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Independent Study Project (ISP)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: The Independent Study Project (ISP) program offers seniors the opportunity to pursue an area of interest independently, under the direction of a faculty mentor. Students may drop up to two full-credit courses and physical education in the spring term to free up the time necessary to examine, in depth, a topic of their own choice. Students have weekly meetings with their in-school faculty mentor and also attend a weekly seminar at which they present a brief report on each week’s progress. All projects involve research, as well as a written paper. At the end of the term, students present their completed projects in public, and their work is evaluated by a committee of ISP mentors. [from nightingale.org, accessed November 19, 2018]

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Commencement records, 2003

 File — Carton 10035: [Barcode: 10128000005378]
Identifier: B10035_F23
Scope and Contents Includes commencement invitation and program, letter to senior parents with attached end of year schedule and articles; Dorothy Hutcheson's commencement script; commencement speeches by Susan Lyne and Peggy Duffy '03, correspondence with speaker Susan Lyne; Susan Lyne's bio and article about Lyne's career; remarks from commencement, special Morning Meeting, and Honors Assembly honoring departing faculty and 15+ years of service; Class of 2003 college matriculation list; invitation/list of...
Dates: 2003
Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG005 Commencement Records / S01 Commencement Records

Commencement records, 2008

 File — Carton 10035: [Barcode: 10128000005378]
Identifier: B10035_F28
Scope and Contents

Includes commencement program, Dorothy Hutcheson's commencement script; senior dinner invitation; blank diploma with valedictorian and salutatorian stickers (NOTE: new school seal on diploma); correspondence with speaker Jon Meacham and with diploma printers; short bio of Jon Meacham; letter to senior parents regarding end of year schedule, attaching ISP presentation schedule, Interschool Prom information, and articles.

Dates: 2008
Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG005 Commencement Records / S01 Commencement Records

Commencement records, 2009

 File — Carton 10035: [Barcode: 10128000005378]
Identifier: B10035_F29
Scope and Contents

Includes commencement program; Honors Assembly program; Dorothy Hutcheson's commencement script; commencement speech by Marina Reza '09; invitation to senior class dinner with menu; college matriculation list for Class of 2009; invoices from Herff Jones for commencement attire; letter to senior parents with end of year schedules, including ISP presentations and Interschool Prom information; correspondence with speaker Arwa Damon, and a blank diploma.

Dates: 2009
Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG005 Commencement Records / S01 Commencement Records

Commencement records, 2010

 File — Carton 10035: [Barcode: 10128000005378]
Identifier: B10035_F30
Scope and Contents Includes commencement program (inside pages are upside down); commencement admission ticket; commencement invitation; blank diploma; photocopy of invoice from Herff Jones for commencement attire; invitation to senior class dinner (includes photograph of Class of 2010); correspondence with and bio of speaker Ken Auletta; schedule of end of year activities; senior questions for ten year letters; letter to senior parents with end of year information on Interschool Prom, ISP presentations, and...
Dates: 2010
Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG005 Commencement Records / S01 Commencement Records

Independent Study Program records, 1993 - 1994

 File — Box 01148: [Barcode: 10128000001419]
Identifier: 001 002 000 45 0004
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As early as the 1970s, Class XII students have had the option to create an Independent Study Project (also called an Independent Senior Project, or ISP). Students select a subject of their choice, the parameters of the project, and how their learning will be exhibited, whether it be a final essay, analysis, play, artistic creation, or combination of these things. Presentations are given in the spring.

Dates: 1993 - 1994
Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG003 Student Work Collection / S01 Independent Study Program Projects

Independent Study Program records, 1995 - 1996

 File — Box 01148: [Barcode: 10128000001419]
Identifier: 001 002 000 45 0008
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As early as the 1970s, Class XII students have had the option to create an Independent Study Project (also called an Independent Senior Project, or ISP). Students select a subject of their choice, the parameters of the project, and how their learning will be exhibited, whether it be a final essay, analysis, play, artistic creation, or combination of these things. Presentations are given in the spring.

Dates: 1995 - 1996
Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG003 Student Work Collection / S01 Independent Study Program Projects

Independent Study Program records, 1998 - 1999

 File — Box 01148: [Barcode: 10128000001419]
Identifier: 001 002 000 45 0009
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As early as the 1970s, Class XII students have had the option to create an Independent Study Project (also called an Independent Senior Project, or ISP). Students select a subject of their choice, the parameters of the project, and how their learning will be exhibited, whether it be a final essay, analysis, play, artistic creation, or combination of these things. Presentations are given in the spring.

Dates: 1998 - 1999
Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG003 Student Work Collection / S01 Independent Study Program Projects

Photograph of Dorothy Hutcheson with two women at independent study project dinner, c. 1992 - 2000

 Item — Box 06012: [Barcode: 10128000004108]
Identifier: 006 006 000 06 0026
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Heads of School records consist of records created by or under the purview of the various heads of Nightingale-Bamford School from its founding to present, as well as photographs, clippings, and biographical records with the head of school as subject. Records include correspondence and announcements, memoranda, reports from the heads of school to the Board of Trustees, speeches given by heads of school, and related records created and received in the course of business as well as records...
Dates: c. 1992 - 2000
Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG02, RG02 Administration Record Group / SG001 Heads of School Records / S06 Dorothy Addison Hutcheson (1992 - 2012) / SS02 Photographs

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