Culminating Exhibition Examples

~Poster Boards~ This has a lot of information but is really hard to read and pretty boring!

More specific information and visuals, not a lot of text, letter is an acceptance letter into the Army~

BORING!!

Better, but still too much text!!

Your Name here

This was used in conjunction with a PowerPoint presentation. Problem is that the audience can’t really get a good look at your reflection sheets.

Good use of pictures, but don’t use paragraphs of text!

Pictures were used only as an aid only, along with her verbal presentation~

This is an example from last year, the student used a folder with archive pieces picked out to illustrate:

Who am I? Where am I going? How will I get there?

PowerPoint

Thank You!

For taking the time this morning to evaluate my project I hope you enjoy it!

My personal characteristics, family, friends, and extracurricular activities

make me who I am.

Personal Characteristics I am 18

I love to be Creative!

Hard-working

Good at working in groups

I like to be challenged and to challenge myself

Nice, kind-hearted

Easy-going

Happy

Humorous

Fun

Ambitious

Determined

Lets Dig Into My Archives To See My Personal Characteristics!

Go to the Who Am I? Tab in the folder of Archives

Student had a notebook with all of her archive pieces and community service forms separated into sections with tabs that match the slides

My Family List of family members

How does my family influence me? I think my family has mostly taught me

how to be a leader. They have always taught me how to have

fun. They have also taught me the importance

of love and respect.

I am a daughter, sister, aunt, and sister-in-law

My Boyfriend He is my best friend in the world.

Boyfriend

A lot of my friends come from being so involved in Jazz Choir.

I really have tons of friends I couldn’t even list them all on this page if I tried. But each of them influence me in a way to be who I am.

Friends name

Good friends Choir friends

Extracurricular Activities I love Church! I go to church every Sunday and every decision in

my life is influenced by what I have learned in church. Going to church has made me a better person, friend, leader, and has really just plain made me a smarter kid. Because of church I am very ambitious and have a lot of goals for myself. I want to do what is right because I know it is right.

I have played many sports throughout my life. The two sports that I love the most are gymnastics and volleyball. I have played both for about 7 years. Each sport has taught me determination and how to challenge myself.

I’m actively involved in choir. I am the vice president of Jazz Choir and I love to sing Jazz and listen to it. I have gained friends and knowledge from choir. Some of my best memories from high school are from being in choir.

I plan to be going places in my education, my career, and by obtaining my very

own family.

College My Ambitions for college were big. I really wanted to follow the footsteps of my brother and sister by going to 4-year college. So I applied, and in months I got a letter back. This is what happened.

I wasn’t accepted. This was a huge shock for me because I have good grades and didn’t do bad on my ACT and SAT.

I thought some more about what I wanted to do and decided I really was interested in medical assisting. After deciding this I found a small technical college in Oregon close to family.

After reading information about this college I decided that I really liked the college and the programs it had to offer. I can still move to the area I wanted to and get an education that will be perfect for me.

Sorry! Not

accepted!

Career Right now I work at Quiznos

When I move to Oregon I already have a job teaching toddler gymnastics with my sister. Even though I will be going to school for medical assisting I also love teaching and if I find I like teaching more then I might go back to school to become an educational assistant or even a teacher.

• After I graduate from the Medical Assisting program then I plan on getting some sort of internship for a clinic so I can practice my freshly learned skills and progress into a better assistant and work full time.

Family Eventually I would

really love to get married in my church and have a family of my own.

Lets Dig Into My Archives To See What I Have Learned From Them to Know Where I Need To Go!

Go to the Where Am I Going? Tab in the folder of Archives

Where is there?

There…..is the place of my dreams, to have a successful life and a loving family of

my own.

Community ServiCe If I continue in the same kind of community

service I have done then it will really help me in getting to the point I want to.

Previous Community Service

•Counselor at Girls Camp

•Painting and working at Hillcrest Elementary

Lets Dig Into My Archives To See One Last Entry That Shows How I Will Get There!

Go to the How I will get there? Tab in the folder of Archives

Try, Try, and Try Again

Baby Steps By taking small steps I will be able to build a strong foundation for the life I want. I know that I will be able to get where I want to be by starting with small jobs and a little education. Eventually all the small steps I take will add up and it will all be worth it.

I will get “there” by continuing to try my hardest. I know that sometimes my best won’t be enough but I have faith that If I keep trying my best then I will get to where I want to be.

Use as cues, not so much text~

I hope that my plans will work out the way I plan them to. Thanks to my classes and assignments in school I have been able to find out who I am, where I want to go, and how I need to perform to get there.

This is something you could use as a cue with “Thank you” and expand on verbally…..

Movie • This is an example from a movie someone made ~ it began with introduction of the family, then video of them playing ultimate Frisbee, which is something the family does together at least once a month.

• Next pictures of his friends from school.

• Where am I going comes next~ what door will he choose?

• Pictures of teachers were used to state that he needed their help to figure out where he was going.

• Also, student noted that he is working at a fast-food restaurant right now to save up money for college.

Scrapbook

Other formats One student played a song on their guitar

as their attention grabber, another had a dress they made while at Sno-Isle

Visual aid was the main focus, such as something made at Sno - Isle or pictures of items made in other classes: art, culinary basics, science experiments, etc.

Especially if your future career “where you are going” is related to that class or project.

Helpful hints? Quotes from a student survey

for those who participated on a Culminating Project.

Look at the examples, use and expand on those.

Check the rubric for requirements. Don’t wait for the night before to complete. I would do a little more research by myself

on what I want to do with my life. Practice what you are going to talk about

and time yourself. Be sure to add archive pieces and

community service experiences. Don’t procrastinate!!

If you have any other questions, see Ms. Bussian in the Career Center

or Ms. Baunsgard in the Archive room~