The Liminal Zone: End-of-School-Year Activities That Aren’t Just Busywork

You've made it to the final two weeks. But if you teach AP, IB, or any high-stakes course, your students are already done with the real work. So what do you actually do with them now? In this episode, Leah Cleary introduces the concept of the "liminal zone" -- that in-between space where the course is finished but school isn't -- and considers what meaningful end-of-year activities actually need to accomplish. She shares the options she's weighing for her own classroom, the hidden cost of one popular post-AP project that most teachers don't think about, and why her favorite end-of-year tradition got taken away this year. Plus, a free resource in the show notes that reframes what it means to exist between worlds. Check that out at leahcleary.com. If you're searching for end-of-year projects for high school that aren't just busywork, this one's for you.