Capstone Project

The capstone project is a year investigative experience that concludes with a final product, service, presentation, or performance. Students follow a passion in selecting a community or global problem, a profession, or a topic to delve deeply into research on the subject. Students develop a portfolio of findings and create a final product demonstrating their learning (e.g. a paper, art portfolio, business model, multimedia presentation etc.). The culminating experience includes an oral presentation of the project to a panel of teachers and experts who collectively evaluate its quality. The capstone project may be thought of as the equivalent of a thesis for graduate students. This project is typically for seniors but open to exceptional juniors and sophomores. The selection process is rigorous in which the student must sufficiently prove their passion for the project, self-discipline, and clarity of plan of study.