Senior Capstone

Capstone, sometimes referred to as The Capstone Project or Senior Capstone, is a year-long senior project. Capstone is often erroneously referred to just as Senior Symposium, which is the culminating event. Unlike other IPoly semester projects, the Capstone is spread across both semesters, with students picking their own due dates based on available space and their houses' respective Making It Real awareness weeks.

In the past, this project was named BaCoN, short for "Building a Culmination of Knowledge."

Project Components
Component due dates are chosen by the student. There are five date slots available, one for Awareness Week and four for each Capstone component. For Target 100, I-Search, and Govecon have limited availability since each requires a presentation to all four houses.

Topic
Students pick their Capstone topic at the beginning of the year. They can pick any topic, as long as they can come up with two Essential Questions (EQs).

Target 100
Target 100 is run by Kara Thinnes, and is meant promotes outside exploration of the topic through interviews, volunteering, research, job experience, and classes. Each piece offers a set amount of point, and it is up to students to get 100 total points by the due date for an A. Target 100 has six paths, each capped at 50 points. The following are the different paths:
 * Interviews
 * Research
 * Mentorships/Internships/Volunteering
 * Job Experience
 * Classes
 * Teams (for sport-related topics only)

I-Search
Run buy Maricel Edwards, I-Search is a narrative-style essay that documents the student's journey in coming up with their topic and attempting to answer their essential questions. Students will give an 8-10 minute abridged version of their essay, using visual aides or a slideshow to keep their audience engaged. Students are also encouraged to use the presentation as a rehearsal for Symposium at the end of the year.

Experiment
To supplement student's research gathered in I-Search and interviews done in Target 100, students will conduct their own experiments which test their essential question. After their experiment, students are required to write a formal-style lab report outlining the experiment. This component is run by Whitney Schiller.

GovEcon
GovEcon, a portmanteau of "Government" and "Economics", is run by Christopher Anaya. Students will give a presentation explaining how their topic relates to government and economics. Unlike most IPoly presentations, students are required to give their presentation using a standard tri-fold board. In the past, students would have their GovEcon displays open in Anaya's classroom for other students to explore.

Senior Symposium
The culminating event is the Senior Symposium. The week before the end of school, students give a 50 minute presentation about their essential question and their topic. Students are expected to dress either professionally or according to their topic.