Minnesota New Country School

Graduation Program

All graduating seniors will complete a capstone project that demonstrates their passion for learning, creativity, persistence, and responsibility. Each project is typically three hundred or more hours, and includes a large creative element, a research paper, and a public presentation.

Senior Project Information for 2022-23 School Year:

Key Dates for 22-23 Seniors

22-23 Senior Project Standards and Guidelines

All About Senior Project Pitches

Senior Project - The History of Storytelling Podcast by Joseph Griffiths

Podcast episodes:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Related information:

Epic of Gilgamesh (Tablets 1-11)

Paper about the Great Flood arising from Glacial Melt (IWRA)

University of Rochester, NY's Camelot Project page on Kay

Oral Storytelling as Evidence of Pedagogy in Forager Societies