Capstone
Just as a real capstone is held aloft by the building blocks beneath it, the 十大彩票平台 Capstone is built on four years of learning and growth, and stands proudly at the highest point of the structure that a student has built stone by stone.
Every 十大彩票平台 senior completes this self-directed independent project of her own design, guided by Capstone mentors as the apex of her subject's inquiry.
Capstone Projects are highly individualized and may include original research, community service, performance, studio production, and entrepreneurship, 除了高级学术奖学金. The possibilities for research are endless; they are limited only by a student’s imagination!
顶点是大学预科
From its inception, the Capstone program's purpose has been to bridge the high school and college experiences, providing a space for seniors to stretch themselves beyond what they have already accomplished.
The skills students develop and practice through 十大彩票平台's Capstone projects align, by design, 具备大学在申请者身上寻找的特质. These same skills and mindsets lead to success in college and beyond.
凯普斯通的地方在十大彩票平台
The Capstone program both informs and reflects 十大彩票平台's academic program, which intentionally scaffolds students' growth in the college-preparatory areas of research, academic writing, 思想上的独立, and self-management.
在为期三个月的初级顶点课程中, each junior narrows down a research question under the guidance of a team of faculty mentors. With the support of mentors and a small group of peers with related interests, juniors conduct preliminary research and develop a prospectus, or plan of action, 对于他们将在大四完成的项目.
Capstone Components
Community Interaction: An independent connection reaching outside of the 十大彩票平台 community that connects to the Capstone project.
Journal: Her plan, goals and reflective record of her process.
Academic Writing: Starting with an annotated bibliography and ending with a researched essay, article, or report.
Artifact: Something tangible she creates, from an invention to a script to a website.
Presentation: A way to share her Capstone with a wider audience.
Capstone Standards
Reflection: From the freshman year e-portfolio through the final debriefing on her project, 十大彩票平台’s Capstone aims to develop each student’s mindful self-reflection.
Research: Capstone involves significant research using a range of methods, building critical thinking and discipline-specific skills for college and life.
创造力:无论是在工作室, on the stage, or in the lab, design, innovation, 新视角是凯普斯通的核心.
Community: No 十大彩票平台 Capstone is complete without involving our students as global citizens in the wider community, 可能是社区服务, a performance, political action, an internship, or even travel abroad.
Professionalism: Capstone provides crucial opportunities for 十大彩票平台 students to develop and practice mindsets and behaviors that will lead to success in the real world.
It has been amazing to see the students bring their plans to fruition. In the past, 当他们做过实习的时候, 而是在社区中获得经验, but now we're seeing students reach out into the community for experiences that truly inform their inquiry. 有那么一刻，你真的看到了灵光乍现, and you can see they're just completely inspired from within.
——克里斯·凯米斯，凯普斯通2017-18届教员
因为凯普斯通，我发现了我的大学专业!
Grace Heidinger '17, Duquesne University '21, sports journalism major
