Project by: Olivia DeTraglia (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Ann Carroll Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly O’Shea Description of the Project: For this project, I want to do an in-depth look at the 8th Amendment, specifically the “excessive bail” section. And move to focus on cash bail and how it’s used in the justice system. I have learned […]
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An Exploration of Throwing Clay
Project by: Olivia DeTraglia (11th Grade), Ely Silverman (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Shauna Finn Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly O’Shea and Shauna Finn Description of the Project: Throughout this project, we will continue practicing throwing clay on the wheel and researching different methods that are used. We hope to learn more techniques and improve our throwing skills. […]
Designing and Producing Adaptable Doorknob Handles
Project by: Olivia DeTraglia (10th through 11th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly O’Shea Description of the Project: Over the summer (2019), I worked with a school for differently-abled students and spent some time in the classrooms and got to know the students and the ways that they struggled in a world that […]
Researching and Building the Cavendish Gravitational Constant Experiment
Project by: Emma Diamond (11th Grade), Olivia DeTraglia (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Shauna Finn, Kelly O’shea Description of the Project: In this project, we researched the Cavendish experiment and eventually recreated it. We learned more about the original purpose of the Cavendish experiment (Gravitational Constant) and how to set up and […]
Underground Economies (Gang Leader for a Day Exploration)
Project by: Olivia DeTraglia (11th Grade) Project Advisor: Michel de Konkoly Thege Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly O’Shea Description of the Project: I began this project thinking about prison abolition and redesigning the justice system. My focus shifted toward looking at underground economies and the communities that are impacted by them. I read and analyzed the book […]
Xenophobia and the Coronavirus
Project by: Olivia DeTraglia (10th Grade), Ely Silverman (10th Grade) Project Advisor: Charlene Cruz-Cerdas Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly O’Shea and Shauna Finn Description of Project: Our project focuses on coronavirus (COVID-19), the xenophobia that has arisen from this outbreak, and the historical origins of xenophobia in other epidemics. We investigated this topic because of the many […]
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 […]
Prosthetic Limbs – Olivia D.
Project by: Olivia DeTraglia (9th Grade) Project Advisor: Kelly O’Shea Student(s)’s Advisor(s): Kelly O’Shea For my honors project, I designed a prosthetic finger on online CAD software and 3D printed it and created a functioning joint system. During middle school, I started my designs for a finger, but the joints didn’t work as well as […]
