Project by: Jack Trowbridge (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Nick Wight Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Ann Carroll Description of the Project: For this project, I played guitar in the “pit band” for LREI’s production of “Footloose.” To prepare, I studied 5-6 songs from a book of sheet music, focusing on accurately reading melodies and refining my picking technique. […]
Month: March 2020
NYC & Quarantine Photography
Project by: Emma Diamond (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Susan Now Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shauna Finn Final Product (e.g., documents, images, video, audio, poster, display, etc.): These are some of my favorite pictures from the 3rd trimester. Update on Progress from Weeks 1-3 (include any photos or video if relevant): During the first few weeks of my […]
Learning Python
Project by: Emma Diamond (10th Grade), Margaret MacGillivray (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shauna Finn and Charlene Cruz-Cerdas Description of the Project: Final Product (e.g., documents, images, video, audio, poster, display, etc.): Final Reflection on Learning: Emma: I learned a lot throughout this project. I learned how to do basic coding in […]
Keyboard Part for Musical
Project by: Elijah Meltzer (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Nick Wight Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Daniel Li Final Reflection on Learning: Over the course of the trimester I’ve been working on the keyboard part to the Musical “Footloose.” For me, this was a completely different type of playing piano than I had ever done before. I’ve always played […]
Creating a Good News Newsletter for HS Students
Project by: Ruby Hutchins (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Ann Carroll Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Preethi Thomas Mcknight Description of the Project: I’m creating a Good News Newsletter where I’ll include only good/positive news articles and send them to the student body. While the pandemic is dominating every single news source and is either indirectly or directly in […]
Basic App Development
Project by: Samuel Beacher (9th Grade), Charlie Cloud (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Joy Piedmont Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Sergei Mikhelson, Sandra Ramirez Description of the Project: Learning how to use swift and working on creating a quiz app called Quizzle. Final Reflection on Learning: We don’t know if we will continue this next year yet, but we […]
Discussions on the Political Arena: A Political Podcast
Project by: Joshua Sapira (11th Grade), Cole Dorsey (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Ann Carroll Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jess Prohias Gardiner, Preethi Thomas-McKnight Description of the Project: In this project, we recorded 20-25 minutes political podcasts in order to spread political awareness and keep listeners informed. Final Reflection on Learning: Josh: Cole and I have always been […]
Baseball Through Data
Project by: Joshua Sapira (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Jacqueline Baker Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jess Prohias Gardiner Description of the Project: In this project, I coded a program that suggests a pitch for a pitcher to throw based on a number of factors including the batter’s history against certain pitches, the pitcher’s arsenal, the count, the occupation […]
Electricity and Magnetism
Project by: Max Zinman (12th Grade) Project Advisor: Preethi Thomas-McKnight Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shafeiq Baksh Description of the Project: ====== Trimester 2 Update We have been working further with electricity this trimester, particularly in the realm of electric potential, electric potential energy, and circuits. I have been understanding circuits and circuit diagrams fairly easily, and have […]
Learning Differences/Disabilities at LREI
Project by: Jack Anderson (11th Grade), Jack Hillyer (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Jess Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jess Description of the Project: Jack A: Creating a pamphlet for the high school teachers on the most common learning disabilities/differences in their current classrooms with descriptions and tips that will help these students succeed. I will use information from […]
How Online Learning Supports Early Childhood Students During the Quarantine – Zoe K. and Marlo H.
Project by: Zoe Karp (10th Grade), Marlo Hulnick (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly O’Shea Description of the Project: We’ve decided to adapt our project to fit the current circumstances of online learning. At first, we were going to attempt to help out Beth’s 4s classroom, assist, and observe how the students […]
Basic Study of Neuroscience & Drug Effects on the Central Nervous System
Project by: Farin Weinger (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Daniel Li Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Jessica Tan Description of the Project: This project began in the second trimester during which I explored basic concepts in neuroscience. You can view the learnings from that project here. This trimester, I set out to focus on the specifics of how the […]
