Minarets who we are 2018

1. Minarets-Who we are!

2. This Year’s Motto

3. Be Great Today….
Don’t just
go for the grade.
Go for you
best!
Work from Bell
to Bell.
Set goals and
aim high.
What will it take
to improve?
What skills are
you refining?

4. Mission:
Minarets students will engage in a challenging academic experience driven by professional level technology, project-based instruction,
and college and career readiness. We are a community where professionalism, academic rigor
and social success are the foundation for learning.

5. Vision:
While incorporating the guiding principles of Rigor, Relevance, Relationships and Engagement, Minarets will
continually work towards being a model 21st century high school that
integrates technology, digital learning models, student-centered learning and
young professionalism. The four C’s of a 21st century education
– Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Competency, and Community – are essential and
foundational to the learning environment and outcome of Minarets.

6. What do graduates say? (2016)
https://vimeo.com/156760184

7. Project Based Learning
You learn the content of the class and the skills through
projects that require you to interact with others, conduct research, use creativity, think on a deeper level, and meet
deadlines given by your teacher.
Project Based Learning models a work flow
that is seen in the working world.
It makes the student active in the learning process and challenges them to think rather than memorize.
Project Based Learning starts with a deep question(s)
and requires the student to search to find the
meaning through the creation of a project.

8. How to be Successful at Minarets and Beyond
Never waste a day. Stay active, stay focused, and
push yourself to the end.
Play to your strengths. Choose a topic you can relate to
if it is an option or choose the program you are most
skilled in.
Be organized. Set you calendar. Set goals for completion. keep your sources and images in a folder.
Never settle for “I am done.” Instead focus on reaching the point of “I have done my best and I have done well.”
Be friendly. Branch out. Meet people and always push yourself to be a better person.

9. The Trust
Contract
We want students to have the freedom to be creative, active and mobile. But this is not given to those who abuse it.
Your teacher cares about you. Earn their trust by showing you can handle project work that requires you to move about campus.
ampus where students are actively working on projects and moving around is one that reflects a professional working environmen

10. Group Discussion
Teachers will get their students in groups of 5.
Students will create two lists and share with the class.
List #1- Create a top ten list of what you like about Minarets.
List #2- Create a top ten list of what you would like to change about Minarets.
Share out!

11. Bully Free
Drug Free
Hate Free
Ignorance Free

12. https://vimeo.com/187874330

13. You can make a difference. Don’t let the culture of Minarets
be compromised by people making bad decisions.
We are a place where students care for others so we speak up
when we see bad things happening.
er against drugs, tobacco, alcohol, gossip, rumors, bullying, and h
Speak Up!

14. Keep Minarets Beautiful
Never leave trash behind.
Do your part to clean up around campus.
If we all pitch in then the campus will shine.
Vandalism has no place in this great school

15. Its gonna be another great year!