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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 198 Collections and/or Records:

Minutes of the Board of Trustees and related meeting records, 1997 May 13

 Item — Box 03013: [Barcode: 10128000001633]
Identifier: 003 001 000 25 0024
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes series includes meeting notices and minutes of regular, annual, and special meetings of the Nightingale-Bamford School Board of Trustees and Miss Nightingale's School, its predecessor. Meeting minutes through 1977 are compiled into seven bound volumes chronologically, although some may also be available loosely. These compilations may additionally contain records related to Board meetings and school governance, such as agreements, charters, and bylaws....
Dates: 1997 May 13

Minutes of the Board of Trustees and related meeting records, 2000 May 30

 File — Carton 10041: [Barcode: 10128000005410]
Identifier: B10041_F26
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes series includes meeting notices and minutes of regular, annual, and special meetings of the Nightingale-Bamford School Board of Trustees and Miss Nightingale's School, its predecessor. Meeting minutes through 1977 are compiled into seven bound volumes chronologically, although some may also be available loosely. These compilations may additionally contain records related to Board meetings and school governance, such as agreements, charters, and bylaws....
Dates: 2000 May 30

Minutes of the Board of Trustees and related meeting records, 2010 May 18

 File — Carton 10040: [Barcode: 10128000005402]
Identifier: B10040_F10
Scope and Contents Includes resolutions; agenda (also for the annual meeting of members of the corporation); Institutional Advancement report to Trustees; capital budget and other financial records; invitation to select Class of 2010 students to speak to Trustees; ISP presentation invitation with list of names and presentation titles; New Providence Asset management records; correspondence between Dorothy Hutcheson and Brenda Earl De Paola regarding trustee service; Mar. 9, 2010 minutes; typed meeting notes;...
Dates: 2010 May 18

Music department transfer

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-001
Dates: 2017 - 2019

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

Photograph of man looking out window in long hallway / Sara Minard '00, Independent Study Project, c. 1996 - 2000

 Item — Box 01156: [Barcode: 10128000001492]
Identifier: 001 009 000 04 0124
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: c. 1996 - 2000

Photograph of two Upper School students standing at lectern in auditorium after Independent Student Project presentation, c. 1980 - 1989

 Item — Box 01142: [Barcode: 10128000002052]
Identifier: 001 002 000 13 1261
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: c. 1980 - 1989

Photograph of Ulrika Andersson '99, Carolina Ramirez '99, and Camille Costan-Toth '99, in scene from Camille Costan-Toth's ISP presentation, "Theories of Choreography", 1999

 Item — Box 01136: [Barcode: 10128000001997]
Identifier: 001 008 000 06 0302
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: 1999

Photographs of seniors presenting Independent Study Projects, 1999

 File — Box 01066: [Barcode: 10128000000916]
Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0441
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: 1999

Polling matters: Who will win the 2008 Presidential election? / Lily Zhang, 2008

 Item — Box 01017: [Barcode: 10128000000551]
Identifier: 001 002 000 21 0030
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: 2008