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De Smet Senior Service Project
Senior Project Agencies
To view "The Essentials of the Senior Project,"click here.
Below are links to different senior project areas of interest with information about various organizations and programs. Please note that website addresses listed on the PDF links below are not active sites. To access the project websites within the links below, you must type in the web address.
The listings provided are meant to serve as a guiding in choosing a project. Sites not listed are also potential Senior Projects, but first must be approved by the Senior Project Staff - Mr. Donohue, Mr. Luecke and Mr. Olmsted.
Although needed and helpful, fundraising events and organizational planning projects do not qualify for a Senior Project. Person-to-person service to those in greatest need of assistance are the focus of community service in the senior year.
Click here to see the Senior Service Project dates.
Make sure you read the instructions regarding your project packet.
Instructions for Senior Project packet
When choosing a senior project, make sure that you have a service contract signed with the agency and return it to Mr .Donohue, Mr. Luecke, or Mr. Olmsted. The contract can be obtained through their offices or through thislink.
A senior project packet containing an explanation of the program will be mailed to your supervisor at the agency once a selection has been made. It is your responsibility to inform Mr. Donohue, Mr. Luecke or Mr. Olmsted of your project choice and the full address of the agency and the name of the contact person. Each of these teachers can be contacted on voice mail at De Smet at 567-3500: Mr. Donohue (409), Mr. Luecke (245), Mr. Olmsted (435).
Hours are recoreded througout the project on a SIGN-IN SHEET, which your supervisor will give this you when at the start of the project. Keep it in a convenient place at your project so that you can record your hours each time. It is your responsibility to make sure that your time is recorded properly and verified by your supervisor.
Keep a journal of your activities each time that you work at your project. You are to present this journal to Mr. Donohue, Mr. Luecke or Mr. Olmsted upon completion of your project. To keep the experience fresh in your mind, update your journal entry the day of your work.
Your project is complete when the school has received the following:
1) An evaluation from your supervisor. (A form for this evaluation is in the packet)
2) A daily journal of your activities and reflections.
3) Your sign-in sheet.
4) A four-page reflection paper on your Junior and Senior Projects combined. (This paper should contain what you feel you contributed and learned from both your Junior and Senior Projects.)
The Project Reflection Paper is to be four pages in length and is contain a brief description of the kind of work you did at both you Junior and Senior Projects. Additionally, you are to reflect upon what you contributed in each situation as well as reflect on the effect the project experience had on you. We would like you to incorporate into your paper an analysis or reflection of how "The fundamental option for the poor" related to your work. You may also include in your paper any other reflections that you might have about the project experience in general and about De Smet's goal of education students to be "Men for Others." Criticisms of the project program are welcome but we ask that the nature of your criticism be constructive-positively helps us make adjustments in the program.
If you have any questions about the projects, the paper or any other related matter, please feel free to contact us at (314) 567-3500 (ext. 245) or email us at kluecke@desmet.org; ddonohue@desmet.org, or folmsted@desmet.org.
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