Minarets who we are! 2018
- 3. Be Great Today. Dont 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 Cs 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
- 13. You can make a difference. Dont 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!