Project by: Ricky Castillo (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Charlene Cruz-Cerdas Student(s)’s Advisor(s): James French Description of the Project: I am proposing a second part to the honors project I conducted in Trimester 2 where I examined the effect of an outside influence on the learning of high school students at LREI. To narrow down my […]
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Student Engagement and Motivation
Project by: Ricky Castillo (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Charlene Cruz-Cerdas Student(s)’s Advisor(s): James French Description of the Project: The project I am proposing initially focused on the question: Does out-of-school influences (family SES, neighborhood safety/crime, poverty [free/reduced lunch], family involvement, the availability and quality of child care, violence in student’s life, students expectations/motivation/engagement, physical and […]
How do young people form their Racial Identity?
Project by: Ricky Castillo (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Charlene Cruz-Cerdas Student’s Advisor: James French Description of the Project: The project I am proposing is one that deals with exploring the idea of identity. This project will look at the components that make human beings who they are. I will be exploring how the environment a […]
Social Media’s Effect on Mental Health in the US
Project by: Ricky Castillo (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Charlene Cruz-Cerdas Student(s)’s Advisor(s): James French Description of the Project: The project I am working on is an in-depth exploration of teenagers’ mental health and how social media impacts it. I want to look more closely at depression and other mental health-related statistics since the iPhone was […]
Analyzing Raquel Rivera’s Writing
Project by: Ricky Castillo (10th Grade), Z Fluger (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Calvin W. Student(s)’s Advisor(s): James French, Pat Higgiston 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? After reading “Sometimes America” by Raquel Salas Rivera I found […]
