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Grad Challenge Presentation Day 2013
Schedule of student presentations
Contract deadline for Class of 2014 for summer hours - June 3rd
Juniors interested in beginning hours over the summer must have signed contracts to their Advisors no later than June 3rd. This gives your Advisor time to review your Letter of Intent and converse with your Community Consultant before school is over. Please be respectful of your Advisors' time.
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Graduation Challenge is an opportunity for all seniors to design a personally meaningful learning experience beyond CVU, one which includes making connections with the community beyond the school walls. The guiding principle of Grad Challenge is that all CVU candidates for graduation must demonstrate their abilities to research a subject of their own choosing.
FIVE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF GRAD CHALLENGE |
| The Community Learning Experience Grad Challenge is about doing something. Students start with a question and work between 20 and 45 hours in the community to gain new knowledge. ...more... |
The Community Consultant Each student asks an adult who is an "expert" with experience in the topic area to guide the student in learning what the student has chosen to explore. Community Consultants cannot be a relative or CVU faculty/staff member, must be beyond college age, and have five years experience in the subject. ...more |
Research We learn in three ways: from experience, from experts. and from published information. more on research and more on interviews... |
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Quick Guide to Creating Your Grad Challenge Project
This guide gives a very general overview of how to create a meaningful Grad Challenge learning experience. It does not provide all the information needed, but gives a student a good start.
To access forms, go to Student page and Forms.
