weekly progress

Capstone

GPS Leadership Outcomes

Reflection

Name: _____________Flor Eguiarte_______

Date: __3/24/11________

Project: ________In School Recycling_____________________

What is the goal of the project?  How has it changed over the course of Capstone?

·         The goal of “In School Recycling” is to promote awareness in our school about how important it is to recycle. We want everyone to contribute by recycling plastic bottles. The project has changed over time due to the lack of “official materials”. We wanted to get the official recycling bins, but we did not count with money to buy them, so we bought regular bins and prayed them with the recycling logo. 

Your Capstone Project is a tool for you to demonstrate your college readiness and global competency. Use the GPS Global Leadership Performance Outcomes to evaluate your college readiness and global competency.

·         We have not reached our main goal, which is to recycle at least 500 plastic bottles each week. We are not college ready but we are not that far behind. We are lacking global connections, and the lack of making awareness.   

Investigate the World: Produce New Global Knowledge.  Students investigate the world, including their immediate environment.

·         Texas is not known for recycling as much as china. Few people recycle due to the lack of information.

How have you incorporated this element of the GPS into your Capstone project?

·         We are trying to make awareness in our school. We are trying to encourage students to recycle and show how this can impact the environment.  

Where are your strengths in this area?  Why are they strengths?  Where is this demonstrated in your Capstone?

·         The strengths in our project are that many students drink water and they are left with empty water bottles. This contributes to our project because they can recycle those bottles.

Where are your weaknesses in this area?  Why do you consider these to be weaknesses?  How do you plan on correcting these weaknesses?

·         Our weakness in our project is that we only have three recycling bins and there are over twenty classrooms. We could not afford to buy twenty bins. 

Where are your strengths in this area?  Why are they strengths?  Where is this demonstrated in your Capstone?

·         The strengths is that we have made many posters to signal where the recycling bins are and what is to be placed there. 

Communicate Ideas: Connect & Collaborate Across Boundaries.  Students communicate and collaborate effectively with diverse audiences.

·         We have not communicated with our school about our project; we have not made them aware or the importance of recycling.