Thank you so much for supporting your students as they work on their DRIVE projects! We are proud of each of our seniors and the way they take ownership of their projects.
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DRIVE Projects develop the essential skills required of a successful Ray-Pec graduate, setting students up for success in college or the workforce while still mastering the essential English objectives that have always been required in English 4.
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Working on DRIVE Projects and participating in Community DRIVE Presentation Night is required for students to pass English 4.
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Students will receive training in the design thinking process used for completing the projects.
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Students will then apply for projects they are interested in on a Google Form.
They will then be assigned a project and a team.
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Once they have been assigned a team, they will be responsible for sending you a parent/guardian approval form to your email.
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Once you have completed that form approving their project, students will be able to begin working on the project with their team.
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If you have any questions about DRIVE Projects, contact Emily Craig at emily.craig@raypec.org, or Gwen Huke at gwen.huke@raypec.org.
Suggested Project Timeline
DUE DATE
PROJECT STEP
Aug. 25 Design Thinking Step 1:
EMPATHY
Sept. 30 Project Applications
Oct. 17 Parent Approval Form
Nov. 12 Stakeholder Survey
Nov. 19 Design Thinking Step 2:
DEFINE
Dec. 16 Design Thinking Step 3:
IDEATE
Mar. 4 Design Thinking Step 4:
PROTOTYPE
Apr. 1 Test Process Approval
Apr. 15 Design Thinking Step 5:
TEST
Apr. 17 Community DRIVE Presentation Night
May 6 Design Thinking Step 6:
IMPLEMENT