Project Challenge
Course Expectations 08-09
Project Challenge
The
mission of Project Challenge is to support students who are committed to
pursuing a demanding academic schedule by promoting academic and personal
responsibility and fostering mentor-student relationships.
Expectations for Students:
- Maintain appropriate materials and notebooks for all
classes
- Regular completion of assignments for all classes
- Study skills goal setting - set at least one concrete
goal per trimester to improve in an academic area such as time management, test
taking, reading, writing, note taking or student-teacher
communication.
- Participation in an extracurricular activity
2 of the 3 trimesters (sport, arts, community service, club)
Project Challenge mentors will:
- foster mentor-student
relationships
- hold regular conversations with students to monitor
academic progress
- solicit regular feedback from academic teachers
- provide regular updates to parent and guardians on
academic progress
- provide subject area support or access to academic
support
- facilitate study skills goals and strategies for
achieving goals