Passion Project

A project that advances your learning about a career you may be interested in pursuing after graduation OR advances your passion about self-improvement, community improvement, etc.

If you are currently enrolled in any of the following PHS CTE Programs, your passion project will be completed through the course or with course certification and you will present in a showcase.

• Animal Science

• Audio Production

• AP Art

• Biomed

• Business Shark Tank Pitch

• Capstone Course

• Engineering, Design and Development (EDD)

• EMT CTE Program 

• Farm to Foods

• Health and Fitness

• Materials and Manufacturing - Lead Paint Course, OSHA 30

If you have taken or are planning on taking a course through the All Course Network your passion project requirements will be completed upon successful completion of the class.  

If you have taken a course outside of PHS (i.e. home health aide certification) and have a certificate of completion.

May advance your knowledge about your post-secondary plans OR you may advance a passion that you would like to learn more about. For example: 

• Take a class to certify you as a home health aide or nursing home aide because you are going to be a nurse, 

• Internship/work with heavy equipment because you are planning on getting your CDL 

• Shadowed at a daycare because you are planning on going into early childhood education

• Volunteer at Save the Bay because you want to be an environmental police officer or major in environmental engineering

• Do a ride-along (if available due to Covid restrictions) with a police officer because you plan on studying criminal justice. 

• Shadow in particular classrooms in the district because you plan on studying education.

• Set up a fitness plan for basic training readiness if you are headed into the military

OR
Present on something you are passionate about learning more about. For example:

• Eagle Scout Project

• Community Service Project - must be substantial

• Learning how to create a ______(fill in the blank)

• Learn American Sign Language

• Learn how to play the guitar

• Take lessons for a pilot’s license

• Teach someone or a group about a passion of yours

• Create a fashion magazine (for school publication only) about current trends because you plan on majoring in fashion design.

• Promote awareness of Alzheimer’s disease by having facts read on the announcements during Alzheimer’s Awareness Month (November), possibly  

Presentations (not showcases) will be between 18 and 25 minutes in length. A Google Slide template for presenting will be distributed in mid- March. 

All timelines for class meeting, approval dates, judges, presentation times etc.will be emailed and may be found in the PHS Canvas course “Passion Project/CTE Program Showcase”