On May 23, 2016, KQED’s education blog, MindShift, featured Envision Senior Spencer Gowin giving his College Success Portfolio Defense in a Facebook Live event!  The real time excitement of watching Spencer demonstrate why he’s ready for college this fall was tremendous.  Thank you to everyone who watched live, cheered Spencer on, and celebrated when his defense panel announced that he had passed with distinction!

If you missed it, don’t worry: it will be archived on the MindShift Facebook page and you can head over there and watch anytime by clicking the photo or the link above.

Spencer’s presentation is a great example of the Envision Portfolio Defense model in action.  In a defense, students must show that they have mastered academic content, learned core academic competencies (like inquiry and research), and acquired key leadership skills (like communication and collaboration).  In Spencer’s case, he did so with flying colors and now gets to get ready to walk across the stage at graduation and head to UC Berkeley in the fall!  Congratulations Spencer!