Project by: Cole Dorsey (10th Grade), Charlie Thackway (10th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Preethi, Ann TRIMESTER 2 PROJECT UPDATE: In trimester 2 we decided on a brand name and drafted a couple potential logos. The process of coming up with a name was an extremely long one. We drafted nearly two pages […]
Month: April 2019
Narrative Portraits
Project by: Onaje Grant-Simmonds (11th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jacqueline Baker Through painting the three portraits I have made thus far, I have improved a lot on my technical and conceptual skills. While painting Jacob, I learned the value in painting holistically—covering the whole surface with even a messy, transparent layer of […]
Creative Writing
Project by: Georgina Barnhill (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Candace Cunard Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kara Luce TRIMESTER 2 PROJECT UPDATE In this honors project I wanted explore the genre of creative writing and write poetry, short stories, personal essays and drama. I love writing, but a lot of the time in school we have few chances to […]
A New Yorker’s Naturalist Journal
Project by: Wriley W Hodge (11th Grade) Project Advisor: James french Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Peggy While sauntering through the Natural History Museum, I realized that I wanted to make an almost textbook or naturalist journal in which I drew most of the skeletons and taxidermy in the Museum and also some of the ‘backyard wildlife’ I […]
Custom Quadcopters and how to build them – Tristan B.
Project by: Tristan Blazer (10th Grade) Project Advisor: to be determined Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jane Belton I am looking to build a quadcopter (drone) using parts sourced online. In addition to building the drone I want to document my process through video and photography. I want to take this on because it seems like a good […]
Woodworking – Emma S.
Project by: Emma Singleton (12th Grade) Project Advisor: James French Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Stephen MacGivallry Over the course of trimesters 1 and 2, I studied woodworking. I learned all about the techniques and tools used in this art form. I hoped to learn the basics of whittling and woodworking. I’m not sure why, but this skill […]
The Science of Baseball – Henry P. & Cameron K.
Project by: Henry Pomerance (11th Grade), Cameron Krakowiak (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Preethi Thomas-McKnight Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jacqueline Baker, Karen Silverman Throughout our trimester we did our work in the Science of Baseball Honors Project Folder on Drive. Here is the link. Today, we played Loyola in our states game and here are some of the […]
Game Theory – Josh S.
Project by: Josh Sapira (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Jess Prohias Gardiner Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jess Prohias Gardiner In this project, I set out to explore game theory. Initially, I did in-depth research until I felt I understood enough game theory to then apply those principles into a game that I created (at this point I’m thinking […]
