Experiential Education

An Honors Level Academic Course with College Credit

SELECT STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION CLASS

(FOREIGN TRAVEL COMPONENT)

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NOTE: Average cumulative 4-year (Seniors) and 3-year (Juniors)

The Experiential Education Class (Foreign Travel) is a for-credit class in the high school providing one elective (1.0) Carnegie Unit (CU) toward graduation. The class is graded A+ through F. The EEC is one of two experiential learning opportunities offered in the high school. The other experience offered is North Carolina Outward Bound.

A new group of students is chosen each spring for the following year. Each student is required to attend classes, do various assignments on assigned topics*, study and prepare for the overseas experience, follow strict rules of behavior both on the trip and in the period before the trip, maintain good grades, and write a journal that will be graded. The overseas experience is considered an academic course, and students receive a grade based on their pre-trip work, the journal, chaperone comments, and a suggested grade given by each of the chaperones. The final grade includes all these factors and is given by President Emeritus, Mr. Joseph Proietta (Mr. P), as the Lead Teacher for the Class.

STRICT RULES OF BEHAVIOR

*Students are expected to behave above and beyond the expectations of the Code of Conduct. Students chosen for the class are expected to be role models for other students. Any infractions of the Code of Conduct--from the first day of school until the moment we depart on the overseas component--will be reviewed by Dr. O'Brien, CAPCS’ CEO, Ms. Julia Jimenez (School Climate Officer), and the high school principal, Mr. Anthony Richichi. The student's status on the overseas experience will be reevaluated. All rules in the Code of Conduct, a specific dress code unique to the overseas component, and specific rules apply while going to, on, and returning from overseas. Permission to attend the overseas component of EEClass ("the trip") is at the sole discretion of the CEO of CAPCS who is the sole interpreter of the rules.