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What is The Quest?
The Quest is a collaborative group project in
which students demonstrate mastery of Expected
School-Wide Learning Results (ESLRs). It will
span the course of each school year.  The project
will begin in 9th grade and build each year as
students go further in depth with their topic.
Collaborative groups will consist of four
students in the same grade level.  Collaborative
groups will meet once per month with their Quest
Coach for mini-lessons, progress monitoring, and
to collect assignments to keep students on track.
 The Quest is a graduation requirement for each
year students attend Nuview Bridge Early College
High School.  
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Why is The Quest important?
According to the National Education
Association As educators prepare students for
this new global society, teaching the core
content subjectsmath, social studies, the
artsmust be enhanced by incorporating critical
thinking, communication, collaboration, and
creativity.
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According to the NEA
With a host of challenges facing our communities,
along with instant connectivity to a global
society, civic literacy couldnt be more
relevant. Global warming, immigration reform,
pandemic diseases, and financial meltdowns are
just a few of the issues todays students will be
called upon to address. Todays students must be
prepared to solve these challenges.
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Those Four Cs
Americas system of education was built for an
Economy and a society that no longer exists.
In the manufacturing and agrarian economies
that existed 50 years ago, it was enough to
master the Three Rs (reading, writing, and
arithmetic). In the modern flat world, the
Three Rs simply arent enough. If todays
students want to compete in this global society,
however, they must also be proficient
communicators, creators, critical thinkers, and
collaborators (the Four Cs).
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Employabilitythe struggle is real!
Today, people can expect to have many jobs in
multiple fields during their careers. The
average person born in the latter years of the
baby boom held 11 jobs between the ages of 18 and
44, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. This means students need to be
prepared to be highly adaptable rather than
merely specialized.
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What can be done?
Arne Duncan secretary of department of education
I want to develop a system of evaluation that
draws on meaningful observations and input from
teachers peers, as well as a sophisticated
assessment that measures individual student
growth, creativity, and critical thinking. We
are doing this here at the Bridge via The Quest!
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The prediction
The new social contract is different only
people who have the knowledge and skills to
negotiate constant change and reinvent themselves
for new situations will succeed.
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Quest Themes
9th Grade   Finding Your Passion 10th Grade
 Identifying a Problem Possible
Solutions  11th Grade Choosing a Viable
Solution  12th Grade  Getting Involved 
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Attendance Late work

• You are responsible for all material presented in
  class
• It is your responsibility to ask for missing
  assignments and/or to visit www.nbechsquest.weebly
  .com to download missing assignments. Due dates
  are listed on the website.
• Late work will not be accepted. All assignments
  are due at the beginning of the class period. It
  is your responsibility to print materials or have
  assignments ready before the class period begins.
  
• If you have a serious extenuating circumstance,
  speak with your coach as soon as possible.
  Waiting until the class period when something is
  due is not acceptable.

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Evaluation

• This course is a credit/no credit class and all
  work must be completed satisfactorily to receive
  credit. Failure to submit assignments on time
  that do not meet expectations may put students at
  risk from graduating from NBECHS.
• Collaborative groups must earn 850/1000 points to
  fulfill The Quest graduation requirement.

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Academic Integrity

• Students are expected to work together to
  research and present their chosen projects by the
  end of the school year.
• The work that each group submits must be their
  own. Since this is a research project, any
  information that students did not know prior to
  starting their project must be properly cited
  using MLA format.

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10th Grade 1st Place 2014
"My Name is Two-Faced" (From left to right)
Tabetha Tusant, Vanessa Armenta, Renee Gallardo,
Daniela Ramirez, and Vanessa Le.
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10th Grade 2nd Place 2014
"Agriculture Efficiency" (From left to right)
Brandon Munoz, Cameron Hill, Jordan Grossa, and
Daniel Martinez.
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10th Grade 3rd Place 2014
 "Autistic Life After School" (From left to
right) Cynthia Martinez, Jenna Howell, Dylan
Thompson, and Emma Cordova.
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11th Grade 1st Place 2014
"Racial Discrimination" (From left to right)
Felipe Vazquez, Diana Barajas, and Paulina
Hernandez. Not pictured Samantha Segura.
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11th Grade 2nd Place 2014
"The Effect of Technology" (From left to right)
Berlin Lopez, Collin Fulcher, Maureen Dixson,
Jessica Marie-Mariano, and Veronica Rios.
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11th Grade 3rd Place 2014
"HIV AIDS" Ericka Flores, Carolina Acevedo,
Martha Calderon, and Denise Landeros.
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12th Grade 1st Place 2014
"Nuview Mentor Program" (From left to right)
Aries Lopez, Alexis Tafolla, Ivonne Morales, and
Ra'Jhon Sykes. These seniors noticed a need for a
mentoring program at Mountain Shadows and began
the program in April.
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12th Grade 2nd Place 2014
"Helping the Homeless" (From left to right)
Charlene Howell, Lauren Peter, and Christy Mc
Allister. These seniors noticed a need in Perris
and surrounding areas and prepared and delivered
care packages to homeless people.
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12th Grade 3rd Place 2014
"Change in Melody (From left to right) Gabriel
Garcia and Wes Smith. These seniors wanted to
tackled the negative impact of modern music on
youth and society. They were responsible for the
The Bridge's first anti-prom "MORP" (that's prom
spelled backwards).