This space is an online learning community that our seniors use to document the process of and reflection on their Senior Projects. Posts can be viewed by individual students to[…]
CR4 – Connecting to Outside Sources
Going into this project, I was inspired mainly by two sources – Tame Impala, and then a synth company called Make Noise. The Tame Impala influence was because he’s an[…]
CR 6
Dominic DiGesu 5/22/20 Critical Reflection #6: Final Reflection Over the last 6 weeks, I have been focused on making music. The goal was to tell a compelling narrative/story through music[…]
CR6 – Final Reflection
After reaching the end of my senior project experience six weeks after it began, things look different on the other side than I might have expected. For starters, I think[…]
CR3 – Reflect On Your Essential Question
Now that I’m three weeks into the senior project experience, some things I’ve noticed are: Scheduling my time is TOUGH I’ve been writing music a bit different than usual …Singing[…]
Concrete Monsters: The Beauty of Brutalism – Tibeau Ferguson – PDF
Tibeau Ferguson Concrete Monsters: The Beauty of Brutalism Brutalism is an architectural style created right after the second world war. It comes from the word ‘Béton brut’, in French this[…]
An Exercise in Storytelling– Hanna Provost and Anna Mueller
Artist’s Statements: We agreed to take on the challenge of collaboration and cooperation, in order to bring our Senior Project idea to life. Throughout the duration of our project, Hanna[…]
Olivia CR #6
Since the Covid-19 epidemic and Stay at Home orders has affected your original plan for your Senior Project Experience, please reflect on your current essential question. Some general helpful prompts[…]
Hanna Provost– Final CR
How has your essential question changed throughout the 6 weeks? What did you expect to learn and how does that compare to what you did learn? How do you anticipate[…]
Nika’s CR #6
My essential question is what practices are in places at a successful workplace? I wanted to work in a professional environment to see how a company functioned. I was also[…]
Nellie: CR6
Critical Reflection #6: Did you meet your goal(s) for Senior Project? Explain in detail. When I was in the planning phase for my senior project my goals were very different[…]
Sophie R – last update
During the six weeks, I used many sources for the learning aspect of my project. I spent a lot of time working on online programs but I also used many[…]
Last Blog Post
This is the second song I wrote and it’s supposed to be about going away to college and leaving friendships and high school behind without really saying goodbye. Leave Me[…]
French Song
I started out this project thinking I would write all my songs in english but having been quarantined in a house with only my french-speaking family, I wanted to include[…]
CR #6
What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? My essential question has changed a lot throughout the 6 weeks because I’ve realized the process of writing[…]
Critical Reflection 6
–> Critical Reflection #6 Assignment: Final Reflection [CR6] This reflection is an in-depth look back at the past 6 weeks in particular, but can also address aspects of Senior Project[…]
CR #5
What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? I have discovered that I start getting lazy and procrastinating as soon as I start to lose confidence[…]
CR #4
What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? I’ve been reading my book and listening to a few podcast episodes from a series called Song Exploder.[…]
CR #3
What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? I am 3 weeks into my senior project experience and feel like I’ve already learned so much more[…]
Deconstructing a song
One main exercise I did with my guitar and music teacher was to deconstruct a song I already liked and putting it together to Geta. better idea of the format.[…]
Recording
Recording is something that made me very nervous because it meant no more editing the song, no more fixing up the lyrics or adding minor changes and learning to be[…]
Blog Post 7
4/28 My visitors/“victims” are a group of college students, led by the impeccable Dani, whose family owns the house. I’m naming Dani after the main character in Ari Aster’s Midsommar,[…]
Blog Post 8
4/30 I’m newly interested in a gender aspect I haven’t considered: the dichotomy of the character’s quiet brutality with how she conducts herself. I wrote Dani to be near-perfect to[…]
Critical Reflection 3
–> Critical Reflection #3 Assignment: Now that you’re three weeks (half way) into your senior project experience, are you answering your essential question? (CR3) — Writing on your essential question:[…]
Critical Reflection 4
–> Critical Reflection #4 Assignment: Connect to outside sources (article/book/podcast/ted talk/blog/website/etc) [CR4] This is a Text investigation. Consider your essential question in the context of the 2 outside sources you[…]
Nellie- Week 6: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
This week I have really cracked down on the Othello scene. It is probably the most fun scene that I am currently working on. There is so much to work[…]
Nellie: CR5
Critical Reflection #5: Metacognition Throughout this process I haven’t learned much about myself because I feel like everyone’s process is completely different right now due to the strange circumstances. I[…]
Nellie- Week 5: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
I think I have finally reached the point in the senior project experience where I am able to enjoy the work I’m doing. For example, the scene Landline, which is[…]
Nellie: CR4
Critical Reflection #4: Connect to Outside Sources I had spent a huge portion of my senior project reading plays, but I was still concerned about how the final product of[…]
CR #6 Pandemic Painting and Pondering — Wriley Hodge
CR #6 My original essential question was what stories do the people, plants, and animals of Ditmas Park have to tell? In the end however, it turned into something[…]
CR 5
Dominic DiGesu 5/13/20 Critical Reflection #5: Metacognition My senior project is about making music. Although I didn’t realize when I started, the process I followed is the cycle of[…]
CR 4
Dominic DiGesu 5/6/20 Critical Reflection #4:Connect to outside sources (article/book/podcast/ted talk/blog/website/etc) My senior project is about making music. My essential question is how can I tell a compelling narrative/tell[…]
CR 3
Dominic DiGesu 4/29/20 Critical Reflection #3: Now that you’re three weeks (half way) into your senior project experience, are you answering your essential question? My senior project is about[…]
CR 2
Dominic DiGesu 4/22/20 Critical Reflection #2: Write about a single experience or moment, and ask: how does this moment, experience, or encounter relate to my essential question? My senior[…]
Critical Refection 6: Final Reflection
Jacob McKinnon CR6 EQ:What steps can I take to perfect my craft, so that I can become a better player and pursue my passion of playing basketball at the professional[…]
Nellie- Week 4: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
As the Theatre club continues I am running into new challenges every class. Mostly I am missing the convenience of communication. Normally, during the first few weeks of the Spring[…]
Nellie: CR3
Critical Reflection #3: Reflect on your Essential Question My question is “How can we engage in Theatre while social distancing”. Before we had to social distance my essential question was[…]
Nellie- Week 3: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
This week we finally started the Theatre club. It was a lot more nerve-wracking then I thought it was going to be. I have directed before and being in person[…]
Nellie: CR2
Critical Reflection #3: Describe a moment and Analyze it When I started my project I was extremely nervous about working with Theatre over the computer and I am still nervous[…]
CR6
Throughout my senior project experience, I found myself returning to my initial question as well as my inspiration and intent for this project. chose to build a bass using nonelectric[…]
CR 5
My essential question for my experience building a bass is does using hand tools and traditional woodworking methods to make a bass create a strong artistic connection between me and[…]
Nellie- Week 2, Post 2: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
While working on the art portion of my senior project I realized that I had hit a wall in my work. I had run out of ideas for Love’s Labors[…]
Week 6
On the last official week of the senior project, I got very close to finishing the bass but plan to finish it in the coming week before the presentation. At[…]
cr 6
My essential question was really just a starting point in the world of sustainable food and cooking. I think this was an important element of my senior project but the[…]
Week 6 post 1
I culminated my senior project experience with the creation of my mother’s birthday cake. The cake captured many different aspects of my project in one dish. I used foraged lemongrass[…]
CR 5
I have learned a lot about myself as a person and as a learner this week and in the last five weeks. The more time I spent working on my[…]
Week 5
At the beginning of this week, I made a major mistake, I needed to thin down the headstock enough so the tuners would fit all the way through. Instead of[…]
Ian Reyes Critical Reflection 6
Essential Question: How can reverse engineering help me better understand the way certain electronics work? My original question was how does reverse engineering help me better understand the way[…]
Critical Reflection #6 – Amouri Edwards
For my senior project I looked into the questions How does street art impact NYC, from its culture to its residents as well as How I can further my animation[…]
Critical Reflection #6: Final Reflection – Tibeau Ferguson
At the start of this journey, I wanted to be able to take interesting photos of brutalist buildings. I didn’t really know why I wanted to, it just came to[…]
Peter Mamaev critical reflection #6
While I sought to avoid this topic as much as possible, unfortunately I must admit that my project was certainly somewhat affected by COVID-19. As Zack Quaintance, my last interview[…]