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All CHS students must complete an E-Portfolio in order to graduate. This portfolio is in addition to 1) the credit requirement, 2) the CAPT requirement, and 3) any remediation for those who have not met the CAPT requirements.  

CHS has refocused its educational mission to incorporate NEAS&C recommendations that include:

• personalized instruction
• connections across disciplines
• students as self-directed learners
• promotion of depth of understanding over breadth of coverage
• promotion of student self-assessment and self-reflection
• achievement of school-wide standards and expectations
• taking ownership of the school’s mission statement
• connections to the community and potential employers
• career and post-secondary educational planning
• responsible and effective use of technology

The e-portfolio will culminate in the form of students’ comprehensive electronic display of their work. Students will upload work, and reflect upon how the work achieves school standards.  Students are encouraged to refine and expand work that may have received a final classroom grade for Portfolio submission. 

The core of the Portfolio graduation requirement will be the CHS Statement of Mission and Expectations: Academic (A), Social, (S) and Civic (C). Students are required to choose a multimedia electronic format.

PATRIOT PRIDE EXPECTATIONS

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NOTE: The original wording of our mission can be viewed by clicking the letters. Two of the letters connect to a single originally worded expectation

E-Portfolio Requirements

FRESHMAN YEAR—

• Students attend an assembly to direct them to online resources to help them complete their portfolio. 
• By the end of third quarter, students must include one project with reflections as to how that work fulfills two school-wide expectations using a multimedia electronic format.
• This will include a developed paragraph introduction to how the portfolio will be focused.  

SOPHOMORE YEAR—

• Students reflect upon how 2 new or enhanced projects fulfill five school-wide expectations in a multimedia electronic format. 
• This will include a developed paragraph introduction to how the portfolio will be focused, and a plan for expansion. 

JUNIOR YEAR—

• Students reflect upon how 3-5 new or enhanced projects fulfill eight school-wide expectations in a multimedia electronic format. 
• This will include a developed paragraph introduction to how the portfolio will be focused, and a plan for expansion. 

FRESHMAN through JUNIOR YEARS—

• Each student will submit an e-portfolio Self Assessment Form to the homeroom teacher once each year via an "in person" scheduled meeting. 
• When students submit the form, they must also open their portfolio file and show the portfolio to the homeroom teacher. 
• As students expand their portfolio in preparation for the senior year "E-Portfolio Open House," they should work on and include as soon as possible
  • An updated résumé
  • Statement of Educational and Career goals. 
  • An updated statement of the focus of the portfolio

 SENIOR YEAR—

• The core of the portfolio may be based on course-specific projects, work, a performance, internship, community project, or work in an academic area of interest. 
• While work must address achievement in all eleven (11) school-wide expectations, a minimum of five (5) different examples of work are required. 
• Students will display their portfolios at the “E-Portfolio Open House” during an Open House in 3rd Quarter.

Quick reference review of equirements by grade level in addition to

• the"multimedia electronic format" and
• the "self assessment."

IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE:

Class of 2010 and future classes:  Students complete the e-portfolio.  

(See the E-Portfolio scoring checklist for Senior Portfolio Open House )

Student and Homeroom Teacher responsibilities

Definitions and Clarifications:

Multimedia electronic format :  The e-portfolio may not be a collection of documents stored in folders on the computer.  Possible formats include website, wiki-style personal website, weblog (blog), hyperlinked documents (PowerPoint or other document with links), e-portfolio.org, etc. 

E-Portfolio Incomplete :  LINK  (See FAQ)

Project : The word, project, is used to refer to a significant body of work that, especially in the Junior and Senior years, may be comprised of smaller examples of CHS work and assignments.  A project completed for a grade may be further enhanced and expanded to become an integral part of a graduation portfolio. 

PORTFOLIO HONOR ROLL:  In order to be considered for inclusion for the Portfolio Honor Roll, students must submit an application form to their Homeroom teacher by April 1st.  The portfolio committee will consider the applications in an April meeting.  Teachers may also identify honorable portfolios which will be automatically included in the Portfolio Honor Roll list (unless portfolio committee has reason for objection).     

E-PORTFOLIO OPEN HOUSE:   Before the designated evening in 3rd Quarter, each student must sign up for a computer in one of the labs/ mobile lab.  Students stand by their E-Portfolios and remain on hand for questions as teachers interact with their work.  Certified staff will walk through to view and verify that the portfolios are complete.  Parents are invited. In order to pass the graduation portfolio, each student's portfolio must be validated by at least 5 teachers.  Students with "Incomplete" E-Portfolios will be placed in a special enrichment for the completion of an appropriate portfolio.  Homeroom teachers will be notified of students for whom an "Incomplete" grade must be entered for 3rd quarter.  Students are encouraged to invite their teachers to view their portfolio during that evening; however, teachers may be assigned a room to judge as their primary area of responsibility to ensure that all portfolios are viewed by an equivalent number of teachers.  Portfolio Committee will make the final judgement if there is any doubt whether a portfolio requires remediation.  Students not passing must attend an E-Portfolio Enrichment period 4th quarter and present their work to staff after remediation.  Students “failing” after that point must present their completed portfolios after school hours to administration in order to participate in graduation. The top 5 (First, Second and Third, and Honorable Mention) portfolios will receive an award at the Senior awards night.