All Centurions begin participation in the Senior Exit Portfolio process in their freshmen year. It begins with the Senior Exit Portfolio Guide. This informative booklet encourages students to begin saving research, major writing assignments, and class projects from the freshmen year through the senior year. The Senior Exit Portfolio Guide is updated each year and distributed to all underclassmen and seniors.
This student-focused process allows Centurions to reflect on their work, culminating in the demonstration of each student’s academic growth over four years. Nine projects will be selected by each Centurion to place in the student’s Senior Exit Portfolio. Students receive positive feedback on their final product from staff and community members. Students also practice the interview process for real-world application. The portfolio focuses on students’ strengths. It also helps students to begin a life-long process of reflection and service. Finally, the Senior Exit Portfolio connects student work to post-secondary goals.
There are two common obstacles to creating an excellent portfolio. The first is procrastination. It is very important to get started early. The completed portfolio should be a reflection of a long process—a few late nights. So, getting started as soon as possible avoids procrastination. Another common obstacle is not having enough work to include in the portfolio. The best way out of this one is for students to save their work. All freshmen, sophomores, and juniors should be careful to save important projects and papers. Teachers know which projects are important to save. Students simply need to pay attention to recommendations from their content area teachers.
It is very important for seniors to make sure they are managing their resources well so that the portfolio is completed in a timely manner. Waiting until the last moment will cause stress. The aim of the Senior Exit Portfolio Guide is to support all Centurions’ efforts to create outstanding portfolios.
This student-focused process allows Centurions to reflect on their work, culminating in the demonstration of each student’s academic growth over four years. Nine projects will be selected by each Centurion to place in the student’s Senior Exit Portfolio. Students receive positive feedback on their final product from staff and community members. Students also practice the interview process for real-world application. The portfolio focuses on students’ strengths. It also helps students to begin a life-long process of reflection and service. Finally, the Senior Exit Portfolio connects student work to post-secondary goals.
There are two common obstacles to creating an excellent portfolio. The first is procrastination. It is very important to get started early. The completed portfolio should be a reflection of a long process—a few late nights. So, getting started as soon as possible avoids procrastination. Another common obstacle is not having enough work to include in the portfolio. The best way out of this one is for students to save their work. All freshmen, sophomores, and juniors should be careful to save important projects and papers. Teachers know which projects are important to save. Students simply need to pay attention to recommendations from their content area teachers.
It is very important for seniors to make sure they are managing their resources well so that the portfolio is completed in a timely manner. Waiting until the last moment will cause stress. The aim of the Senior Exit Portfolio Guide is to support all Centurions’ efforts to create outstanding portfolios.
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