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Senior Project All magnet Seniors take “Magnet Senior Seminar” where students are working in their cohorts on community service projects. Leadership students take on a unique issue of their choosing in the national “Project Citizen” program and the law students participate in “Trial by Peers”. During the second semester the seminar class is dedicated to the completion of “Senior Thesis Project” where students work on a unique expression of their magnet experience through digital media and the optional production of a video documentary of their years at the Academy. The Senior Project is as unique as the student because it should reflect their own experience in the program. Beginning in the Freshman year students have assignments in their magnet classes and projects which should be posted to the website they have created in Computer Applications. Each year the website should be more complex and have a digital portfolio of their best papers and projects from each class experience. The website is a component of the project and a required element of the program. Students are encouraged to take Broadcast Journalism in order to develop their digital storytelling abilities and are strongly encouraged to design and create their own video documentary of their magnet experience. All magnet students will have access to Apple Powerbooks which have the Microsoft Office applications as well as iMovie and Final Cut Express video editing programs. All students must successfully present their project to the Magnet Graduation Committee to receive a certificate of completion of magnet studies. All magnet students must develop the following: • A website and digital portfolio
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