Senior Project Rules

• In order to be eligible to receive honors distinction for the Senior Project, in addition to meeting the scoring criteria, students must have all forms accepted and be fully scheduled by March 18th at noon.
• Students may start the senior project as soon as the junior year is complete.
• You must meet the deadlines for form submissions, practice presentation, project completion and final presentation.
• You must create or do something.
• It must fulfill the definition of a project: Something that is that is carefully planned and designed to achieve a particular aim
• This thing must be something used in a real world setting.
• Whatever you create or do, it must be of acceptable real-world quality.
• The product you create or the thing you do must incorporate learning you do on your own.
• No more than three people may work together on a project.
• Students must work at least ten hours on their project; therefore design a project that will take at least that much time.
• Fundraisers may not be projects by themselves, but funds can be raised by complicated projects & events.
• If you are doing ANY project that involves fund raising, you MUST file a form in the main office. See Kathy Bracken.
• You must consult with someone who is an expert in some aspect of your project.
• Final presentations must be 10 - 30 minutes long. The 10 minute minimum must be done without ANY aid from the scoring panel, except to inform students that they have not met the time requirement. Additionally, each person in a group presentation must speak for at least 5 minutes.
• Projects completed in groups may include no more than three seniors.
• Projects may not collect any items through collection bins, boxes, cans, etc.
• Bottle drives may not be included in any senior project.
• Blood drives may not be used as Senior Projects as the bulk of the work is completed by the Red Cross
• If a student fails either the presentation or the project on presentation day, only a member of the original panel may resubmit a passing score.
• Project scores may be appealed within one week of the scores being published. Appeals are first made to the original panelists through direct contact in which the student identifies any deficiencies in the information given to the panelists that affected the score. Students then may submit more accurate information to allow the panelists to have a clearer picture of the project. Panelists then meet to discuss rescoring; scores can be adjusted if a majority of the panelists feel the new information warrants a change in the score.

Due Dates, 2012-2013

Task	Due Date	Description
Topic Proposal	10/26/2012	You must have submitted topic the proposal from your Senior Project Infinite Campus home page.
Project Plan	12/14/2012	You must have submitted the project plan from your Senior Project Infinite Campus home page.
Schedule Presentation	2/8/2013	You must have scheduled your presentation through your Senior Project Infinite Campus home page.
Project Completion	5/1/2013	The project and all it's work must be completed by this date.
Practice Presentation	5/3/2013	You must have scheduled and performed a practice presentation by this date.
Presentation Day	5/13/2013	This is the day you will be presenting your project to a panel of staff members.