Our Capstone Caps class this year was populated by a diverse group of students: the nationally ranked power lifter who wanted to create a personal training website; the popular and well-liked young woman who had struggled with navigating social media as a middle school student and wanted to help others cope successfully with its challenges; the musician who wanted to produce an album of original music; the passionate young man determined to address food waste issues. Their interests, curiosities, and passions were clear, their skill level and motivation in regards to successfully producing a capstone varied significantly. How to move a student through this experience despite that some of them may not know how to effectively cull information from a text, or even find the information in the first place; despite that some of them resist the value of expert opinion; despite that some of them express passion for their ideas, but little follow through when it comes to producing anything continues to be a challenge. Capstone Caps people and people are complex, layered, and multi-dimensional: I need to remind myself of that everyday.
Christine Ferrone, Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, MA
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