1. YOUR CATCHY LABEL HERE
Sharing & Exploring through
Meaningful interactions.
A true Sem adventure

2. • An interim program in which teachers will lead
intensive courses/projects of their own creation in
an attempt to engage students in a unique manner
• All students from each grade level will sign up for
one 2-week course/project
• Regular courses will not take place during this 2-
week interim to allow students to devote themselves
fully to their project

3. • 2 weeks
• Before Spring Break
• 2012-2013 school year

4. • The whole school: all teachers, all students
• Part-time Faculty will also be involved (flexibility
as to what they can offer or collaboration with
an existing project)

5. • CREATIVITY
• An innovative way to represent Sem’s mission
• A program that allows teachers to invent a course that
wouldn’t otherwise fit in their curriculum
• A hands-on, out-of-the classroom experience
• COLLABORATION
• Among teachers (the project can either be individual or
created in collaboration with another teacher)
• Among students (all grades involved, across grade levels)
• With local and/or global communities

6. • LEADERSHIP
• Giving our students a chance to appreciate our
leadership in a different way
• Fostering peer leadership. No grade level
distinction
• Acquiring career skills through meaningful
interaction with professionals

7. How can you be a part of this?
•FACULTY INVOLVEMENT

8. • A minimum of 20 APPROVED project proposals needed
• To reach this goal, teachers should submit at least 2 proposals. The
most popular among students will be chosen for the interim
• It has to fit in 2 weeks
• Travel encouraged (Foreign, domestic or local treks)
• Collaboration with professionals encouraged
• About 6 hours a day of interaction with students, Monday through
Friday. Think of tablet use and independent work if you cannot meet
this criteria
• There must be an end product to be assessed since this will count
towards graduation requirements
• Consider how the project should be assessed: A regular grade? A skill-
based evaluation?

9. • From all submissions, we will include:
• projects from every discipline
• community involvements (across disciplines)
• projects involving traveling (across disciplines)
• projects with a Sem focus (strengthening and
improving our own community – ex: residence floor
plans, a marketing video, a newspaper)
• projects with partnerships with fellow schools (from
elementary to college)
• Internships at local companies, museums, etc.

10. • Students will be asked to rate 3 to 4 projects in
order of preference to keep a well-balanced
enrollment
• one project only per student
• 8 to 10 students per project is desired
• Their performance will be assessed through the
presentation of an end-product
• 4 successfully completed interim projects are
required for graduation

11. • SHARING OUR SUCCESS STORIES WITH THE
COMMUNITY
• An invitation to “Interim Project Night” sent out
to parents/families, outside mentors, alums or
any friend of Sem
• Display booths in the PAC to showcase each
project as well as an online component to share
with the wider community
• Awards recognizing students' work, Faculty &
mentors