The Secrets of Canarsie – Dana K.

Project by: Dana Katz (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Heather Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Ann Caroll Final Update:  I have been working on my project The Secrets of Canaraise for most of the year. The project involves WWII survivors. Since 7th grade I have been helping out with JCC of Canarsie, working with Holocaust survivors. I have a […]

Python Coding – Anna F.

Project by: Anna Faulkner (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peter Hienz I began learning on one track of lesson plans but about halfway through I came to the conclusion that it was moving too fast for me and I wasn’t quite sure what was going on. At this point I shifted to […]

Numerology – Mary Catherine F.

Project by: Mary Catherine FitzGerald (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Jacqueline Baker Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jacqueline Baker My goal for this Honor’s Project was to challenge my ideas on what Numerology is and how it can help my understanding of other people. During the past two trimesters, I have been learning about the basics of numerology and […]

Exploring Art Mediums – Natalie P.

Project by: Natalie Peña (10th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Preethi This trimester, I spent my time focusing on two paintings: a still life, and a portrait. Painting the still life was a very long, tedious process that ended with an acrylic painting of a banana, book, piece of paper, jug, jar, and […]

Multi-Media Art – Jane O.

Project by: Jane Olsen (11th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Catherine Zhong I carried this project out over the three trimesters. I first took photos that explored the personality of each subject through color and setting included, and then researched and planned how I found it best fitting to layer on top of […]

Sports Podcasting – Jared S. & Cameron K.

Project by: Cameron Krakowiak (11th Grade), Jared Sage (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Joy Piedmont Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Karyn, Jonathan Jared and I finished our goal for Trimester 3, creating 8 30-minute podcasts and finally being able to have our podcasts featured on Apple and Soundcloud. Click  here to listen.   ===================================================================== Reflecting on trimester 2: We […]

How the Allies won WW2 – Spencer R.

Project by: Spencer Rosenblum (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Tom Murphy Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kara Luce For this project, I wanted to explore at how the Allies were able to win WW2. My goal was to look beyond the traditional explanations and get “under the skin” of an everyday soldier to better understand what made them tick, […]

Writing a Play – Navah G.

Project by: Navah Goldblum (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Meghan Astrachan Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Preethi Thomas-McKnight Based on one of the scenes I wrote during my Trimester 1 drama class, I wanted to write a play. I wanted to learn more about my passion for acting and writing and possibly about directing. I have always enjoyed acting […]

Exploring the Molecular Makeup of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – Alex P.

Project by: Alessandro Pearlroth (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Alexis Khan and Daniel Li Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Karyn Silverman As someone who has always had an interest in psychology, learning more about obsessive-compulsive disorder, something I was diagnosed with at the age of 16, seemed like an excellent opportunity to broaden my knowledge of psychology and learn […]

Composition Skills – Molly V.

Project by: Molly Voit (11th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jacqueline Baker Trimester 3 Reflection: Continuing my honors project into third trimester, I felt like I had more compositional tools to create interesting art. The first assignment I did third trimester was about incorporating text in an image while using the elements I […]

Lovecraft in NYC – Peter M.

Project by: Peter Mamaev (11th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peter Heinz My project was strongly inspired by Frank Portella’s Weird Literature class that I took in the previous trimester, in particular, a story we read called “The Festival,” a scene from which involved an inconspicuous town shedding their human masks and revealing […]

Learning C++ – Oliver E.

Project by: Oliver Eig (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Jacob Farkas Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Daniel Li In this project, my goal was to learn the fundamentals of the C++ programming language using the book called Programming Principles and Practice Using C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup. Through this I would like to become proficient enough to work inside of […]

My Jazz Song – Annabelle H.

Project by: Annabelle Hatsav (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Nick Wight Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Preethi Thomas-McKnight 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 had jazz and blues class with Nick and I really enjoyed it. I hope to […]

Feature Length Screenplay – Nate S.

Project by: Nate Simon (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Stephen MacGillivray Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Catherine/Jessica My goal was to write a feature-length script based on an idea that I had. I wanted to take on this honors project because I write a lot of scripts, but I never outline and don’t begin writing with a solid outline. […]

The Waste Land – Foster H.

Project by: Foster Hudson (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Ileana Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peggy Ileana and I have now finished our work on “The Waste Land,” though I’m sure both of us would agree that our work with this poem is never truly over. The scope of “The Waste Land,” both in content and in themes, is […]

Acting Study – Alex S.

Project by: Alex Sawyer (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Joan Jubett Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Joy Piedmont During Trimester 2, I read monologues and plays and eventually chose a piece to perform. During the third trimester are worked on performing the monologue. I chose this honors project because I love acting. I have learned a lot about acting […]