Our 8th graders have a similar program called Exhibition in which students do a 5-month long research project. Part of the research requirement is they must find an expert to interview as a primary source. If there are students who believe they might have an issue with this portion of the project, we try to steer them toward topics for which we know we have contacts for them to interview. Hope that helps.

Keely Norton

Library Media Specialist

Scofield Magnet Middle School

203-977-2754

"Work hard. Be kind."

Hi,

I have some questions for those of you with a community mentor/service piece to your Capstone.

- What happens if a student is unable to get to their mentor/ community service time due to parents being unavailable? We are anticipating that due to work schedules or other issues there might be students who have difficulty making it to their location after school hours.

- Have you ever had a mentor back out during the Capstone Experience or just had one that was not helpful, didn't fill out the paperwork, etc...?

I know that there are going to be students that don't want to do the work for whatever reason, and we can work the resources available at school to help get them through that. We are trying to work on possible solutions for the students that are willing to complete the project, but don't have the needed support from the adults attached to it outside of school. Any suggestions or ideas to work around this would be much appreciated.

If there are any other roadblocks that you've had that I haven't thought of yet, I'd love to hear them, too!

Thanks for your help,

Tenley

Tenley Stoltz

Library Media Specialist

Somers High School

“The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average-- though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.” - R.J. Palacio, Wonder

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