2024-25 Community Project Information

8/19/24 Community Project Kickoff 

9/27/24Checkpoint #1 Items Due:

1. Completed Project Proposal

2. Academic Honesty notes and 1st initials

3. Journal Slides 1-12 complete

12/13/24 Checkpoint #2 Items Due:

1. Service completed

2. Journal Slides 1-22complete

1/17/25 Community Projects Due

1. Completed Journal

2. Completed project with evidence of service

3. Video presentation submitted

Making an impact on the community by taking action to address needs. 

Service Learning:

• Learning by contributing and taking action

• Applying what you learn in a meaningful way

• Making a connection between the classroom and the world   

• Understanding the context of what you learn and why it’s important 

• All Year 3 students must participate in a Community Project. 

   

  Purpose & Philosophy for a Community Project:

  1. Encourages students to exercise their right and responsibility for acts of service

  2. Brings awareness of local and/or global needs

  3. Promotes:

  * Inquiry

  * Synthesis of Subject Knowledge

  * Practice of Approaches to Learning Skills

  * Learner Profile Traits

   

  IB & SVMS Community Project Requirements:

  1. All Year 3 (8th graders) will complete a Community Project

  2. Work individually or in a group with no more than 3 students

  3. Meet twice a month with a Learning Coach Supervisor

  4. Identify a need connected to a Global Context

  5. Community Project  Showcase Presentation

  6. Submit: Proposal for Action, Project Process Journal, Academic Honesty Commitment

   

  SVMS Community Project Brochure

   

  Community Project Student Guide