## Mission Statement

WISE Services, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, helps participating high schools develop a program that gives seniors of all ability levels the opportunity to design individualized, passion-driven projects that empower a transition from high school to college, work and lifelong learning. In a WISE program:

> - Students engage in individualized, passion-driven experiential learning;
> - Parents, teachers, students, administrators, business, labor and social agency leaders collaborate, plan, implement and assess the program based on local needs;
> - All students have equal access to participation;
> - Schools offer academic credit for experiential learning as an integral component of the curriculum;
> - Schools foster an environment of mutual support, exchange and collaboration;
> - The family of diverse participating schools collaborates to enable each program to remain unique, dynamic and responsive to change.

The WISE “Capstone” experience fulfills the 21st Century need for personalization, equity, multiculturalism, intergenerational understanding and coping skills in education.