GRADUATION PROJECT LETTER OF INTENT

1630 Spartanburg Highway/PO Box # N/A

Hendersonville, NC 28792

Date: September 25, 2017

Graduation Project Committee

East Henderson High School
150 Eagle Pride Drive
East Flat Rock, North Carolina 28726

Dear Graduation Project Committee:

The basis of my graduation project is on the topic of Optometry.

Specifically, the career of an Optometrist. An Optometrist is a person who is
qualified to examine the eyes, prescribe, supply spectacles and contact lenses. I
chose this area of an Optometrists career because, I myself wear glasses and have
always wondered why I needed them. In wondering this I later found out I could
learn more about the eye through Optometry. In the future of obtaining this career I
would be able to help others who were in need of glasses or contact lenses.
Recently, I have been spending time with my mentor through an internship.
Therefore Ive learned a little about the eye, repairing glasses, putting in contact
lenses, and some Optometry lingo.

My research will be on Optometry and how the eye functions. Ideas I hope
to include in my research are on the career of Optometrists. Optometry will be my
main focus in my graduation research paper which includes the workings of the
human eye and the different careers involved in optometry. Information on glasses,
contact lenses, eye exams, the human eye, and Optometry instruments are also
included in this graduation project. Some resources that I will be using are, through
the information provided by my mentor, research given with my current internship
program, and by reliable internet sources.

Last year my junior research paper incorporated the idea for the decision
between contact lenses or prescription glasses. For my graduation research project
this year the topic of Optometry coincides with the contact lenses opposed to
glasses research paper. I state this because Optometry is the subject to which
studying the eye is promident. My project will be a Presi presentation
demonstrating what Optometry is and how it corresponds with the mechanics of
the human eye. The judges of the Graduation Project will be involved in my
physical demonstrational portion of the project. For the physical portion of the
project I will be showing how an eye exam works and the process to getting
glasses or contact lenses. The cost of the graduation project will be minimum since
Presi presentations are mostly free of cost and in the physical portion of the
project only needs a few cups as well as a poster. The potential time to be spent in
hours with my mentor will be at least twelve hours. The Presi presentation
should not last longer than eight minutes and the eye exam about ten minutes.
Some possible resources are Joanns craft store, Mighty Dollar, or any store that
carries posters, markers, and cups.

Plagiarism is defined as the use of anothers words or ideas as ones own,

whether found in printed material or in electronic media. Academic honesty is my
responsibility. I understand that if I plagiarize any part of the Graduation Project, I
will receive a failing grade on the project and retake English IV the next semester.

Sincerely,

Caroline Ballard