The da Vinci High School is in the process of preparing students for career pathways. Each pathway is designed to prepare students to be successful upon graduation in their chosen field. The Pathways define specific requirements for graduation. Below are the requirements common to all Pathways. Students should begin working on these requirements immediately upon enrollment into da Vinci.

• Career and Technical

• Fine Arts

• College Preparatory

Pathway Requirements

• Citizenship

-Students will be able to work cooperatively with other members of the da Vinci community, as well as the community at large.

-Students will be:

Reasonable • Able to agree and disagree appropriately and work out problems peacefully.

Respectful • Treat others as they would like to be treated.

Responsible •Accept the opportunity to make choices and be held accountable for them.

• Assessments

• Mastery of Essential Skills

• Graduation Portfolio

Individual Project documentation

Citizenship essay

Reading List documentation

Experiences documentation

Resume

Financial Plan

Letters of Recommendation

College Application Essay -College Prep and Fine Arts pathways only

Completed High School Curriculum checklist

• Ed Performance (Math and Reading)

• College Preparatory and Fine Arts Only MEAP and ACT (15 or higher)

• Experiences

-Community Service (15 hours per year)

-College Courses

-Co-op, Career Center, Mentoring, Job Shadowing

-Career Investigation

-Scholarship Research

-College Prep and Fine Arts Pathways

• Reading List

Students in all pathways will be responsible for reading and completing a documentation sheet for a minimum of one book per semester spent at da Vinci. An approved reading list is available.

• Individual Senior Project

a. Needs to be completed individually.

b. Individual Project approval form.

c. Written documentation

1. Description of the project (What is/was your project?)

2. Skills/Enduring Learnings required to complete the project

3. Resource list (bibliography)

4. Cost analysis (if appropriate)

5. Timeline of events/work that took place including photo documentation

6. Problems encountered and resolutions

7. Summary of learning

d. Visual

Student must include a visual for their individual presentation. Visuals may include but are not limited to: power point, poster board displays, videos, guest speakers, models.

e. Oral presentation

The student must present their project to a group. Presentations should be prepared and be a maximum of 15 minutes in duration.