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Viewing Information for Senior Project Evening

Senior Project Evening will be presented through Zoom.
If you don’t have the Zoom client, you have the option to join the webinar and presentation room through a web browser.

Tips for Best Viewing Experience:

  • Enter Zoom room with video off and your audio on mute
  • During presentations and the panel discussion, please keep your audio and video off
  • Set your Zoom window to “Speaker View” (in the video settings your can also select “hide non-video participants) — this will guarantee the best view of the seniors
  • As presenters share their stories or as you visit the galleries, you may have questions! Please submit those to the presentation room moderator via the Zoom chat function and they will be included in the panel.

Senior Project Evening 2021 Program

6:30 PM: Welcome

Principals Allison Isbell and Margaret Paul

6:45 PM: Presentations & Panels

Presentations and panels are expected to run approximately 80 minutes with a 15 minute break. Panels will include both presenters and gallerists and will include time for audience questions. Presenters are listed in the order in which they will speak.

Room 1: Advisor & Moderator Ann Carroll
Presenters: Isabella Marcellino, Dana Katz, Sadye Rabhan, Dylan Winter, Jack Trowbridge†
Gallerists: Max Abrahams, George Boulukos, Cosima Dovan, Isabella Marcellino, Charlie Thackway

Room 2: Advisor & Moderator Frank Portella
Presenters: Ana Ziebarth, Victor Schwartz, Olivia Cueto
Gallerists: Clare Cunningham, Yannik Finkelstein, Solomon Karpati, Marcus Moise

Room 3: Advisor & Moderator Jane Belton
Presenters: Ajahni Jackson, Sarah Katz, Dylan Zajac, Emmett Adjmi*, Lindsay O’Brien, Caleb Kohn-Blank, Tristan Blazer, Rei Weintraub
Gallerists: Caleb Kohn-Blank, Keira Embler, Lia Perry Wiggins

Room 4: Advisor & Moderator Jessica Prohías Gardiner
Presenters: Jack Hillyer, Stella Propp, Jack Anderson, Sofia Giglio, Gwen Raffo†, Josh Sapira, Jack Schnall, Melissa Toledo, Nina Gerzema
Gallerists: William Connelly, Nina Gerzema, Jack Hillyer, Alexa Moskowitz

Room 5: Advisor & Moderator Kara Luce
Presenters: Georgina Barnhill, Spencer Rosenblum, Zander Lu†, Luke Cameron*
Gallerists: Henry Boone, Sara Brodsky, Mika Foguel, Acadia Schimmel, Kate Startsev, Ruthanne Staskowski

Room 6: Advisor & Moderator Karyn Silverman
Presenters: Olivia Barrera, Elias Kassel-Venetis, Cole Dorsey, Navah Goldblum, Annabelle Hatsav, Ruby Hutchins, Natalie Peña, Malia Sardinha† 
Gallerists: Luc Dunlop, Annabelle Hatsav, Alexa Kennedy, Lily Parks, Natalie Peña

Room 7: Advisor Michele Blackwell; Moderator Manjula Nair
Presenters: Aidhan Farley Astrachan, Ethan Oliver, Lulu Fleming-Benite
Gallerists: Julien Goldberg, Rosina Kling, Caroline Maltz, Pearl McAninch, Lucas Ritchie-Schatz, Cayla Robbins, Cate Woolsey

* Prerecorded presentation

† Supplemental gallery material available

Seniors & Project Titles

   * = Gallery
† = Supplemental Materials
†† = Paired Project

Acadia Schimmel * †† ……………….. NYC with Lily and Acadia
Aidhan Farley Astrachan …………. Athletes Achieving Peak Performance
Ajahni Jackson …………………………. Experience to Educate, Educate to Inspire
Alexa Kennedy * ……………………….. Exploring My Personal History Through Comics
Alexa Moskowitz * †† ………………… New York History: A Photographic Narrative
Ana Ziebarth …………………………….. Psychological Profiling & Criminal Behavior
Annabelle Hatsav * …………………… Happiness within Baking and Combating Food Insecurity
Caleb Kohn-Blank * ………………….. Designing and Creating Engaging Games
Caroline Maltz * ………………………… Through a Different Lens: NYC Hidden Gems
Cate Woolsey * ………………………….. Pastiches of Famous Paintings
Cayla Robbins * ………………………… Interpreting Dreams and Portraying them Through Art
Charlie Thackway * ………………….. Seeing Sound
Clare Cunningham * ………………… On Love
Cole Dorsey ………………………………. Learning How To Learn
Cosima Dovan * ………………………… Cosima’s Inferno: Mixed Media Projects Inspired by Dante’s Inferno
Dana Katz …………………………………. A Dive into Marketing
Dylan Winter ……………………………. Working in EMS Full Time
Dylan Zajac ………………………………. Computers 4 People
Elias Kassel-Venetis ………………… My Grandmother’s Recipes
Emmett Adjmi …………………………. ReWorked
Ethan Oliver …………………………….. Program Director at Computers 4 People
George Boulukos * …………………… 30 Museums in 30 Days
Georgina Barnhill ……………………. Writing with Terry Tempest Williams
Gwen Raffo †  ……………………………. High School Girl Scout Resources
Henry Boone * ………………………….. High Protein, Mediterranean and Whole30: A Senior Project Cookbook
Isabella Marcellino * ……………….. Studying Architecture in a Virtual World
Jack Anderson ………………………….. Psychology and Me
Jack Hillyer * ……………………………. Learning Music Production
Jack Schnall ……………………………… Extreme Sports & Sport Psychology
Jack Trowbridge * † …………………. Educating Future Voters
Josh Sapira ………………………………. A Dive Into Sports Analytics
Julien Goldberg * ……………………… Making Music and Mixing with ProTools
Kate Startsev * ………………………….. Designing Public Spaces
Keira Embler * †† ……………………… New York History: A Photographic Narrative
Lia Perry Wiggins * ………………….. Returning to the Basics
Lily Parks * †† …………………………… NYC with Lily and Acadia
Lindsay O’Brien ……………………….. Studying Childhood Development in Theory and Practice
Luc Dunlop * …………………………….. The Untold Part of Basketball
Lucas Ritchie-Shatz * ………………. Down the Rabbit Hole
Luke Cameron …………………………. Surfboard Design
Lulu Fleming-Benite ……………….. Do You Really Think What You Think You Think? Translating an Entry-Level Philosophical Text from French to English
Malia Sardinha  ………………………. Exploring the Meaning of Authenticity through Chinese and Indian Food
Marcus Moise * …………………………… The Essence of Rap
Max Abrahams * ………………………. Jews, Food, and History
Melissa Toledo * ………………………. Transition to High School
Mika Foguel * ……………………………. Finding my Artistic Identity in Dance and Theatre
Natalie Peña * …………………………… Exploring the World of Publishing
Navah Goldblum ………………………. Behavioral Econ!
Nina Gerzema * ………………………… StoryTime amongst Generations
Olivia Barrera …………………………… Film Studies
Olivia Cueto ………………………………. Through the Eyes of Veterans
Pearl McAninch * ……………………… Finding My Voice Through Song
Rei Weintraub ………………………….. Debunking the Medical Field
Rosina Kling * …………………………… An Exploration of the Philosophies of Art and Beauty through Photography
Ruby Hutchins …………………………. Supporting Animal Health and Wellness
Ruthanne Staskowski * ……………. Documenting Ranch Life
Sadye Rabhan * ………………………… Now//With, The Future of Entertainment
Sara Brodsky* …………………………. Walking, City lights & Tree Spirits
Sarah Katz ………………………………… Improving Sports Performance
Sofia Giglio ……………………………….. Sustainable Fashion
Solomon Karpati* ……………………. Contemporary Landscape Painting
Spencer Rosenblum …………………. Aerospace: The History and the Engineering Behind Making People Fly
Stella Propp ………………………………. Aiding the Equestrian Community with Entrepreneurship
Tristan Blazer …………………………… Stats and Skill
Victor Schwartz ………………………… Improving LREI Athletics
William Connelly * …………………… The Life of a Farmer
Yannik Finkelstein * ………………… Learning Photography
Zander Lu  ………………………………. Contemporary Ethics and Morality

Galleries and Exhibition

There will be an opportunity to view these on the night of the event. However, we encourage you to visit them prior to the event to engage fully with the work and recommend visiting the galleries again after Senior Project Evening to examine the supplemental galleries as well as work from students you did not hear from.

Acadia Schimmel – NYC with Acadia and Lily

Acadia Schimmel – NYC with Acadia and Lily

Alexa Kennedy – Exploring my Personal History through Comics

Alexa Kennedy – Exploring my Personal History through Comics

Alexa Moskowitz – New York History: A Photographic Narrative

Alexa Moskowitz – New York History: A Photographic Narrative

Annabelle Hatsav – Happiness Within Baking and Combating Food Insecurity

Annabelle Hatsav – Happiness Within Baking and Combating Food Insecurity

Caleb Kohn-Blank – Designing and Creating Engaging Games

Caleb Kohn-Blank – Designing and Creating Engaging Games

Caroline Maltz – Through A Different Lens: NYC Hidden Gems

Caroline Maltz – Through A Different Lens: NYC Hidden Gems

Cate Woolsey – Pastiches of Famous Paintings

Cate Woolsey – Pastiches of Famous Paintings

Cayla Robbins – Interpreting Dreams and Portraying Them Through Art

Cayla Robbins – Interpreting Dreams and Portraying Them Through Art

Charlie Thackway – Seeing Sound

Charlie Thackway – Seeing Sound

Clare Cunningham – On Love

Clare Cunningham – On Love

Cosima Dovan – Cosima’s Inferno: Mixed Media Projects Inspired by Dante’s Inferno

Cosima Dovan – Cosima’s Inferno: Mixed Media Projects Inspired by Dante’s Inferno

George Boulukos – 30 Museums in 30 Days

George Boulukos – 30 Museums in 30 Days

Henry Boone – Weightlifting, Mediterranean, Whole30: A Senior Project Cookbook

Henry Boone – Weightlifting, Mediterranean, Whole30: A Senior Project Cookbook

Isabella Marcellino – Studying Architecture in a Virtual World

Isabella Marcellino – Studying Architecture in a Virtual World

Jack Hillyer – Learning Music Production

Jack Hillyer – Learning Music Production

Julien Goldberg – Making Music and Mixing With ProTools

Julien Goldberg – Making Music and Mixing With ProTools

Kate Startsev – Designing Public Spaces

Kate Startsev – Designing Public Spaces

Keira Embler – New York History: A Photographic Narrative

Keira Embler – New York History: A Photographic Narrative

Lia Perry Wiggins- The Basics

Lia Perry Wiggins- The Basics

Lily Parks – NYC with Acadia and Lily

Lily Parks – NYC with Acadia and Lily

Lucas Ritchie-Shatz – Down the Rabbit Hole

Lucas Ritchie-Shatz – Down the Rabbit Hole

Luc Dunlop – The Untold Part of Basketball

Luc Dunlop – The Untold Part of Basketball

Max Abrahams – Jews, Food and Family

Max Abrahams – Jews, Food and Family

Marcus Moise – The Essence of Rap

Marcus Moise – The Essence of Rap

Natalie Peña – Exploring the World of Publishing

Natalie Peña – Exploring the World of Publishing

Nina Gerzema – StoryTime Amongst Generations

Nina Gerzema – StoryTime Amongst Generations

Pearl McAninch – Finding My Voice Through Song

Pearl McAninch – Finding My Voice Through Song

Rosina J. Kling – An Exploration and Reflection of Philosophies of Art and Beauty

Rosina J. Kling – An Exploration and Reflection of Philosophies of Art and Beauty

Ruthanne Staskowski – Documenting Ranch Life

Ruthanne Staskowski – Documenting Ranch Life

Sara Brodsky – Walking, City Lights, & Tree Spirits

Sara Brodsky – Walking, City Lights, & Tree Spirits

Solomon Karpati – Contemporary Landscape Painting

Solomon Karpati – Contemporary Landscape Painting

William Connelly – The Life of a Farmer

William Connelly – The Life of a Farmer

Yannik Finkelstein  – Learning Photography

Yannik Finkelstein – Learning Photography

Archive of Supplemental Materials

The items below include supplemental materials from students who will also be presenting tonight; this material is probably best explored after listening to the student’s presentation.