minarets who we are!
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Minarets-Who we are!
This Year’s Motto
Raise the bar……with your projects
…with challenging yourself…with your achievement in classes
…with winning awards…with competing in contests
…with your writing and presenting skills…with how you treat others
…with school spirit
Mission:
Minarets students will engage in a challenging academic experience driven by professional level technology, project-based instruction, and college and career readiness. We are a community where professionalism, academic rigor and social success are the foundation for learning.
Vision:
While incorporating the guiding principles of Rigor, Relevance, Relationships and Engagement, Minarets will continually work towards being a model 21st century high school that integrates technology, digital learning models, student-centered learning and young professionalism. The four C’s of a 21st century education – Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Competency, and Community – are essential and foundational to the learning environment and outcome of Minarets.
The History:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UWNvkGA_iaFRcK1G0PsTacTw4jIMWu16v0dveEA0UhI/edit#slide=id.p
That video was made seven years ago.
Project Based LearningYou learn the content of the class and the skills through
projects that require you to interact with others, conduct research, use creativity, think on a deeper level, and meetdeadlines given by your teacher.
Project Based Learning models a work flow that is seen in the working world.
It makes the student active in the learning process and challenges them to think rather than memorize.
Project Based Learning starts with a deep question(s) and requires the student to search to find the
meaning through the creation of a project.
How to be Successful at Minarets and BeyondNever waste a day. Stay active, stay focused, and
push yourself to the end.
Play to your strengths. Choose a topic you can relate toif it is an option or choose the program you are most
skilled in.
Be organized. Set you calendar. Set goals for completion. keep your sources and images in a folder.
Never settle for “I am done.” Instead focus on reaching the point of “I have done my best and I have done well.”
Be friendly. Branch out. Meet people and always push yourself to be a better person.
The Trust Contract
We want students to have the freedom to be creative, active and mobile. But this is not given to those who abuse it.
Your teacher cares about you. Earn their trust by showing you can handle project work that requires you to move about campus.
A campus where students are actively working on projects and moving around is one that reflects a professional working environment.
Group DiscussionWhat are some reasons why you like the
atmosphere and culture at Minarets?
What are some things that can improve to make it even better?
How can students make the environment and culture of the school even better?
Bully Free
Drug Free
Hate Free
Ignorance Free
You can make a difference. Don’t let the culture of Minaretsbe compromised by people making bad decisions.
We are a place where students care for others so we speak upwhen we see bad things happening.
Be positive and make a difference on your campus by protecting each other against drugs, tobacco, alcohol, gossip, rumors, bullying, and hateful behavior. These things don’t belong at a place as great as Minarets.
Speak Up!
Get into groups of four.
Grab a pencil and paper.
As a group, create a top ten list of things you look forward to at Minarets this year.
Share out to the class.