Senior Capstone Project

• Senior Capstone Meeting for All Seniors    Happening September 15, 2026 at 11:30 in the PAC
• Choose a Mentor & Choice Slip Turn-in      Complete Before October 22nd
• First Planning Meeting                                   Complete the week of November 16th
• Second Check-in Meeting                              Complete the week of January 25th
• Second Check-in Meeting                              Complete the week of February 22nd
• Review / Final Check-in Meeting                  Complete the week of March 15th
• FAFSA Application                                       Complete before March 2nd 
• Turn in Portfolio to Mentor                           April 19th (Before end of School Day)
• Honors Interview                                            May 3rd (After-School)

 

Option A & B

For the focus of your capstone, you can choose either Option A or B:

Option A – The focus of your Capstone is on your High School Experience. Your artifacts will be school projects, assignments, etc. Your capstone theme should be on how your time at SLVHS has shaped or influenced your future plans.

 Option B – The focus of your capstone is on an activity or interest you have spent more than 100 hours doing in the past four years that has shaped or influenced your future plans.  This could be a class, a job, an extracurricular activity, a club, a service project, volunteer work, etc.

MENTOR
You must select a mentor for this process. In order to enable you to have personal advice on your portfolio, each teacher or staff member is allowed to have no more than 5 mentees. Be the first to get them on board for you!

• Sample Portfolio (Through Wix)
• WIX website www.wix.com
• Google Slides presentation
  
  

QUESTIONS
Please direct any question, concerns, or problems you have to your mentor or to Charlotte Achen at [email protected]

TIMELINE

Senior Capstone Meeting - In September there will be a Capstone Meeting for all Seniors in the PAC to go over the Capstone and requirements

Choose your Mentor - The first step is finding a SCP Mentor, turn in your Mentor Choice Slip to the Counseling Office before October 22nd

November - 1st Meeting: —Seniors meet with mentors. Schedule meeting location and time with your mentor. Bring your SCP Packet. Mentor goes over packet and explains project to mentees. Make sure they understand the SLO's and components of the Capstone.

January - 2nd Meeting :  – Seniors meet again with their mentors. Mentors and mentees discuss progress on project and mentors answer clarification questions/look over rough draft completed to date.

February - 3rd Meeting: – Seniors meet with their mentors. Rough draft due.

March- 4thMeeting: – Seniors meet with their mentors. Final draft due.

Final Project Due Date: April 19th – Mentors keep portfolio until grading. 

HONORS OPTION
If you wish to go for Honors, both options will have the same Honors In-Person Presentation and Interview for your Senior Capstone Project. See the Honors Interview section of your SCP Packet for more information.