Senior Project has undergone a few changes this year. Seniors won’t present for Advocate classes anymore, their topic must be over the career that they plan to have, and in some cases, the students can present as a group.
“I would rather have done last year’s because then I could tell my friends which room I was presenting in,” senior Kathleen Kani. “So it’s like I could present in front of them and not be as nervous.”
In years past, students have picked a topic they were passionate about and researched it in depth. By changing it to a more career-focused project, it requires students to look further into what they plan to do in their very near futures.
“I do like that it’s more career focused,” senior English teacher Daniel Hudson said. “It does encourage them to think about if they really want to commit themselves to it.”
The on-level English students, which write a paper on their topic and prepare a 15-slide PowerPoint, start presenting tomorrow and continue through next week. Senior AP English classes differ from on-level projects in the sense that students in AP courses began their senior projects over the summer. These students had to read two books, write an essay comparing the two books.
“I would rather do on-level because it’s over a topic that I can relate to and am very passionate about,” senior Tristan Biedermann said.
ACC students are not required to do a senior project; these students are currently taking British Literature and write essays as part of the course.
“It’s like a big stress reliever,” senior Hannah Bennett said. “I’m busy so instead I’m writing essays that will help me rather than doing something I don’t care about. It’s like skipping a step.”
Last year, on-level English seniors dressed up for senior projects and presented in front of a group of people that they didn’t even know. But this year they will present their projects to their fellow classmates. This gives them the opportunity to show off what they’ve done for the whole semester.
“I like the fact that we don’t have to present to some random class,” senior Nicolas Bays said. “Instead, we’re presenting in front of people we know.”
