Alum Mentors for Senior Projects Needed

Oakwood launched its Senior Project program last May, which offered seniors the opportunity to spend the last two to three weeks of the year completing a mini-internship or undertaking a passion project instead of attending normal classes. The Senior Project is meant to be a capstone to the student’s high school experience and to propel them into the greater world.

All Senior Projects are completed under the supervision of an adult mentor, who assists the student during their “apprenticeship” and verifies that they uphold their commitments and responsibilities. During the inaugural year of Senior Projects, Oakwood alumnus Bobak Bagheri '16 served as one of those mentors, taking on senior Lazar Cankovic for a brief internship at Sakuu.

"Lazar spent his time at Sakuu working on project management as well as with our data engineering team to start building out a full database. Lazar was a great addition to the team for his short time with us, where he enthusiastically worked with our process engineering and manufacturing teams to move things forward. In fact, Lazar's work laid the foundation for our now fully-functioning database tool, used daily by our battery and materials engineers. We loved having him at Sakuu and hope he learned some useful lessons while with us."

If you would be interested in mentoring a current Oakwood student for their Senior Project, please contact Isaac Berniker, High School Head and Principal.