Where Passion Meets Purpose: Celebrating Our Grade 10 Personal Projects
- ISHCMC
- 29 minutes ago
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Over the past six months, our Grade 10 students dedicated themselves to transforming their passion ideas into impactful products, which they proudly shared at the Personal Project Fair and Celebration.
At ISHCMC, we are committed to supporting and challenging students to become confident, independent learners who are prepared for the future. The Personal Project is a powerful reflection of this commitment where students build and demonstrate independent research, critical thinking, and self-reflection, which are foundational skills for success in the Diploma Programme and beyond.
Academically, the Personal Project is a cornerstone for Grade 10 students, representing the culmination of five years of learning in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IB MYP) through student-led inquiry, action, and reflection.
Through this year-long process, students are challenged to explore a topic of personal interest, conduct extensive research, create a product with real-world impact or provoke a meaningful call-to-action, and reflect on their learning.
Each Personal Project is more than a testament to the rigor, challenge, and purpose that define learning at ISHCMC. It is a student’s passion brought to life.
This year’s Personal Project Fair was filled with innovation and creativity, displaying projects with a wide range of interests. From creating an online gallery to the universe, manufacturing custom socks for dancers, to developing a beginner-friendly running plan, and sewing a “princess” dress, the projects reflected not only students’ dedication to independent learning, but also their identities, interests, and desire to make meaningful contributions to the community.
One of the first students to present at the fair, Emerson, captured the audience’s attention with a Spanish quote as he introduced his Personal Project: a comprehensive “bible” for stage management. As a dedicated student-actor in our Secondary Theatre Productions, Emerson shared that the process provided him the space to explore a possible future pathway, and also “reinforced my passion for acting.”
Another Grade 10 student, Tiara, approached raising awareness about highly stigmatized issues, eating disorders, with a completely different spin. She leveraged her strength for writing and explored the disorders through a creative lens. “This project showed me the severity of mental health, and influenced the way I approached people,” shared Tiara.
Her peer, Saeah, decided to utilize this independent learning opportunity to build foundational skills for animation, her passion for her future career. Upon encountering several difficulties in this year-long project, she noted that the experience gave her valuable insight for her university journey and beyond.
The Personal Project represents success not only in the final product, but in the growth our students experience along the way: learning to set goals, overcome challenges, utilize strengths, and take ownership of their learning.
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