Peace & Social Change

Who am I?

STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE

My Goals as an Educator

• Create a safe environment for seniors to realize and or pursue their passion and vision for self
• Incubate healthy mental health practices
• Arm seniors with the personal, professional, mental and emotional skills necessary to survive beyond FCHS
• Offer seniors a platform for self expression
• Expose seniors to their boundless potential
• Create agents for positive social change
• Graduate confident and competent young adults this June

What will we be studying?

• Psychology
• African and African American History
• Local History
• Analyzing spirituality and religions across the globe
• College writing and composition
• Politics and Economics (theory and history)

How will students be graded?

• Students will be graded based on effort and mastery (30/70).
• Challenges and community service will make up students' effort grade.
• Evaluations and endeavors will make up students' mastery grade.
• Challenges, evaluations and endeavors will be marked on a college point scale system.

SENIOR PROJECT

• There is an oral and written component to the senior project
• Students will be required to write 7-11 pages using MLA formatting
• Severe cases of plagiarism will result in a failing grade
•  All skills necessary to complete the project will be taught by Mr. Kai
• Senior Project operates on a pass/fail basis

Resources Available to Seniors

• Google Hangout (Video Conference)
• Senior Project Conferences(In or outside of school)
• Two local libraries
• Writing Center
• Family and friends

Kairi.Suswell@Freirecharterschool.org