Senior Project

Due date:______

Throughout the year, you will be working on your senior scrapbook. Please make sure to collect the proper items and revise them to be excellent. Please feel free to use photos and scraps throughout the scrapbook to highlight individual items, or to create pages of remembrance. Please make sure to include all items below, binding them in some fashion with a sturdy front and back (for example: a scrapbook).

1. A poem that highlights your senior year

2. A memo explaining your goals for the future

3. An advice letter to the underclassmen in business letter format

 A few will be chosen to appear in the school newspaper and on our Panther website

4. A personal statement essay

 Please look up a college you are most interested in and write one to that college.

 Here is a website to help you:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/642/01/

5. A persuasive essay on a current controversy

6. An expository essay explaining your experience with community service and what you learned

 Must include the community service chart, with signatures, attached to the back of the essay

 Must have a minimum of 36 hours of community service

 Limited to a maximum of 3 hours per day 7. A narrative essay explaining the most influential people in your life

8. Include something in which you take pride (examples: a photo of something you created, an essay, an award, etc. )

 Must include a caption explaining the significance