About Olena:

A 10th grader passionate about design and environment, but not academics.

Assessment:

Olena was creative and passionate. She had great communication skills and personality but did not know how to apply her passions to schoolwork.

The Plan:

Olena’s mentor worked with her to explore how she could learn aspects of design that could solve environmental problems.

• Focus areas including Design and Architecture
• Courses selected to build skills supporting those focus areas, including numeracy, research, and technology
• Developing portfolio of projects for design career options
• Projects and internships that enable learning skills for design

Goals:

• Apply passions to practical potential career goals
• Learn skills for design internships and projects
• College exam and application prep