2. Priority Goal:
Define the 21st century
RHS graduate as he or
she looks in future
graduating classes by
looking at the past and
making predictions and
recommendations for
the future.
3. RHS Graduate
Portfolio
This online portfolio
will contain outcomes
selected by the
student that document
his/her growth,
development and
mastery of 21st
Century Skills.
5. STEM (Science)
Marine Biology: Independent Experiment and Research Paper
5.1.12.B.2: Use mathematics
and technology to gather and
analyze results
5.1.12.B.4: Evaluate and
interpret data
5.1.12.C.3: Scientific
knowledge is continually
revised, refined, and extended
5.1.12.D: Science involves
practicing productive social
interactions with peers.
5.1.12.D.2: Science involves
using communication
5.1.12.D.3: Instruments and
specimens are properly cared for,
including animals
21st Century Skills NJCCCS
Obstacles a Brittle Star will overcome for Food
Student Work Sample
Marine Bio period 2
Abstract
Depending on the obstacles given, a brittle star will move around them to obtain
food, however the time taken to reach the food varies with the obstacles. To decide the
time differences between obstacles, an experiment was conducted giving brittle stars
three different paths to move through in a contained environment, with food placed at the
end of the path as a reward. While it took the brittle stars the least amount of time to
reach the food with no obstacles, it took the longest for them to reach the food with plants
as an obstacle. This could be because the brittle stars in a natural environment move their
arms around obstacles for food (Fish 1996), and the plants were too cumbersome for
them to do so. With no obstacles, however, it is easy for a brittle star to find food with its
winding or coiling arms (Stohr 2012).
Introduction
When considering which obstacles will make it harder for a brittle star to move, it
is important to consider their natural environment and feeding process. Brittle stars scurry
among rocks and ledges (Jackson 1999), and raise their arms above substrates, while
Assignment:
In teams, design
a research
experiment with
live marine
animals and write
a scientific
research report
1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
3. Communication &
Collaboration
4. Information Literacy
5. Media Literacy8. Initiative &
Self-direction
10. Productivity &
Accountability
11. Leadership &
Responsibility
Project by student in
Kristin Germinario’s class
6. English
Grade 9: Study Skills
1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
3. Communication &
Collaboration
4. Information Literacy
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3d
Use precise words & phrases,
telling details, and sensory
language to convey a vivid picture.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4-
Present information, findings,
and supporting evidence
clearly, concisely, and
logically.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.10-
By the end of grade 9, read and
comprehend literary nonfiction
in the grades 9-10 text
complexity band proficiently, with
scaffolding as needed at the high
end of the range.
21st Century Skills NJCCCS
Assignment:
Read Elie Weisel's
Night, extract at least
20 words that
affected you as a
reader and influenced
the text, create a
visual word wall of
the words you
selected, and share
with the class the
meaning/reason of
your word selections
Project by students in
Lindsay Brinkerhoff’s class
7. Physical Education
Grade 9: Freshmen Orientation Ropes Course
2. Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
3. Communication &
Collaboration
7. Flexibility & Adaptability
8. Initiative & Self-direction
9. Social & Cross-cultural skills
10. Productivity &
Accountability
11. Leadership &
Responsibility
2.5.12.B: Individual and team
execution in games, sports, and
other activity situations is based
on the interaction of tactical use
of strategies, positive mental
attitudes, competent skill levels,
and teamwork.
2.2.12.A.2: Effective
communication is the basis for
strengthening interpersonal
interactions and relationships and
resolving conflicts.
2.5.12.C.1-2: Self-initiated
behaviors that promote personal
and group success include safety
practices, adherence to rules,
etiquette, cooperation, teamwork,
ethical behavior, and positive social
interaction.
21st Century Skills NJCCCS
Assignment:
During freshmen
orientation,
students will
participate in a
ropes course
challenge
Students on the ropes
course in Dave Poppy’s
class
8. Fine Arts
Mid-Term Portrait
Evaluate how an artists
technical proficiency may affect
the creation or presentation of a
work of art
Basic elements of art and principles
of design govern art creation and
composition.
Art is a universal language. Visual
communication through art
crosses cultural and language
barriers throughout time.
Use vocabulary to describe various
art forms, artists, and elements in
the visual arts.
21st Century Skills NJCCCS
Assignment:
Create a
reduction print
self-portrait and
write a reflection
on the creative
process and
techniques
involved
1. Creativity and Innovation
3. Communication &
Collaboration
8. Initiative & Self-direction
10. Productivity &
Accountability
Work by student in
Kelly Fogas’s class
9. Spanish
Senior Project
21st Century Skills NJCCCS
1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
3. Communication &
Collaboration
5. Media Literacy
6. ICT (Information,
Communications and
Technology) Literacy
8. Initiative & Self-direction
9. Social & Cross-cultural skills
10. Productivity &
Accountability
Assignment:
As a reporter, it is
your job to educate
the public on
environmental
problems and
possible solutions.
Your ideas are to be
presented at a
public forum.
Identify the main idea and other
significant ideas in readings from
age- and level-appropriate, culturally
authentic materials:
Online newspapers, magazines,
blogs, wikis, podcasts, videos,
and government websites
provide current information on
perspectives of the target
culture on local, national, and
global problems/issues.
Converse on a variety of familiar
topics and/or topics studied in
other content areas
Tell or retell stories from age- and
level-appropriate, culturally authentic
materials orally or in writing
Work by student in
Sybil Gonzalez’s
class
10. Business
21st Century Skills NJCCCS
1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Critical Thinking &
Problem Solving
3. Communication &
Collaboration
8. Initiative & Self-direction
9. Social & Cross-cultural skills
10. Productivity &
Accountability
Assignment:
You will be a member
of a design team to
create a visual
merchandising
display. As a team,
you are to select a
product and a theme
and incorporate
different artistic
elements into your
visual merchandising
display.
.
The ability to recognize a problem and apply
critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
All clusters rely on effective oral and
written communication strategies
for creating, expressing, and
interpreting information and ideas.
Technology is used to access,
manage, integrate, and disseminate
information.
Systems: • Roles within teams,
work units, departments,
organizations, inter-organizational
systems, and the larger
environment impact business
operations. • Key organizational
systems impact organizational
performance and the quality of products
and services. • Understanding the global
context of 21st-century industries and careers
impacts business operations.
Work by student in
Martel Roberts’
class
Visual Merchandising Display
Project
12. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Aligent Technologies
American Association of School
Librarians
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Apple Inc.
BellSouth
Blackboard
Cable in the Classroom
Cengage Learning
Cisco Systems
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Crayola
Dell
Education Networks of America
ETS
EF Education
Ford Motor Company
Global Scholar
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Intel® Corporation
Hewlett Packard
JA Worldwide
Knowledge Works Foundation
Learning Point Associates
LEGO Group
McGraw-Hill
Measured Progress
MHz Networks
Microsoft Corporation
National Academy Foundation
National Education Association
netTrekker
Oracle Education Foundation
Pearson
PMI Educational Foundation
SAP
SAS
Texas Instruments
Thomas Gale
Time Warner Inc.
Verizon
Walt Disney Company
