IB Community Project
HARVEST MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL
International Baccalaureate
Notes & News
10/6/2016
This week in 8th grade Individuals and Societies classes, Harvest International Baccalaureate Coordinator, Mrs. Jenny Banta, and Assistant Principal, Mrs. Julie Jones, previewed the upcoming 8th grade IB Community Project. Students were introduced to the purpose of the project, the idea of a “ripple effect of kindness”, project requirements, and sample projects.
During Student Led Conferences, 8th graders will share with their families different needs in the community that they care about, identify which one they would like to pursue for their project, and make their decision to work individually or as a group of no more than 3 people.
Students will begin to work on the IB Community Project in Advisory classes between November and the end of January to plan and prepare their project/presentation. They will have check points along the way and may come to Super Saturday or after-school sessions for extra guidance and support.
During the information and inquiry sessions with Mrs. Banta and Mrs. Jones, students practiced the skills of communication and collaboration in preparation for their final project and presentation. They worked as a team to break down our statement of inquiry for this culminating project: Communities can change as a result of global interactions that imagine a hopeful future. Students were excited to have the opportunity to do something that will have a positive effect on our communities: school, neighborhood, city, state, nation, and/or world.
During Student Led Conferences, students and families are invited to attend information sessions to get a better sense of the project and its requirements. Dates and times to be announced.
We love seeing our IB Hawks investigate issues that interest them and take action with the purpose of making the world a better, more peaceful place.
“Do your little bit of good wherever you are, it is those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” -Desmond Tutu
