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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[…]
Henry Boone – Critical Reflection #6
Looking back on these 6 weeks, I can really appreciate what Senior Project has done for me. Before I began this project, I was just a picky kid that has[…]
Sara Brodsky- Walking, City Lights, & Tree Spirits
Walking, City Lights, & Tree Spirits My name is Sara and my senior project is Walking, City Lights, and Tree Spirits. Having been raised among the greenery of DC, I[…]
Cosima Dovan – Cosima’s Inferno: Mixed Media Projects Inspired by Dante’s Inferno
Artist Statement: “In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to / myself in a dark wood, for the straight way was lost.” I first read those[…]
Critical Reflection #6
Our main question for this project was: What determines if a site is preserved and how do preserved vs unpreserved areas change over time? The interactive map we’ve created shows[…]
NYC with Lily and Acadia
Lily: My name is Lily Parks and I am a senior at LREI in downtown Manhattan. I was raised in Rowayton, CT until I was seven years old. Growing up[…]
New York History: A Photographic Narrative by Keira Embler and Alexa Moskowitz
Directions: Read Artist Statement for information about the project and short biographical information about the presenters Scroll down to the map, expand it by clicking on the top right corner[…]
Sara Brodsky – Critical Reflection 5
Critical Reflection 5 Metacognition: What have you discovered about your process, your habits? Now, what do you know you don’t know? Circle back to your essential question. I have[…]
Sara Brodsky – Critical Reflection 4
Critical Reflection 4 Connect to outside sources (article/book/podcast/ted talk/blog/website/etc) This is a Text investigation. Consider your essential question in the context of at least two outside sources you have identified that connect[…]
Sara Brodsky – Critical Reflection 3
Critical Reflection 3 Now that you’re three weeks (half way) into your senior project experience, are you answering your essential question? How are you exploring your essential question; is it[…]
Sara Brodsky – Critical Reflection 2
Critical Reflection 2 Directions: describe a moment and analyze: “Write about a single experience or moment, and ask: how does this moment, experience, or encounter relate to my essential question?”[…]
Sara Brodsky – Critical Reflection 1
Assignment: As Confucius said “True wisdom is knowing what you don’t know” and Socrates said “Wisdom is knowing what you don’t know.” This assignment is asking for the story of your[…]
Jews, Food and History – Max Abrahams
Jews, Food and History
Progress Update Week 6 (Updated bi-weekly)
On Monday I helped my uncle with his strawberry research. We harvested all the strawberries from each plot, then weighed and averaged the berries to determine productiveness, and then we[…]
Progress Update Week 5 (Updated bi-weekly)
This week I worked on setting up drip tube irrigation and deer fence. This protects the newly planted cucumbers and squash and gets them watered into the soil well. I[…]
Dana Katz- Project Update 4
Update 1: I realized that I did not correctly insert many of the Shopify stores. Hence I spent a lot of time re-doing the addresses. This was very tedious but[…]
CR #5 – Georgina Barnhill
What have you discovered about your process, your habits? I discovered that it’s hard to form fully fledged essays. That part takes time and editing and a lot more attention[…]
CR #4 – Georgina Barnhill
Connect to outside sources (article/book/podcast/ted talk/blog/website/etc) This is a Text investigation. Consider your essential question in the context of at least two outside sources you have identified that connect to[…]
Clare Cunningham – Critical Reflection #6
I think I’ve done a good job with my project overall. While it was definitely harder than I thought it would be to stay focused on the work I had[…]
CR #6
This reflection (a double-length reflection) is an in-depth look back at the past 6 weeks in particular, but can also address aspects of Senior Project that took place before the[…]
Critical Reflection #5
I have discovered that deadlines really help me get work done. I have also discovered that when I’m really interested in what I’m doing and when I’m enjoying it time[…]
Critical Reflection #4 – Clare Cunningham
During my project, I read the books Jane Eyre and Song of Achilles. Both of these books are love stories. While reading, I gained insight into the deeply complex emotions[…]
Josh Sapira – Critical Reflection #6
My essential question has not changed at all throughout my project. I think because I have already spent a significant amount of time studying the topic, I knew exactly what[…]
Caleb Kohn-Blank – Critical Reflection #6
Over the past 7 weeks (including week 0), I’ve been working in various ways on a board game in an effort to answer my essential question: what is the relationship[…]
CR #5 -Yannik F.
Metacognition: What have you discovered about your process, your habits? Now, what do you know you don’t know? Circle back to your essential question. As I’ve learned about the[…]
CR #4 -Yannik F.
Connect to outside sources (article/book/podcast/ted talk/blog/website/etc) This is a Text investigation. Consider your essential question in the context of at least two outside sources you have identified that connect to[…]
CR #2 – Yannik F.
Describe a moment and analyze: “Write about a single experience or moment, and ask: how does this moment, experience, or encounter relate to my essential question?” At the start[…]
CR #1 – Yannik F.
Assignment: As Confucius said “True wisdom is knowing what you don’t know” and Socrates said “Wisdom is knowing what you don’t know.” This assignment is asking for the story of[…]
Natalie Peña – Critical Reflection #6
Looking back on my Essential Question, I would say I was able to answer it. My question was a good frame for my Senior Project, and I was able to[…]
Pearl Mcaninch – Critical Reflection #6
How can I tell my story through creating music? Sub Questions: How can I grow as a musician by better understanding music composition? How can I develop my own voice[…]
Jack Trowbridge – Week 6 Journal
Monday, May 17 (4:52 hours logged today) I spent all of my time today working on my sixth Critical Reflection. You can read it here. Tuesday, May 18 (5:00[…]
Zander Lu-Critical Reflection #6
“there is not always, all things considered, a best thing to do.”-Kwame Anthony Appiah Revisiting my essential question, I’ve realized how broad I made my project. I don’t know how[…]
CR 6
Take a look back at your essential question. Did you answer it? Do you think that question was a good frame for your Senior Project? If not, how would[…]
Luc Dunlop CR #6
Throughout the senior project process, I learned that it is okay to make adjustments and reinvestigate what drives the project. When the project began, I had an entirely different idea[…]
CR 5
Metacognition: What have you discovered about your process, your habits? Now, what do you know you don’t know? Circle back to your essential question. I think that over the course[…]
CR 4
Connect to outside sources (article/book/podcast/ted talk/blog/website/etc) This is a Text investigation. Consider your essential question in the context of at least two outside sources you have identified that connect to your essential[…]
CR 3
How are you exploring your essential question; is it different from what you expected? If you don’t feel like you’re answering your essential question, what is happening that’s different from[…]
Gwen Raffo – Week 6 Journal
5/19/21 – Today I had the live event with Judaline Cassidy, and it was great! I was really nervous for this one because Judaline is a really amazing speaker, a[…]
cr week 5 – sofia giglio
I have discovered a lot about myself through this project. I have learned that it is very difficult for me to continuously sew and work on something for so long.[…]
week 6 update 1
I met with Assyrian chef Benita Kasbo who owns the middle eastern cheese company Kasbo’s Market.
Week 5 update 2
I went to Kalustyan’s as well as Indian groceries around India town (20s on the east side). I went there to get ingredients for Coconut Ladoo. Using dried shredded coconut,[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #6
I believe my essential question, wondering “what … I, as a future architecture student, [can] take away from this [Senior] Project that will inform me in my future studies,” has,[…]
Caroline M – documentation
This week I also visited Hess’ Triangle and Ken Hiratsuka’s Sidewalk Carving at the northwest corner of Broadway and Prince Street. The Hess Triangle is a triangular tile mosaic set[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 6 Documentation #1
So far, I have continued to work on the assignment that I began during week 5. Completing this assignment has taken much longer than anticipated, therefore our professor, Mr. Carr,[…]
Critical Reflection 6
What growth or understanding did you experience through the Senior Project? How has the experience changed you, or your concept of yourself? Consider skills, attitudes, habits, resources, capabilities,, etc. Are[…]
CR #5 – Luke
CR 5 What have you discovered about your process, your habits? I’ve learned that in my process when I slow down and step back a bit the product is far[…]
Rei Weintraub- Documentation Week 6 (Post #1)
5/18/21 I recently have mainly been studying for my EMT final exam. When beginning my EMT class, I had no idea how much information I would be getting tested on.[…]
Documentation Week 5 #1
https://earth.google.com/earth/d/1rG1SZhKQqBFqjAoVS5yN8DM4hbAqO93E?usp=sharing This is a general mapping of my project.
Solomon Karpati Critical Reflection #6
During the past six weeks I have learned a lot that I didn’t think I would know by the end of this process. For one my process became less about[…]
CR #6 – Ruthanne
This reflection (a double-length reflection) is an in-depth look back at the past 6 weeks in particular, but can also address aspects of the Senior Project that took place before[…]
Spencer Rosenblum-Critical Reflection #6
I think that one of the big things that happened during my senior project was a sort of deviation from the initial path I had developed. Initially, I wanted my[…]
Nina Gerzema – Critical Reflection #6
Essential Question: How can what older generations connected to the LREI community have experienced help younger generations navigate such trying times full of teen angst and growing up in the[…]
Gwen Raffo – Critical Reflection #6
This is a double-length reflection Please see the attached document: Senior Project 2021 Final Critical Reflection Prompts. This reflection is an in-depth look back at the past 6 weeks in[…]
Critical Reflection #6 – Cole Dorsey
How has your essential question changed throughout the 6 weeks? My initial essential question was, “How can learning through different mediums, like hands-on settings with others or individualized learning done[…]
Malia Sardinha – Critical Reflection #6
What did you expect to learn and how does that compare to what you did learn? I expected to learn about specific steadfast rules that made something authentic. While doing[…]
Final Reflection: Critical Reflection #6 – Annabelle Hatsav
I feel that I answered both of my essential questions about improving my baking skills and about food accessibility. These questions were a great frame for my senior project and[…]
Critical Reflection #6
Take a look back at your essential question. Did you answer it? Do you think that question was a good frame for your Senior Project? If not, how would you[…]
week 5 update 1
Forgot to post earlier, But I met with Nancy Hsu, we talked about what it was like growing up Chinese American in NYC + meaningful Chinese dishes from her childhood.
Week 4 update 2
Forgot to post this earlier. This is called zhīma qiú in Mandarin: 芝麻球. And Jin Dui in Cantonese. It’s made out of glutinous rice flour, azuke bean paste, and sesame[…]
Jack Trowbridge – Critical Reflection #6
See this document for prompts. Current Essential Question: How can I use my knowledge of American civics/politics/law to inspire others to be more informed voters? These past six weeks[…]
Caroline M – documentation
This week I visited St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral and an interesting sculpture door at 102 Greene street. St. Patrick’s Cathedral was built over 200 years ago on the corner of[…]
DanaK- CR 3
Now that you’re three weeks (half way) into your senior project experience, are you answering your essential question? How are you exploring your essential question; is it different from what[…]
Dana Katz- CR 2
Describe a moment and analyze: “Write about a single experience or moment, and ask: how does this moment, experience, or encounter relate to my essential question?” You can also compare it[…]
Cate Woolsey – 2 Week 6 Reflections
This week I spent most of my time painting. I mainly focused on working on my pieces inspired by “At the Seaside” and “Three Graces.” One thing that was challenging[…]
Caroline M – CR #5
Metacognition: What have you discovered about your process, your habits? Now, what do you know you don’t know? Circle back to your essential question. Throughout my experience so far, I[…]
Jack H – Critical Reflection #6
How do you anticipate this experience changing you or affecting you going forward? As a result of this senior project, I have been able to dedicate a large amount[…]
Critical reflection #6- Ana Ziebarth
Take a look back at your essential question. Did you answer it? Do you think that question was a good frame for your Senior Project? If not, how would you[…]
Critical Reflection #6: Olivia Cueto
Final Reflection: This is a double-length reflection Please see the attached document: Senior Project 2021 Final Critical Reflection Prompts. This reflection is an in-depth look back at the past 6[…]
Cayla Robbins- CR#6
This is a double-length reflection Please see the attached document: Senior Project 2021 Final Critical Reflection Prompts. This reflection is an in-depth look back at the past 6 weeks in particular,[…]
Max A. – Critical Reflection 6
Take a look back at your essential question. Did you answer it? Do you think that question was a good frame for your Senior Project? If not, how would you[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #5
I have very much appreciated Mark’s comments questioning how I can incorporate my own personal form of artistic expression into my designs, many of which have strict, exact guidelines. During[…]
Lindsay O’Brien – Critical Reflection #6
(1) Take a look back at your essential question. Did you answer it? Do you think that question was a good frame for your Senior Project? If not, how would[…]
Elias Kassel-Venetis CR#6
My essential question was How can I learn about Tradition and my Heritage Through cooking. Originally, I had no idea how I was going to answer this question. I knew[…]
Documentation Week 6 #1
After this morning’s meeting with Arian Ghousi, I realized I hadn’t done much thinking about how the clock can fit into my design, and instead I’ve been sort of treating[…]
CR 5
I learned through this process that it is helpful for me to set a time to wake up and get started on work. I try and make a schedule for[…]
week 5 pt 2 – Interview with John Patrick sofia giglio
Interviewing John Patrick – a sustainable fashion brand You seem to have gotten into fashion sustainability very early on, your website talks about questioning sustainability in the early 90s, what[…]
Critical Reflection 6
How has your essential question changed throughout the 6 weeks? Throughout the past month and a half, I have been working hard to successfully complete my job of initially making[…]
Stella Propp- Critical Reflection #6
This reflection (a double-length reflection) is an in-depth look back at the past 6 weeks in particular, but can also address aspects of Senior Project that took place before the[…]
Mika’s Critical Reflection #6
Take a look back at your essential question. Did you answer it? Do you think that question was a good frame for your Senior Project? If not, how would you[…]
Stella Propp- Journal Week 5
The beginning half of my week was dedicated to the continuation of my meetings on zoom with different entrepreneurs. I had such a wonderful time getting to know a little[…]
Zander Lu-Critical Reflection #5
“a value is like a fax machine: it’s not much use if you’re the only one who has one.” -Kwame Anthony Appiah This week I finished reading my outside materials,[…]
CR # 6 – Rosina Kling
Before beginning this project I had little to no insight on what it meant to study philosophy through a creative lens. The areas of philosophy I first looked into brought[…]
Sarah Katz CR 5
Metacognition: What have you discovered about your process, your habits? Now, what do you know you don’t know? Circle back to your essential question. At the beginning of the project,[…]
Cate Woolsey – Critical Reflection #6
Final Reflection: Looking back at my essential question (how do I use historical pieces of art with newer forms of art/pop culture in order to reflect a more culturally relevant[…]
Documentation Week 4 #2
Initial brainstorm sketch from a while ago.
Documentation Week 4 #1
Reading Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space by Jan Gehl has been transformative in how I see my project and how I view public space. One of the main points[…]
Rei Weintraub- Critical Reflection #6
My initial essential question was, Why is it that some people have almost unlimited medical care when others have none? Although this question still applies to my research, I have[…]
Rei Weintraub- Week 5 Documentation (Post #2)
5/14/21 During colonial times, medical and experimental exploitation of enslaved people mirrored the social and economic abuses that they were forced into at the time. All of the[…]
Rei Weintraub- Week 5 Documentation (Post #1)
5/10/21 Today I did some general research on medical inequalities in colonial times. It really made me realize how interconnected health care can be with all aspects of human[…]
Weekly Reflection for 5/10
This week I just thought I would give a very straightforward, barebones look at my day-to-day life onboard Intrepid and what I thought of the experience. Most days I wake[…]
Critical Reflection #5
Since starting this process, I have discovered that I work well with Alexa and when I set goals for myself. If I give myself specific tasks for the time that[…]
Ruby Hutchins – Documentation Post: Week 5 #2
During the second part of this week, we had a new set of five chicks born. There was a humidity issue which meant it was much harder for the chicks[…]
Ruby Hutchins – Documentation Post: Week 5 # 1
During the first part of this week, I was able to document a lot of new animals, as well as the recovery of a few animals that have been at[…]
Ruby Hutchins – Critical Reflection #6
My Essential Questions: How does treatment differ for different types of animals, wild and domestic, and how do you learn what types of treatment techniques are best? How can shadowing[…]
Caleb Kohn-Blank – Critical Reflection #5
I think I’ve learned a lot about my work habits through this project. One thing I’ve discovered is my own schedule that works best for me. While I usually feel[…]
Jack Trowbridge – Week 5 Journal
Monday, May 10 (6:00 hours logged today) This morning, I taught my new and improved gerrymandering lesson to one of Ann’s 10th Grade History sections! I had spent the weekend[…]