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 […]
Month: March 2019
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 […]
A bill preventing plastic waste – Olivia D. & Sherlyn P.
Project by: Olivia DeTraglia (9th Grade), Sherlyn Pesantez (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Peter Heinz Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Joy and Kelly Update: Throughout the process of our project, we did a lot of research that taught us about reasons that laws work specifically for climate change and plastic use. More specifically, we discussed how when you by […]
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 […]
An architectural study focused on connected homes – Zane W.
Project by: Zane Walker (9th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Joy I really like architecture and I felt that attention to design can help people live better happier lives. I also really wanted to become better at the basics of architecture, like drawing and ideas about architectural form. I wanted to create spaces […]
Mischief Tattoos: A documentary – Cassia S.
Project by: Cassia Soodak (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Stephen MacGillivray Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peter H During the 1st trimester, I was in nonfiction filmmaking with Stephen. In this class, we were told to create a 3-4 minute documentary. I quickly fell in love with documentary film making and wanted to create a film on tattoos. I […]
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 […]
Real-Time Real Estate – Jaquelin A. & Jonathan H.
Project by: Jaquelin Adler (11th Grade), Jonathan Hodge (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Shafeiq Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Advisor for Jaquie: Shafeiq Advisor for Jonathan: Arturo We both had an interest in finding out what the real estate industry is really like. By immersing ourselves in this independent work, our goal was to finish the project with a […]
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 […]
The Brown Bomber: A Collection of Poems – Aidhan A.
Project by: Aidhan Farley Astrachan (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Calvin Walds Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Michele Blackwell I enjoyed reading Joe Louis, the Great Black Hope, by Richard Bak for my history class. For the class, we had to write an outline of 10 songs leading to a musical about the person’s life. For this Honors project, […]
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, […]
High ExpectAsians Google Site – Dakota L. & Sophie R.
Project by: Sophie Reif (11th Grade), Dakota Law (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Preethi Thomas-McKnight and Joy Piedmont Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Karyn (Sophie) and Catherine (Dakota) The goal of our project was to create a working Google Site in which we compile information on Asian-American/Asian activists who had an effect on America. We wanted to pursue this […]
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 […]
Encouraging Athleticism in Middle school Girls – Ruby H.
Project by: Ruby Hutchins (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Luis Hernandez Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Preethi Thomas-McKnight I’ve been playing basketball for a while and one of the things I remember from when I was in fifth and sixth grade, playing on the LREI intramural team, was how playing was sometimes difficult because it was Coed. The boys […]
The Perception of Fashion in New York City – Jemma F. & Emily F.
Project by: Jemma Fox (9th Grade), Emily Familetti (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Stephen MacGillivray Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jemma – Joy and Emily- Pat Our plan was to make a documentary about the question: How does fashion affect people’s perception of others in our city, and how do stereotypes apply to gendered clothing? We interviewed our peers, […]
Learning how to use a film camera – Ruthanne S.
Project by: Ruthanne Staskowski (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Susan Now Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kara Luce After taking Susan’s class I knew that photography was something that I was interested in and wanted to be able to explore more. Shortly after I finished taking her class, I found an old film camera that used to be my […]
Instrumental Jazz Combo – Marlo H., Elijah M. & Milei S.
Project by: Marlo Hulnick (9th Grade), Milei Sagawa (9th Grade), Elijah Meltzer (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Mr. D. Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly, Pat, and Daniel. Project Description We will continue on our plan to play and practice jazz songs and perform at a coffeehouse. We are excited to advance our knowledge about jazz and improve at […]
Creating a Comic Book – Lindsay O.
Project by: Lindsay O’Brien (10th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jane Belton In Trimester 2 I was able to begin the process of creating a comic book, a much more in-depth process then I thought it would be. I realized that I wouldn’t be able to get anywhere near to finishing the project, […]
Gene Therapy – Elisabeth S. & Skyler P-S
Project by: Elisabeth Seiple (11th Grade), Skyler Pierce-Scher (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Daniel Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shafeiq and Arturo We wanted to learn about what gene therapy is, the research being conducted about it, and the different diseases currently being treated with it. We wanted to take this project on because we both have interest in […]
Book Study: East of Eden – Layne F. & Bay D.
Reflection: While reading the book we began to realize that we were often returning to the same questions of how do we balance an appreciation for the text with it’s at times blatant moments of misogyny and racism. After discussion the themes of the East of Eden, some that we understood to be intentional and […]
Creating a Clothing Line – Isabella M. & Jack H.
Project by: Isabella Marcellino (10th Grade), Jack Hillyer (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Jessica Prohias Gardiner Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jessica Prohias Gardiner, Ann Carroll Visit us on Instagram: Visit our online store: 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? […]
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 […]
Large Format Film Photography Uncommon Places- George B.
Project by: George Nicholas Boulukos (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Susan Now Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Ann Carrol For this honors project I hoped to learn about how to improve my skills in large format photography. I want to expand my skills in all forms of film photography while also being able to learn about how to capture […]
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 […]
How the Brain Remembers? – Nika M. & Sophie K.
Project by: Nika Marohnic (11th Grade), Sophie Kielian (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Daniel Li Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shafeiq, Peggy During the 2nd trimester, we did extensive research about the anatomy of the brain, specifically, how the brain processes information and memories. We learned how to create a scientific experiment by defining variables and ensuring that the […]
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. […]
Should college athletes be paid? – Jack S.
Project by: Jack Schnall (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Jessica Prohias Gardiner Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jessica Prohias Gardiner My goal was to make a short movie with clips of interviews of people talking on the subject of whether college athletes should be paid. I set out to explain these views and my own opinion that they shoudl […]
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 […]
Cross-Genre: Exploration of Voice – Cosima D.
Project by: Cosima Dovan (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Calvin Walds Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Ann Carroll I’ve always enjoyed the nature of personal short stories and have grown a craving to write some of my own. In this project I intended to write a collection of short stories that explored my own variety of perspectives and selves, […]
Documentation and Forensic Analysis of Crime Scenes – Olivia R.
Project by: Olivia Roederer (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Sarvjit Moonga Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peggy The project I proposed was a project centered around forensics and the investigative process. I created my own crime scene that incorporated many forensic components we learned in class. There is a lot that goes behind a crime and for those who […]
