/14
Friday
5/15

Create an hour by hour description of what you think your typical day will look like FOR THIS week.

SAMPLE HOUR BY HOUR CHART

Time / Activities
9am-10am
10am – 11 am
11am – 12pm
1pm – 2pm
3pm – 4pm
5pm – 6pm

SAMPLE: Week THREE

Weekly Goal:

Day / Activities / Hours Spent
Monday 5/18
Tuesday 5/19
Wednesday 5/20
Thursday
5/21
Friday
5/22

Create an hour by hour description of what you think your typical day will look like FOR THIS week.

SAMPLE HOUR BY HOUR CHART

Time / Activities
9am-10am
10am – 11 am
11am – 12pm
1pm – 2pm
3pm – 4pm
5pm – 6pm

SAMPLE: Week FOUR

Weekly Goal:

Day / Activities / Hours Spent
Monday 5/25 / Off –memorial day
Tuesday 5/26
Wednesday 5/27
Thursday
5/28
Friday
5/29

Create an hour by hour description of what you think your typical day will look like FOR THIS week.

SAMPLE HOUR BY HOUR CHART

Time / Activities
9am-10am
10am – 11 am
11am – 12pm
1pm – 2pm
3pm – 4pm
5pm – 6pm

SAMPLE: Week FIVE

Weekly Goal:

Day / Activities / Hours Spent
Monday 6/1
Tuesday 6/2
Wednesday 6/3
Thursday
6/4 / Off-prom
Friday
6/5 / Off-prom

Create an hour by hour description of what you think your typical day will look like FOR THIS week.

SAMPLE HOUR BY HOUR CHART

Time / Activities
9am-10am
10am – 11 am
11am – 12pm
1pm – 2pm
3pm – 4pm
5pm – 6pm

SAMPLE: Week SIX

Weekly Goal:

Day / Activities / Hours Spent
Monday 6/8 / Off –report to school transition day
Tuesday 6/9
Wednesday 6/10
Thursday
6/11
Friday
6/12
Monday
6/15
Tuesday
6/16

Create an hour by hour description of what you think your typical day will look like FOR THIS week.

SAMPLE HOUR BY HOUR CHART

Time / Activities
9am-10am
10am – 11 am
11am – 12pm
1pm – 2pm
3pm – 4pm
5pm – 6pm

7.  We will contact you to schedule an interview, what are your free periods during the week?

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

8.  THESE QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED BY YOUR MENTOR. Mentor – please comment on this proposal.

·  Are you comfortable with this student working independently?

·  Have you participated with the student in the planning and construction of this proposal?

·  Have you read and approved this proposal?

·  Is there anything you would like the committee to know?

Be sure to hand in a completed PARENT SIGNATURE FORM, indicating your parents have read and approved your senior options project.