Project by: Natalie Goncher (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Tom Murphy Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Tom Murphy Please write a description of the project you are proposing. Why do you want to take this on, and what do you hope to learn? I’ve always been interested in psychology and economics, which is why I decided to take a […]
Month: January 2019
Investigating Light & Thermodynamics – Natalie G.
Project by: Natalie Goncher (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Preethi McKnight Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Preethi McKnight Throughout 11th grade, and going into the first Trimester of 12th grade, I have investigated and experimented with Modern Physics. I have read through the majority of Glencoe Science “Physics Principles and Problems” textbook as a framework for the topics I […]
Child Development and Inequality within Children’s Literature – Michelle M.
Project by: Michelle Mardones (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Charlene and Alexis Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Arturo ================================================== TRIMESTER 1 Project Update: T1: Research on Children’s Literature and Formalizing a Psychological Approach On studying the impact literature has on children, I first started by writing a literature review where I closely examined where it is that […]
Portraits – Louisa V.
Project by: Louisa Viemeister (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Susan Now Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Sarvjit Moonga The past 4 years I have been taking photos of everyone in my grade every year. Over the last trimester, I have continued to digitize my film photos from 9th and 10th grade. I have also completed the portraits of my grade for […]
The Caribbean Dream – Emma B. & Ronaldo T.
Project by: Emma Brunner (9th Grade), Ronaldo Tineo (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Charlene Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Charlene We want to create a short film about the lives of our immigrant Caribbean families and their struggles in their native countries, and in the United States of America. As children, we have heard stories of the struggles and […]
Issues in Interwar Europe – Henry P.
Project by: Henry Pomerance (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Michel de Konkoly Thege Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jacqueline Baker It was a pleasure to work with Michel on this honors project. When I conceived of this project, I wanted to deepen my understanding of the interwar period in Europe, and I certainly accomplished this. The project consisted of […]
Charlie Chaplin Study and Film – Ben W-A & Ruby W.
Project by: Benjamin Winokur-Applebaum (9th Grade), Ruby Wexler (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Stephen Macgillivray Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Joy and James For our honors project we watched a variety of Charlie Chaplin films and analyzed what made him the greatest actor of his time and one of the greatest of all time. After watching these films, we […]
Koding with Kelly (Girls Who Code) – Anna F. & Grace B.
Project by: Anna Faulkner (11th Grade), Grace Burns (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peter Heinz and Patrick Higgiston Context: Anna and I were interested in learning about the world of code because we were intrigued by the way the simple machines in our lives function. We researched coding websites to find the […]
Music Discovery Podcast – Gus G. and Dominic D.
Project by: Gus Green (11th Grade), Dominic DiGesu (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Joy Piedmont Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peter Heinz, Arturo Acevedo Reflection: Music Discovery Podcast We did a series of three podcasts exploring different genres of music. The format for the podcast is presenting three songs to each other and discussing them. Our ideal audience is […]
The Cultural History of Ballet – Sophie S.F.
Project by: Sophie Stomberg-Firestein (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Peggy Peloquin Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peggy Peloquin Although I have been dancing ballet since the age of 3, I recently realized how little I knew about the history and origins of ballet. This Honors Project has helped me gain a better understanding of ballet’s complex history, influence and […]
The Science of Sleep – Ruby H.
Project by: Ruby Hutchins (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Pat Higgiston Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Preethi Thomas-McKnight I was interested in leading this as an X-Block, but it got canceled and I still felt very interested in this subject. A lot of my friends talk about not getting enough sleep. Some only sleep 5 hours a night. I’ve […]
Monologue Study – Aidhan A.
Project by: Aidhan Farley Astrachan (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Meghan Farley Astrachan Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Michele Blackwell After studying several monologues, I chose to focus on two very distinct pieces, one classic, and one modern that hasn’t even been published yet. I performed the Cassius monologue for the school’s Shakespeare Competition. I had the opportunity to […]
Mid 19th- 20th Century German History Timeline – Olivia C.
Project by: Olivia Cueto (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Peter Heinz Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Frank Portella For this project, I set out to create a German History timeline that included major events from the 19th to 20th centuries. I focused on the political, social and economic events which shaped the German society in important ways. My goal […]
AJCS Treat business plan in action – Stella P.
Project by: Stella Propp (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Jessica Prohias Gardiner Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jessica Prohias Gardiner For my T1 honors project, I created a 9-page business paper (see T1 update be about my business that I started, AJCS Treats. This trimester, I want to put my plan into action… Campaigning on social media, incorporating my […]
Comparative Religions – Molly V., Elisabeth S & Bay D.
Project by: Molly Voit (11th Grade), Elisabeth Seiple (11th Grade), Bay Dotson (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Peter Heinz Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Karyn Silverman, Jacqueline Baker, Shafeiq Bakish We read a number of key religious texts along with “World’s Religions” by Huston Smith. We discussed what constitutes a world religion, and the belief systems and cultures they […]
Learning Italian – Ruthanne S. & Nina G.
Project by: Ruthanne Staskowski (10th Grade), Nina Gerzema (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Jess Prohias-Gardiner Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kara Luce, Jess Prohias-Gardiner For this project, we set out to learn the basics of Italian because we were interested in learning another language. We thought it would be useful when traveling in an Italian speaking country, or just […]
Staten Island: Off The Beaten Path – Gwen R.
Project by: Gwen Raffo (10th Grade), (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Ann Carroll Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jess Prohias-Gardiner In this project, looked into the hidden gems of Staten Island. I researched the history of several lesser-known places and traveled to them and documented the adventures. My goal was to create a guide to Staten Island for those […]
Prosthetic Limbs – Olivia D.
Project by: Olivia DeTraglia (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly O’Shea For my honors project, I designed a prosthetic finger on online CAD software and 3D printed it and created a functioning joint system. During middle school, I started my designs for a finger, but the joints didn’t work as well as […]
Analyzing DNA and Determining Genetic Connections – Jaquelin A.
Project by: Jaquelin Adler (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Daniel Li Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shafeiq For this project, I wanted to further expand my knowledge about how DNA sequencing works. I wanted to better understand my own DNA, my birth mother’s DNA, and my adoptive mother’s DNA and compare the genetic similarities and difference. What we did […]
Circe Magazine – Isabelle M., Hannah B. & Clara R.
Project by: Isabelle Mercado (12th Grade), Hannah Bernstein (12th Grade), Clara Rosarius (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Allison Isbell Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Allison Isbell Over the course of developing Circe Magazine, we’ve designed a functioning website, collected and curated content and are now in the beginning stages of building and managing a social media presence. The first […]
Equity and Access to Physics – Dakota L. & Layne F.
Project by: Dakota Law (11th Grade), Layne Friedman (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Catherine (Dakota) and Arturo (Layne) We began our project not knowing how we would find data that could help us understand access to physics education in New York City. However, it didn’t take us long to find the New York […]
Feminist Literature and How it Applies to Us – Zoe K. & Margaret M.
Project by: Zoe Karp (9th Grade), Margaret MacGillivray (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Jane Belton Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Zoe – Kelly O’Shea and Margaret – Charlene Cruz-Cerdas Over the course of our time at LREI, we’ve both been very interested in feminism and the ways it presents itself in our lives and our school. For this project, […]
Live-Action Animated Short Film – Nathan S., Amouri E. & Lorenzo P.
Project by: Nate Simon (11th Grade), Amouri Edwards (11th Grade), Lorenzo Perlmutter (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Stephen MacGillivray Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Catherine (Jessica), Peter, Karyn PROJECT UPDATE: While we didn’t accomplish everything that we had planned to (there were many scheduling issues and just finding the time to shoot was difficult, especially considering homework and out […]
