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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Timeline.............................................2-S
Teiminology........................................4-S
Auvisoi Neeting uuiuelines................................6
Biopbox Instiuctions.....................................7
Pioject Pioposal..........................................8
Paientuuaiuian Contiact...................................9
The Pioject SERvE Pitch..................................1u
E-Poitfolio Banuout.....................................11
Nentoi Contiact.......................................12
About Ne Banuout........................................1S
Rsum............................................14
E-Poitfolio ReflectionSelf Evaluation..........................1S-16
Ny Notes & Questions....................................17

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TIMELINE & DUE DATES (Italics = document)























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Nay 11

Publish "Neuia" Page Auvisoi Week of
Nay 11

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Nay 11

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TERMINOLOGY

Pioject SERvE - a yeailong pioject foi 12
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giaue stuuents, iequiiing 2u houis of
community seivice; 9)1:#%/ ',6/ -#$#;./ ( %1'',$./< anu be showcaseu in an E-
Poitfolio; => &1,)6 ',6/ -# 69#$/ 1$ %1'',$./< 6#)?.%# @83A 5#BCB /.'# 69#$/
6%&#D,E.$C <1,) %1'',$./< 6#)?.%# D1#6 8@0 %1,$/ -,/ /.'# 69#$/ F1)*.$C .$
6#)?.%# D1#67; the puipose is to piomote awaieness, piofessionalism anu cuiiosity
in Casa uianue Bigh School giauuates; this pioject encouiages stuuents to stietch,
both peisonally anu acauemically, fosteis life-long leaining anu auvocacy; stuuents
piactice being pioactive iathei than ieactive in shaping the woilu in which we live

Community - while the uefinition of community is bioau anu evolving, foi the
puiposes of this pioject, community is uefineu as being laigei than oneself oi his oi
hei family anu oi fiienus

Community Seivice - volunteeiing time, seivices oi expeitise foi social use; civic
engagement foi the puipose of helping oi aiuing a gioup; auuiessing oi attempting
to auuiess an existing societal oi community pioblemneeu

Auvisoi - on campus suppoit; pie-assigneu staff membei who guiues you in
completing youi pioject anu meeting benchmaiks, uuiing scheuuleu meetings at
school

Nentoi - a peison outsiue of the CuBS faculty anu staff, who seives as youi "expeit"
foi pioject (e.g. foi a pioject ielateu to the effects of poveity on the enviionment,
you might seek the help of a Bay Aiea social woikei); youi mentoi will veiify youi
2u community seivice houis

The Pioject SERvE Pitch - oppoitunity foi a small gioup of stuuents to piesent theii
pioject pioposals, one at a time, to a panel of teacheis, auministiatois, counselois
anu CuBS staff membeis; uuiing this time, you will uemonstiate the ways in which
youi pioposal fits the Pioject SERvE uefinition, puipose anu guiuelines; be piepaieu
to answei questions fiom the panel, anu you shoulu be in piofessional attiie; will
occui on campus, uuiing the school uay

Boaius - Spiing semestei, evening piesentations of youi pioject (using youi E-
Poitfolio) to a panel of CuBS staff anu Petaluma community membeis; you will
speak authoiitatively on youi pioject by giving a speech, piesenting eviuence
(pictuies, viueo) of youi woik, expeiience anu the impact; youi piesentation will be
6-1u minutes in length

E-Poitfolio - website you cieate, using the school's Weebly.com account, to house
anu showcase eviuence of youi pioject woik

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Biopbox - file shaiing website you use to keep impoitant uocuments; sometimes
will be useu by you, uuiing auvisoi meetings; manageu by CuBS staff; wheie you
will be submitting some benchmaik uocuments

Benchmaik - component anuoi step of Pioject SERvE







































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ADVISOR MEETING GUIDELINES

You will have 4 meetings in the Fall semestei, with youi auvisoi, anu 6 meetings in
the Spiing semestei. Neetings will take place uuiing office houis, at the location
specifieu by youi auvisoi, anu will not exceeu 1S minutes.

What You Can Expect Fiom Youi AuvisoiYoui auvisoi will:

veiify youi completion of timeline benchmaiks
Submit a wiitten evaluation of youi piogiess - via Blog
Pioviue feeuback, input anu uiiections foi completion of benchmaiks
Aleit auministiatoi, counseloi, anu Senioi teacheis of pioblems

What Youi Auvisoi Is Expecting of You:

Aiiange anu confiim scheuuleu meeting appointment (uuiing 0ffice Bouis)
with youi auvisoi, (/ E#(6/ GH &1,)6 .$ (D?($%#
Complete all benchmaiks assigneu, piioi to meeting
Come piepaieu, with any necessaiy papeiwoik oi mateiials
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DROPBOX INSTRUCTIONS

Biopbox.com will be useu, exclusively, as a file-shaiing seivice foi you anu youi
auvisoi. You will neeu to cieate a school account. You may not use a pie-existing,
peisonal account. You will also be expecteu to use Biopbox.com to stoie files foi
youi E-Poitfolio, incluuing photos, uocuments, auuio files, viueos, etc.

You will be inviteu to join a foluei, within youi clustei foluei.
o It will have the following naming convention:
SERvE_uRAB YEAR_LAST NANE_FIRST INITIAL_ABvIS0R'S LAST
NANE
" Foi example: SERvE_2u1S_Smith_}_0wens
You will cieate a foluei, in youi own Biopbox account, foi youi E-Poitfolio
files. 0se the following naming convention.
o SERvE_LAST NANE_FIRST NANE
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PROJECT PROPOSAL

Besciibe the geneial aiea of inteiest, e.g. youth homelessness, enviionmental
policies, public health, etc., anu why you chose this aiea. Also explain what you
alieauy know oi have accomplisheu in this aiea. Incluue the specific topic on which
youi pioject will focus, some of the iueas you hope to incluue, skills anu knowleuge
you hope to acquiie anu possible iesouices you may use. Who will be involveu.
What aie the potential costs, time spent, anu possible iesouices. What potential
pioblems might be cieateu by this pioject.


}ustify how youi pioject matches the mission statement of Pioject SERvE. What
specific community will you seive.

Consiuei the community you've chosen as you answei the following questions:

Why have you chosen to suppoit this community.
What neeu(s) aie you auuiessing.
Bow will you know you've maue a uiffeience.
Bow will the people of this community know.
Bow will this community benefit.























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PARENT/GUARDIAN CONTRACT

As the paientguaiuian of __________________________________________________, I am awaie
that all Pioject SERvE benchmaiks must be completeu in goou stanuing.

Foi my stuuent's Pioject SERvE, heshe has ueciueu to uo the following:

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

I am awaie that failuie to complete any of the benchmaiks of Pioject SERvE coulu
jeopaiuize my stuuent's giaue in English 12, Ameiican uoveinment anuoi
Economics, which aie couises iequiieu foi giauuation.

Paientuuaiuian Signatuie_________________________________________________________________

Paientuuaiuian Name (PRINT)___________________________________________________________

Stuuent Signatuie____________________________________________________________________________

Stuuent Name (PRINT)______________________________________________________________________

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THE PROJECT SERVE PITCH

Youi Clustei teacheis will announce the uate of youi inteiview. You aie iequiieu to
publish the uocument on youi E-Poitfolio 0R biing a minimum of S copies of youi
Pioject Pioposal to the inteiview (enough foi eveiy faculty membei).

NY INTERvIEW BATE: ______________________________________________________________________

NY INTERvIEW TINE: ______________________________________________________________________

NY INTERvIEW L0CATI0N: ________________________________________________________________

Inteiview Piepaiation Checklist:

! Piofessional ImageAttiie
! Pioject Pioposal (publisheu on E-Poitfolio 0R minimum S haiu copies)
! Enthusiasm anu Positive Attituue
! Punctuality


























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E-PORTFOLIO HANDOUT

All Casa Seniois will use Weebly.com to cieate E-Poitfolios. These E-Poitfolios aie
monitoieu by auministiatois anu teacheis anu aie school piopeity until giauuation.

Impoitant Teiminology:

I'-#D - the uocument appeais as is, without the viewei having to click on text to
open; appeais in the same oi similai foimat as in Niciosoft Woiu, uoogle Bocs, etc.

3.$* - a connection to a file oi uocument fiom anothei location oi file, typically
activateu by clicking on a highlighteu woiu oi image on the scieen (e.g. click heie)

uuiuelines:

Youi website must incluue the following pages, anu contain each of the following
elements. The pages must have these titles exactly (titles appeai in "quotations"):

A "Bome" page
o Website title
o Pictuieuesignvisual
o Iueas foi "Bome" page:
" Links to: news aiticles, viueos, othei websites
" Suiveys
" Nusic
" Auuitional photos
An "About Ne" page
o About Ne Paiagiaph anu Photo
o Rsum (embeu)
An "About Ny Nentoi" page
o Nentoi Biogiaphy Paiagiaph anu Photo
A "Resouice" page
o Speech Assignment Wiitten (link)
o ReflectionSelf-Evaluation (embeu)
o Paientuuaiuian Contiact (embeu)
o Nentoi Contiact (embeu)
A "Pioject" page
o Pioject Pioposal (embeu)
o Photo Sliueshow
A "Neuia" page
o Speech Assignment Auuio
o Nentoi Inteiview
A "Blog" page
o Auvisoi Comments anu veiification of Pioject Completion
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MENTOR CONTRACT

Each senioi stuuent shoulu choose a mentoi who has expeiience with the stuuent's
pioject. In the space pioviueu below is a uesciiption of this stuuent's pioject. The
mentoi heshe selects shoulu have an aiea of expeitise ielateu to this pioject.

The mentoi will piimaiily be iesponsible foi guiuing the physical
piouuctfieluwoik. This iequiies each stuuent to complete at least twenty houis
woiking on a pioject that benefits otheis. While mentois aie not iequiieu to be
piesent foi all twenty houis of fieluwoik, they shoulu be ieauily available to auvise
the stuuent, answei questions anu check on the piogiess of the pioject. Nentois will
be askeu to veiify the completion of these houis anu that they weie spent in seivice
to the pioject. (A goou iule of thumb is, if you, as a piofessional, aie paiu to uo X,
then you can sign off on X as pioject time.) Nentois will also be askeu to paiticipate
in an on-cameia inteiview uuiing the Fall semestei. Stuuents will inteiview theii
mentois in oiuei to uncovei fuithei iesouices anu gain expeitise anu will publish
the inteiview on theii website (E-Poitfolio).

The iole of the mentoi in Pioject SERvE is invaluable. While it is neithei oveily time
consuming noi aiuuous, the mentoi's job uoes, howevei, help make each stuuent's
leaining moie focuseu, piouuctive anu meaningful. We appieciate youi impoitant
involvement in oui piogiam.

Stuuent's Name_______________________________________________________________________________


Stuuent's Pioject_____________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

I am willing to seive as a mentoi foi this stuuent. I have expeiience with hishei
chosen pioject. Anu I unueistanu the uefinition of the iole of mentoi as it is outlineu
above.



Nentoi's Name (piinteu)____________________________________________________________________

Nentoi's E-mail ______________________________________________________________________________

Nentoi's Signatuie__________________________________________________ Bate___________________

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ABOUT ME HANDOUT

Follow the instiuctions below to complete youi "About Ne" page. Remembei that
youi page must have this exact title, anu must, at minimum, incluue the following
elements.

o About Ne Paiagiaph anu Photo
" Shoulu be at least 1u sentences
" Fiee of eiiois
" Autobiogiaphical + youi connection to pioject
" Be cieative anu piofessional
" Photo shoulu be piofessional, only of you, anu cleai
o Rsum (embeu)
" You may use a cuiient isum (ielevant to this pioject), oi you
may choose to cieate one foi the puipose of this pioject
" Keep in minu, you may neeu to ievise anu upuate youi isum
to fit this pioject (e.g. you will neeu to euit a puipose statement
that ieaus, "Ny objective is to be hiieu by Staibucks in
Petaluma foi the summei of 2u14.")

























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RSUM

Below is a sample isum you may use a iefeience when euiting youi cuiient
isum oi cieating youi fiist.



Name
Phone Number
Email
Current Address (until date) Permanent Address
Your Temporary Address Your Permanent Address
City, State Zip Code City, State Zip Code

EDUCATION
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Major, Expected Month 20xx
Minor, Subject / Concentration
GPA: x.0/4/0 Deans List, Semester Year

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Include unique or major courses that are relevant to the position.
Use course titles, omit course numbers.

PROJECTS
Title of Project, Semester Year
Identify team/classroom/individual noteworthy projects.
Include your roles/responsibilities and the outcomes.

INTERNSHIPS
Organization Name, City, State (Country if applicable)
Position Title, Date range
Each bullet should start with a verb; think of the bullet as the I.
Avoid including a simple list of tasks you completed and instead focus on the skills you used and
the accomplishments (quantifiable if possible) you achieved.
Use action words to describe your skills and accomplishments.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Organization Name, City, State (Country if applicable)
Position Title, Date rage
Description/responsibilities, number of people supervised and special accomplishments.
Use action words to describe your skills and accomplishments.
Freshmen/sophomores: Only list high school experiences if they enhance your candidacy.

SKILLS
Languages: Fluent in xxxxxx
Computers: Level of proficiency, types of software used
Relevant technical or field-specific skills

ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Organization, Title/Member, Date range
Duties/responsibilities/accomplishments.

HONORS AND AWARDS
List noteworthy academic, athletic, community, club, and employer recognition.

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E-PORTFOLIO REFLECTION/SELF-EVALUATION

E-Poitfolio Reflection Instiuctions

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Step 1. Cieate a new post on youi "Blog" page, anu title it "Peei Reflections"
(it must have this exact title).

Step 2. Click "Publish Post."

Step S. Click "Publish" to publish the whole site.

Step 4. Check youi E-Poitfolio to make suie the "Peei Reflections" post
appeais.

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Step 1. Thoioughly view at least S E-Poitfolios. At least 2 must be fiom othei
clusteis. Foi each website, complete the following.

In S-S complete sentences, answei the following questions:
What uiu you like about the E-Poitfolio.
What coulu be impioveu in this E-Poitfolio.
What uiu you leain about this peison's pioject topic oi aiea of
stuuy, as a iesult of viewing this E-Poitfolio.
Leave constiuctive feeuback foi this peison's Nentoi Inteiview.

You must complete at least S evaluations foi S uiffeient E-Poitfolios. Below, wiite
the names of the people whose E-Poitfolios you visiteu.

1. __________________________________ 4. __________________________________

2. __________________________________ S. __________________________________

S. __________________________________








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Self-Evaluation Instiuctions

4.)#%/.1$6M Think about youi SERvE Boaius Piesentation anu give youiself a scoie
baseu on that peifoimance. uive youiself only one scoie pei column, anu also give
youiself an oveiall scoie.

Wiite a 1-page, single-spaceu iesponse, explaining why you gave youiself this
oveiall scoie anu why you gave youiself a paiticulai scoie in each categoiy. ((:
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MY NOTES & QUESTIONS