Personal Project
~ The MYP Personal Project ~
The MYP Personal Project is an important aspect of the MYP, undertaken by students over an extended period of time and a major component of our 9th and 10th graders' experience. As a culminating experience, much like the Primary Years Program (PYP)'s Exhibition and the Diploma Program (DP)'s Extended Essay, it is the product of the student’s own initiative and creativity, reflecting a personal appreciation of the MYP's areas of interaction and the application of approaches to learning skills.
The Personal Project should be seen as a self-designed activity through which students present, in a truly personal way, their understanding of real-world themes, concepts and issues using the areas of interaction as a lens for interpretation and analysis. Students’ practice of approaches to learning skills over the earlier MYP years should prepare them gradually for working independently and developing a project over an extended period of time.
Students have an opportunity to choose a project that allows them to explore a topic of interest to them, and to present it in a way that reflects their learning style. Summit High School offers students flexibility to facilitate personal expression, for example through the use of a student’s mother tongue or access to technology, and the support through REACH classes to help students plan out and complete this type of high-level endeavor. Students often surprise themselves when they realize what they are able to achieve.
Once Personal Projects are completed during the students' 10th grade year, an event is held in which students display and present their projects to the community, sharing their reflections and victories and what they learned. Students who are successful with their personal projects are well prepared to tackle the multiple challenges and opportunities that come in 11th and 12th grade and beyond high school.
It is important for our Middle Years Program that all staff, parents and students understand the central importance of the Personal Project. Detailed guidance on the Personal Project's aims, objectives, organization and assessment is provided in the MYP Personal Project Subject Guide.
-adapted from MYP: From Principals to Practice, pages 15-16
The Personal Project should be seen as a self-designed activity through which students present, in a truly personal way, their understanding of real-world themes, concepts and issues using the areas of interaction as a lens for interpretation and analysis. Students’ practice of approaches to learning skills over the earlier MYP years should prepare them gradually for working independently and developing a project over an extended period of time.
Students have an opportunity to choose a project that allows them to explore a topic of interest to them, and to present it in a way that reflects their learning style. Summit High School offers students flexibility to facilitate personal expression, for example through the use of a student’s mother tongue or access to technology, and the support through REACH classes to help students plan out and complete this type of high-level endeavor. Students often surprise themselves when they realize what they are able to achieve.
Once Personal Projects are completed during the students' 10th grade year, an event is held in which students display and present their projects to the community, sharing their reflections and victories and what they learned. Students who are successful with their personal projects are well prepared to tackle the multiple challenges and opportunities that come in 11th and 12th grade and beyond high school.
It is important for our Middle Years Program that all staff, parents and students understand the central importance of the Personal Project. Detailed guidance on the Personal Project's aims, objectives, organization and assessment is provided in the MYP Personal Project Subject Guide.
-adapted from MYP: From Principals to Practice, pages 15-16
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