Outside of School and Personal Connections:
1. What have you learned this year that will most help you in the future? (Skill, Lesson, or Knowledge)
I would say that me learning how important it is to do well in high school.
2. What project or projects have you done this year that have inspired you to want to learn more?
The truth of war project really got me interested in understanding the Vietnam War.
3. How has your attitude towards learning changed this year?
I have learned how important it is and because of that I have tried a lot harder.
4. What connections have you made this year between what you’ve learned in your classes and your own personal experiences?
I can relax and feel comfortable both at home and at school.
5. How has what you have learned or experienced this year changed the way you see the world?
6. What work from this year would you like to look back on and remember when you are a graduating senior?
If I had to choose one piece from this semester to look back on, I would choose my veteran interview from humanities. I would choose this mainly because it is something that I have never done before and also very interesting compared to just an essay or worksheet project.
Work and Work Habits
1. What is most important change that you have made as a learner this year?
The most important change I have made this year as a learner would be my change into caring about school a lot because I finally started briefly looking into school and just realized how important your performance in high school actually is.
2. How have you taken an active role in your education this year?
While I did not take an active role in my education very early in this semester, towards the end of this semester I realized the importance of my performance in high school.
3. What piece of work that you’ve done this year are you proudest of? Why?
I am proudest of my flip book for biology because I thought that it was very well done and I got an excellent grade on it.
4. What skills do you think are most important for succeeding at AHS? Why?
In my opinion, the ability to work on your own and be independent in class is extremely useful seeing as with such large projects you tend to not rely on teachers as much as you do in a more standard teaching environment.
5. If you could go back and redo one piece of work this year, what piece of work would you change, and how would you change it?
6. If you were the teacher, what comments would you make about you as a student?
7. What might you want next year’s teacher to know about you?
8. What is the most difficult thing you have done this year? Why was it difficult, and how did you deal with that difficulty?
Reflecting on Yourself and Our Model of Education
1. What would you say to an incoming 10th grader about how to succeed in project based learning?
2. How have any of the habits of heart and mind helped you be successful as a student or person?
3. How has a relationship with a faculty member helped you be more successful in school this year?
1. What have you learned this year that will most help you in the future? (Skill, Lesson, or Knowledge)
I would say that me learning how important it is to do well in high school.
2. What project or projects have you done this year that have inspired you to want to learn more?
The truth of war project really got me interested in understanding the Vietnam War.
3. How has your attitude towards learning changed this year?
I have learned how important it is and because of that I have tried a lot harder.
4. What connections have you made this year between what you’ve learned in your classes and your own personal experiences?
I can relax and feel comfortable both at home and at school.
5. How has what you have learned or experienced this year changed the way you see the world?
6. What work from this year would you like to look back on and remember when you are a graduating senior?
If I had to choose one piece from this semester to look back on, I would choose my veteran interview from humanities. I would choose this mainly because it is something that I have never done before and also very interesting compared to just an essay or worksheet project.
Work and Work Habits
1. What is most important change that you have made as a learner this year?
The most important change I have made this year as a learner would be my change into caring about school a lot because I finally started briefly looking into school and just realized how important your performance in high school actually is.
2. How have you taken an active role in your education this year?
While I did not take an active role in my education very early in this semester, towards the end of this semester I realized the importance of my performance in high school.
3. What piece of work that you’ve done this year are you proudest of? Why?
I am proudest of my flip book for biology because I thought that it was very well done and I got an excellent grade on it.
4. What skills do you think are most important for succeeding at AHS? Why?
In my opinion, the ability to work on your own and be independent in class is extremely useful seeing as with such large projects you tend to not rely on teachers as much as you do in a more standard teaching environment.
5. If you could go back and redo one piece of work this year, what piece of work would you change, and how would you change it?
6. If you were the teacher, what comments would you make about you as a student?
7. What might you want next year’s teacher to know about you?
8. What is the most difficult thing you have done this year? Why was it difficult, and how did you deal with that difficulty?
Reflecting on Yourself and Our Model of Education
1. What would you say to an incoming 10th grader about how to succeed in project based learning?
2. How have any of the habits of heart and mind helped you be successful as a student or person?
3. How has a relationship with a faculty member helped you be more successful in school this year?