In the High School’s AP Research course, students explore an academic
topic, problem, issue or idea of their choosing and design, plan and
implement a yearlong research project. Recently, the school hosted its
first Research Day, where each student manned a station with a research
poster and activity related to their project to help engage fellow
students.
Topics ranged from developing methods to grow protein crystals, to a
cost benefit analysis of NHL player salaries, to the implementation of
adolescent literature into the curriculum. All teachers were invited to
bring their classes throughout the day to learn and engage with their
peers. In addition, several members of the district’s
School-to-Community Program – who earlier in the school year provided
these students with feedback on drafts of their work – attended to see
and hear about the students’ finished products.