CAMPUS NEWS
Learning Beyond Classrooms
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In addition to the Capstone projects that
The focus on service learning at Wayland
Wayland students complete each year,
is particularly prominent this year, both in
as featured in the Spring 2016 issue of
and out of the classroom. The annual Day
the Greetings, Wayland is now among
of Caring was held on September 28 and
the first schools in the country to offer
allowed Wayland students and teachers
the Advanced Placement (AP) Capstone
out of class for the day to pursue service
modern movements and figures, students
program.
projects throughout the community and in
will be expected to actively create change in
areas of need around campus. Students lent
their own community.
AP Capstone is a new program created by the College Board (the not-for-profit organization that oversees the SAT and AP programs) to help students develop independent research skills and analytical and argumentative writing. To complete
a hand with everything from construction work on a Habitat for Humanity home in Juneau, Wisconsin, to assisting with elementary school classrooms in four different schools.
Finally, this year’s Honors Colloquium is focused on service. Faculty and visiting lecturers are giving extra-curricular talks to students on a variety of service-related subjects throughout the year. Support
the AP Capstone Diploma, students
In the classroom, history teacher Anna
provided for service at Wayland is derived
must complete two year-long courses
Stern will again teach “Change in the World”
from the newly established Smith Service
consecutively, AP Seminar and AP Research,
during the spring semester. It is a three-
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and earn a score of 3 or higher on those
part course that explores how individuals
exams, plus four additional AP exams over
and movements can impact society for the
the course of their time in high school.
better. In addition to exploring historical and
Dr. Keely Lake H`12 is Wayland’s pioneering AP Capstone instructor. She traveled
Students collecting seeds at Horicon Marsh during the Day of Caring
to Long Beach, California, for training in the new program over the summer. AP Capstone began in earnest this semester with a class of nine students enrolled in Wayland’s inaugural AP Seminar course.
Dr. Lake with students on a Spring Break trip to Italy this March Photo Credit: Paul Derr `16
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