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 […]
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Equity and Access to Physics – Dakota L. & Layne F.
Project by: Dakota Law (11th Grade), Layne Friedman (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Catherine (Dakota) and Arturo (Layne) We began our project not knowing how we would find data that could help us understand access to physics education in New York City. However, it didn’t take us long to find the New York […]
How Presidents Influence Journalism – Layne F.
Project by: Layne Friedman (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Charlene Cruz-Cerdas Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Arturo Acevedo For my project, I ended up focusing on three presidents and their relationships to the press: Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. I looked at how each administration managed and worked with the press. I then concluded by doing analysis on […]
Momentum and Projectile Motion: An Expansion – Dakota and Layne
In this honors project, we (Layne and Dakota) decided to expand our knowledge of projectile motion and momentum that we had started in Kelly’s physics class. We met twice a week (Tuesday mornings at 7:30 and Fridays during lunch) and conducted two experiments, one for projectile motion and one for momentum. At the beginning of this […]
Women’s Roles in Orthodox Judaism – Molly V. and Layne F.
Project by: Molly and Layne (10th Grade) Faculty Advisor: Karyn Silverman After interviewing 9 women with the goal of better understanding women of Orthodox Judaism we have written a paper covering our findings, process and concluding ideas. Here are some photos from one step of the organizing of our information:
