1. Welcome IB Freshmen

2. Housekeeping Respect the Media Center Clean up your area-throw away your trash Put chairs back – 4 to a table Make sure you sign in for attendance Listen when others are speaking Keep all your IB handouts in one place.

3. Agenda Reminders Log into Managebac. In Managebac, Join the Group: MYP Class of 2017 Continue doing community service –Get Involved!!! https://chandler.managebac.com/home

4. Stay connected Sign up for Remind 101 Follow us on Twitter @CHSMYP

6. Justine Enns

7. This is not an optional assignment It is required of all IB Middle Years Program (IBMYP) students around the world.

8. The 3 P’s: The Process Journal The Personal Essay The Product

9. Is group work allowed? Your project may involve others (for example, directing a play, organizing an exhibition or starting a new student or community organization). However, the individual student’s contribution must be clearly evident in all stages of the development of the Personal Project and the Personal Report must be written by each individual. The Personal Project is always assessed individually for each student. Any project that involves a group of people must be approved before summer vacation.

11. Just Start! Start your journal on Managebac. Journal Entry #1: How I feel about the Personal Project. Journal Entry #2: 1.What do I like to do in my spare time? 2.What are some activities, tasks, subjects I do well? 3.What would I like to learn to do better? 4.What is a question you have always wanted to know the answer to? 5.What improvements would you like to make in your community? Journal Entry #3 1.My Personal Project topic is … 2.With my Personal Project I want accomplish (what is my goal?)

12. Log in and go to DP& MYP Projects

13. Open the Process Journal Tab

14. How I feel about the Personal Project.

15. After you save your entry, you will be able to add other journal entries throughout creating your Personal Project.

16. The process journal is one of the assessment criteria

17. Time Line April 17 Journal Entry #1 & #2 due IB election Packets available Continue PP journal entries May 15 Personal Project topic Due Officer elections for 2014-2015 Continue PP journal entries June Continue Community service Continue PP journal entries July Personal Project Advisor assigned