A project involving thirty-nine eleventh grade students was undertaken at a senior high school to plan and initiate a community-based action learning program to provide students with a meaningful cooperative school-community work learning experience. Specific curriculum requirements were met through a combination of independent study, interdisciplinary study, or traditional classroom study, and students were evaluated twice during the eighteen-week semester on the accomplishment of objectives established by the student, advisor, and field site representative. Twelve project outcomes indicated that the program has become an alternative to the traditional school: Students' attitudes toward school became more positive; results in the Vocational Maturity Inventory Scale indicated increased career awareness; field site sponsors and parents sent numerous data to verify students' increased self-esteem and confidence; and plans have been established to develop many of the outcomes into a model for a community-based learning program. (The appendix, comprising one-half of the report, includes an application form; placement and sponsor's participant agreement forms; a typical field site resume; seminar objectives; curriculum objectives for English, social studies, and physical education; evaluation data results; and program and student evaluation questionnaires.) (EM)