This is just an example of what your portfolio can look like. You can add photos, art, music, anything you wish!
Introduction
AMES Memory (Senior Portfolio)
For your portfolio you must choose a quotation or poem that is representative of your outlook as you leave high school and embark on the next phase of your life. You must write a reflection on the quotation or poem that explains why you chose the quotation you did, so choose carefully. Here are some examples:
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One requirement for your senior portfolio is to write about a specific memory from your time at AMES. You should choose a memory that represents what AMES has meant to you—maybe a particular event that was typical of your experiences at AMES, or a moment in class or with a teacher that has stayed with you. Think about if someone were to ask you, “what was AMES like?” and you had to tell them a story to make them understand. You must choose a specific memory from a specific day, not “ninth grade was fun.”
Once you've decided what to write about, try to pull the memory forward in your mind and watch it happen—remember as many details as you can. Then slow the memory down in your mind, like a movie, and write it out so that your reader can experience it, too. Rather than telling them about the memory, describe the memory with sensory details. Use your writing to help them experience the memory. Sensory details are those which evoke the main five senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. As you ponder your memory, try to draw out as many sensory details as you can to help your reader experience your memory.
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Reflection on a Quote or Poem (Senior Portfolio)
Change your life; start immediately, do it flamboyantly no excuses. William James
There are two types of education...one should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live. John Adams
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau
Biography (Senior Portfolio)
For your portfolio you will need a brief biography to introduce the details of your life to whomever you show your portfolio. Your biography should be no more than one typed page. Many students find it easiest to write their biography in the third person.
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The following outline is suggested to help you write a simple, one page biography. You don't have to
follow this example, but you should include all the of the following parts:
First paragraph: Your early life and the school(s) you attended before AMES
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Second paragraph: How you came to be at AMES and the activities you have participated in here
(internship, clubs, service projects, etc.)
Third paragraph: Educational opportunities you've participated in outside of AMES
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Fourth paragraph: Hobbies/activities you enjoy outside of school
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Fifth paragraph: Work experience
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