Ones that I have seen include:
- Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia has an intensive "Junior
Project" during January -- Juniors are actually pulled out of classes for
the month to take part in individual, self-designed projects/internships.
- St. Stephen's School in Bradenton, FL has (or had) "IQ Trips" --
Interim Quest -- where teachers lead classes/fieldtrips for a 7-10 days to
pursue passions and interests outside the classroom norm. Theirs is focused
on that post-AP window.
- Milken (where I am right now) has a Tiyulim (trips) Week (in years when
our Spring/Passover Break permits it) which is much the same as the IQ
trips, but with a heavy emphasis on week-long project-based, experiential
learning. (Spend the week learning to mix a song with professional audio
engineers, or learning architectural history by exploring LA 8 hours a day
with a professional architect, etc.)
All of these require _extensive_ prior planning, support and advising. (The
Junior Projects are the summation of ~6-12 months of planning, Tiyulim and
IQ are the result of 4-6 months of planning, etc.)
-- S
Seth Battis / sbattis@milkenschool.org / (310) 440-3500 x3806
Upper School Education Technology / Media Studies
http://faculty.milkenschool.org/sbattis
Milken Community High School / http://www.milkenschool.org
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Joan McGettigan <
joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> We are exploring the possibility of having a two week "mini-mester"
> experience as our Upper School exams finish before December break but our
> semester does not technically end until several weeks into January.
>
> Are any of you using this kind of time in an interesting acadmic
> experience? Do you have one shared focus area? Any kind of culminating
> experience?
>
> Additionally, we are considering this mini-mester experience for our
> Juniors in that no man's land time post AP and not yet end of the year
> time--a kind of "Gateway" experience for several weeks where perhaps they
> could explore a topic of interest
> on a deeper level or perhaps run this time througha focused lens such as
> conflict . . .
>
> We are in the very early stages of exploration here and I am hoping those
> of you with some type of similar program can provide us with some guidance.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joan
>
> Dr. Joan McGettigan
> Director of Technology Integration
> Pine Crest School
> (954) 492-4158
> www.pinecrest.edu
> joan.mcgettigan@pinecrest.edu
>
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