When I read the section entitled The Three C's, I was taken back to my year as a facilitator for our graduation project class. In that course, many of the activities are designed to engage students in critical thinking, oral and written communication, and collaboration. Some students in the class don't see the relevance of the activities to "real life" when they are swinging across the low ropes course or working with two others to climb the Giants Ladder on the climbing wall. However, as an observer/evaluator, I was able to see students that had a real grasp of the three C's who were successful at these activities. Other students who may have been more athletic but lacked the communication, creativity or collaboration struggled.
If the State does eliminate the requirement of a graduation/culminating project, we would be short-sighted in eliminating these types of activities taking place at Hatboro-Horsham. If we really want to prepare our students for the 21st century, we should be looking for more opportunities to emphasize the three C's in all of our courses.
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