Autumn Richardson's Capstone

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Entering Science Leadership Academy at Beeber in ninth grade was a start of a chapter in my life. In this chapter were laughter, blood, sweat, tears, contentment, and happiness. I am sad to say that this chapter is coming to an end, but before it ends we are given the opportunity to apply what we learned at SLA@Beeber by doing the Capstone Project. At first I didn't know what to do. I changed my Capstone topic three times before coming choosing my topic. My Capstone Project is about stress and how it affects one's mind. I chose stress because it played a major role in my four years of high school; especially during the college process.

     To prevent stress for the "soon to be seniors" I presented a powerpoint on "What You Need To Know To Succeed In Your Senior Year". In this presentation, I covered everything from the application process to senioritis. I covered many topics that will come up in their senior year, to have them feel more prepared. I understand that my presentation will not erase all stress because SLA@Beeber has a rigorous curriculum, but I hope my advice could help them make better decisions and by better decisions have a more successful senior year.

Capstone Nursing One On One by Ashley and Jorge.

For my capstone, I wanted to create something that everyone will be able to benefit from as well as myself as this is my last year at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber. I wanted to make my mark on the school that's where my partner and I had come up the idea of creating a small workshop, during lunch that will involve STD and HIV. We also we are going to put our interview  that we took at the clinic center so we are able to show students a good a real-life example of this disease and how important public health we are also creating a website we will also present the presentation and the website to the school so we hope this answer all the questions you may have about this type of diseases. The reason for us to create a website was that we strongly felt as if nobody in this generations likes to read books anymore so we made it easier since the internet is very useful when getting information across the world. I feel as if I was able to grow as a student when creating this project this capstone as made me learn not only more about myself health but the public health as well. In fact, public health is extremely important not only does it affect our absorbent it affects our bodies as well. In this capstone, Jorge and I had come up the idea to interview a person who deals with HIV/ Aids computers on the ruler. As we asked the questions I felt as if I was able to get a better understanding of how  HIV relates to public health. Also, one thing many people may not know about HIV is if a woman had sexual intercourse with a person who has HIV and she gets pregnant that baby will be born with HIV. One important questions I felt like me and my parents kept getting asked was can it be transmitted by kissing,  touching, drinking off of that person to sum everything up the answer is no HIV can only be transmitted to a person by sexual intercourse. Overall this project had given me a different viewpoint.
link Jorge and I website: https://aarmstrong18.wixsite.com/websitecapstone

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Taryn Brown-Agnew, Lamira Jeffreys, & Emajanae Boyd

“Knowing that it has never been done before makes me want to fight even harder.” 
― Misty Copeland


The Capstone project that my two peers and I decided to complete is a dance showcase. The vision for this showcase was to be able to show the individuality of my group members to successfully create a cohesive artistic piece. Dance holds a special place in each one of our lives. 
Dancing is a unique art that only requires passion. To us dance is just not any movement put together; it's harder than many people may think. Dancing has certain moral and lessons. “ Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Pull up, turn out, head straight, toes pointed and tuck your butt”. Being a dancer takes a lot of courage. Dancers are consistently told there aren’t good enough to make it professionally or their too “thick” to be a ballerina. Dance is the best medium in which people show the world their true colors, showing their vulnerable side. When we dance, we connect with the music that affects our body, our thoughts, and the mind. We dance because there is nothing that can engage us physically, emotionally and socially. It's a journey of growth that helps us understand the world from a different perspective. 
Throughout a dance career, you get the best dancers in the world and ones who inspire you as a person. Our vision was to share our craft with others, we thought that making up an SLA dance team would help others to break out their shells and try to do something positive within our community. Within this project, we learn how to become a role model and for them to become part of a sisterhood. However, the making of this team was not the easiest task.

Aiesha Langley Capstone


For my capstone I worked with a student who has ASD. Every Thursday I would go and talk to him, play charades, draw, and even just do check ins. As time went on I started enjoying the time spent with the student so my time with him increased to twice a week. I started keeping a record of the different things I did with him and different drawings that were made. I love helping others and when I come in and help this particular student I am able to help him feel comfortable in his own community. I know how hard it is making friends and to socialize with people and that needs to be changed.

When I first met the student I actually thought it would be difficult working with him because I myself am shy even after being apart of this community for 4 years so I know how he feel for his first year. I still get shy but working with this student has been a pleasure because we both have been stepping out of our comfort zone with each other by playing charades and acting different things out with one another, by showing our art skills and even just making conversation about how our week has been. Many people don’t know what ASD is or what having autism means so here is my awareness presentation on what ASD is, effects of having ASD, different types and the relationship it has with social skills.


Brandon Miranda and Brandon James - SLA Beeber Bike and Board Capstone

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When we saw Mr. Elish working on the room Brandon and I knew immediately that we wanted to turn the room into something spectacular. We got together during the summer and decided that for our capstone we would help turn this room into a more comfortable and advance room so it looked like a legit bike workshop. Above you can see our first blueprint of how exactly we wanted the room to look like. The metal sheets were going to be the floor mats, the checkerboard wall (Mr. Elish idea) and a bike hanging from the wall. Of course we made a few adjustments to the plan. For example the metal floor mats we choose to replace with foam mats because they were cheaper and more sensible to use for the purpose we needed them for. Another adjustment we made to was the color of of paint we were gonna use. Currently we have the whole room painted white and are waiting for the floor mats to come in so we can pick them up. Instead of hanging a bike on the wall we created a banner with the bike shop logo on it to hang up. As you can also see above, the logo changed a few times as well. Eventually, we got it right and decided to go with the last logo as it showed both skateboards and bikes which is to show that both communities are accepted. We are very excited to present to you SLA Beeber's Bike and Board very soon!

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Katelynn's Senior Capstone

When you start High School you never know how your four years will be like. Some people may have good experiences and others may have bad experiences. Either way, high school will be a learning experience for everyone. I believe my four years at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber have been a roller coaster. For my Capstone project, I wanted to share my experience with the people who have impacted me the most at SLA at Beeber by creating a video. I believe making this video was the best way for me to do reminisce and reflect on the importance of what SLA has done for me and others. I wanted to focus on how things changed for me because I came into this school with a lot of confusion. I continuously asked myself, who will be my friends? How will I be academically? Will I have good relationships with my teachers? My video shows how I came to terms with all of my curiosity. I made this capstone to reflect on my four years in high school but also thank everyone. To do that, I had to put together interviews with students and teachers for people to really understand what it is like to be apart of the SLA community. In conclusion, I gathered videos and pictures of all the people who have were significant to me. The goal of creating this video was to be inspirational and for people to remember Science Leadership Academy at Beeber the way I will remember this school.


Wesley White Capstone

For this senior project, I decided to create a year-long Bible study that includes Bible devotions which viewers who are pastors, teachers, new Christians, or just ordinary people who are interested in the Bible and Christianity, can use to learn more and be encouraged. I met about 5 times with my mentor, Ms. Bentum, who helped me with ideas as to how I can set up each page to present in on the website. I also consulted my parents and youth pastor for inspiration. I learned many important topics throughout the Bible, one of which is being thankful in times of trials. The final product is the actual website, which is easy to use and can be operated by any viewer.

Senior Capstone - Santana Outlaw

​For my senior capstone, I made the decision to focus on student activism. My passion for politics has been strongly represented throughout my 4 years in SLA@Beeber, through projects, classwork assignments, and class discussions. In order to represent said passion, I decided to document student activist moments. The video is only a portion of my entire capstone, so it's shorter in length. I made the decision to give back to the school community by creating a space where political views are shared with no judgement. The name of the club is Fundamental Rights for Everyone, Everywhere (F.R.E.E.) Club. 
I created this video to show off students/teenagers that aren't just lazy kids. We sacrifice our time to give back to our communities, fight for our rights, and prioritize our lives. Students can too, be activists. In fact, society's youth often begin new trends; it's never denounced that our voices have recently had an influx of impact. Even though the word spread about my club, I feel as though this was a great opportunity to talk about the importance of student/youth involvement in politics. Too often, I've seen my peers pretend to care about an issue just for the sake of saying something. There's also the concern that it'd be overwhelming. I wanted this video to show the softer and less heated side of protests and politics-based discussions.
I hope people benefit from my efforts in the school, and that students here keep the motivation to fight.

Christopher Jones Capstone

My name is Christopher Jones and for my senior capstone, I decided to find a way in which I could reward and recognize all the hardworking student-athletes here at SLA Beeber. With that being said, alongside with my colleague and close friend Amir Lomax-Osaghae, we put together a sports award assembly; recognizing and shining light on all the student-athletes here at SLA Beeber for their hard work and sacrifices, as they proudly represented our school throughout the school year. As far as the process, when it came to organizing my capstone, we had a pretty easy time getting the assembly set up and ran due to the outstanding coaches and staff here at SLA Beeber. From this capstone, I have picked a tremendous amount of organization and leadership skills while also earning how to properly and better manage my time.


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UncleMuk: Senior Capstone 2018

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For my 2018 capstone I killed two birds with one stone, by creating my portfolio for Art School application. Using the same artwork while making more, I would put all the art In a scrapbook full of my artwork. It would essentially be artwork from 2017-2018, paintings and drawings I have worked on during and outside of school. The process wasn't meant to be long, but it was due to me having to create more paintings for my college portfolio. So I can have enough good work to get into the schools of my choice. While having more pieces for my capstone as well, the process was mostly buying art supplies, and making paintings for the past few months to complete the project. Also considering having an exclusive art show for the seniors, but I didn't generate enough pieces as I thought I would, and would only present them during my capstone presentation alongside the book. The book was made through google images, google images allows you to make scrapbooks from pictures in your library. It wasn't cheap because they charge for the amount of extra pages you get, but they still ship it to you in the mail. I titled the book 2017-2018 portfolio. 

Yahsir Carr Capstone

    For my Capstone, I wanted to create something that would last longer than few days or months. I wanted to engage a lot of people in discussion and activities that could help elevate their minds and spirits for them to share with others. For my Senior capstone I led a mentoring program for boys ages 6-18. With the help of my out of school mentor, we were able to have class sizes up to 28 children. What we did in Boys to Men was talk about different topics such as phases an early teen or a young boy may go through in this generation. We also took the group of boys to listen to motivational speeches from Travis T. Wolfe and Michael Nelson. I also coached them in a flag football tournament. During the process, at first it was hard to get them engaged in group discussions, so we started allowing for them to come to us after our sessions to propose a suggestion for the next class. After awhile, they started developing better relationships with each other and with their families. In Boys to Men, I wanted to inspire the boys to be smarter men and think about consequences before they act. Most of the children live in the Wynnefield area so my objective was to make the community better. I felt as though the best place to start was with the youth because they are the future.
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Ali Mohammed senior capstone

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The main point that each and everyone can take from my capstone project is a basic awareness understanding people who face immigration. I was in a refugee camp in Ethiopia for from June 2009 to August 2014. I lived, met, saw and experienced the life of refugees and asylum seekers. Throughout the year I tried to work something meaningless project that can provide for SLA students, teacher and community to make them aware of the reality of Eritrean Immigrants and why they are abandoning their country. It is stated that about 10% of the population living in refugees and few of them made their way to Israel, Europe, and the U.S legally or illegally. Immigration is also a big topic in U.S politics and so we can all have the awareness of the basic need of refugees who are persecuted, violated their rights by their tyrant leaders. I separated from my family which I love when I was about 11 years and headed to Ethiopia. The separation of my family has a big impact on me, and there are millions of people who are experiencing the same way as I do. The presentation of my capstone project in History class and advisory went well and received a good feedback from some students and teachers, and I am hoping to write my hole autobiography which would focus on refugees, immigration, separation, and corrupt political leaders who made the blood of people their source to rise to power. Throughout my life, I have seen people who have different personalities, attitudes, responsibilities, perceptions, and status, but very few who stood in the right position. I feel it is time to stand up and do something about that because immigration affects everyone’s life.

Jade Harris, Saphira Paul-Fils, Hadja Diallo Capstone Project

What is beauty? We based our capstone project on beauty because it is such a powerful word in today's generation. There are many definitions of beauty, but people still have the mindset that beauty is based upon physical appearance i.e. eurocentric beauty standards and not who you are as person. We wanted to give a visual representation of what beauty means. We interviewed 5 people from different countries from Science leadership Academy at Beeber to show the beauty standards around the world. We wanted to learn what the definition of beauty meant in different countries, and how people from different countries expressed beauty and what made them feel beautiful.  We came up with 5 questions about beauty to ask. These questions were, “Where are you from?, What’s your definition of beauty? What’s your countries idea of beauty? What is the difference between your country’s beauty and America’s? Which standard of beauty do you find yourself conforming to?” We then asked them to bring clothing or jewelry that defined beauty from their country. To broaden our point of view, we asked two gentlemen to give their perspective on beauty. Given the fact that beauty isn’t just within a person, it can also be a place or thing, we also explored the Art Museum of Philadelphia. Each one of the five people say the word Beauty in their language. For the final project, we created a video that we wanted to share with the world.


Senior Capstone ( Nursing )

My purpose for this project is to gain experience, become educated about what it means to be a school nurse, and to be able to possibly educate any potential students who want to be registered nurses. After my aunt passed I was ready to spread her love and care around the world to others through spirit and actions. After she passed due to Uterine Cancer, I not only wanted to learn more about the causes of Cancer and how to prevent or regulate them but I also wanted to learn more about all the different diseases the people have and how important it is to be a nurse no matter field. If I can learn how to provide my services and learn the terms and instructions that I need to, these will surely come in handy one day. I want to understand these procedures so that when I am working I am not only learning for myself I am also able to influence the lives of others who will either want to make it out this eventful time or impact the lives of others whom I am working on.

My purpose is not only gain this experience but also explain this experience to others so that they understand also why the role of a nurse is so important, if you cannot understand why the role of a registered nurse is important then you will never understand why a school nurse is significant to academic success rate in a school environment.


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Radiatou Diarra - Capstone

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For my senior capstone, I decided to do a club named African  Roots Connection because this club is create a school family for the student through learning about our African cultural roots and this club have every aspect of Africans also we had non -African student who want learn about  African Cultures. Africa is broadly divided in to five as regions but were focused on two regions the East and west African countries history and cultures. Many SLABeeber students have prejudices about life in Africa. They believe people from Africa wear long dresses and all African immigrants cover their heads.  SLABeeber students from Africa have been asked questions like “Why do you cover your head?”, “Why don’t you speak English”, “Do you wear clothes in Africa” and called names like “African Booty Scratcher” and told “Go back to Africa!” and “If you took off your hijab, you’d be pretty”. The best way to help people understand African culture is to teach them about it.   With our African Culture Club, we helped students learn about African cultural clothing and food. We planned activities like attending educational presentations and cooking African food. Our club helped students learn how to make injera, a local African flatbread. Students at SLABeeber now have a better understanding of African culture because we taught them the reasons behind the food we eat and the clothes we wear.  The club members were so surprised to learn why we cover the heads. Our club members know to understand the traditions of Africa.

Asmar Beyah - Capstone

For my capstone, I wanted to focus on African American hairstyles and hair care because of how much i care about my own hair. I wanted to make a video and inform my peers on the history of African American hairstyles and hair care. The video contains content about the struggles of “black hair”, where we get our inspiration from with our new hairstyles and products, and also how has hair and hair products evolved. I also talked about people who influenced our hair. The video is a digitized timeline where I date back information as far as the 1400s. I feel as though this is important because a lot of people in SLA@Beeber have now been taking care of their hair and it is starting to become a trend in our school. You can walk down the halls and hear females students talking about different hairstyles they want or different hair products they use. For the young men in our school, a lot of them have been brushing their hair or wearing a durag, not as a fashion statement but as a way to care for their hair. I want people to know where their hair products and hairstyles originated from. I feel as though that will make people will appreciate their hair more if they learn the information I will give them.

Khafren's Capstone Project

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The Capstone at SLA is a year long project, designed to be virtually whatever a student chooses. At the end of the year the student presents to a handful of teachers, what they’ve accomplished throughout the year. The goal of my project is to show to my audience how public transportation is a large part of city life that we take for granted, and how it allows the economy to continue to grow. I have used this hands-on internship as a way to get real world experience observing and interpreting the field of systems engineering. I was provided the opportunity to use Septa as my basis for this, as this company is accessible and fits into my intended career path. For my Capstone I decided to focus on something that I could see in my future, and that would be a stepping stone to making this thought reality. I have been interning at SEPTA since February and will continue to do so after school ends. Throughout my Capstone Presentation you will be able to see the things I learned, experienced and inquired about during my time interning.

André Thomas Capstone Project 2018

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My project was initially inspired by the wish that a family member of mine would have lived to see what I would make of my life. Obviously, as they did not this will never happen, but in a sort of “dedicated to you” project, I wanted to summarize what I've been through in high school and where I would be headed. However, that concept proved to be difficult so I only finished 2 songs that relate to that, one is still in the production phase. The 2 I've posted here are simple cuts produced and written by myself that showcase the material I will continue to make. Although 2 songs are done I will eventually complete the other 3 included in my initial goal.

The major challenges here were creating the music itself, resources aside, making even decent music is tedious and can be very frustrating so I expected that making something worthy of presentation will be about 2 times more difficult. Thankfully, I had support in the form of some out-of-school help at the Village of Arts & Humanities, as well as some minor experience crafting my own work so it kept the creative process fun and exciting even when it was frustrating.

Alyssa Straface Capstone: Webcomic

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For my Capstone, I created my own webcomic on Line WebToon. I discovered WebToon in my sophomore year of high school, and I instantly fell in love with the comic website. As I transitioned into my junior year of high school I developed bad anxiety, yet having access WebToon really helped me. Reading the comics was calming, as though I had been transported to another word, and it helped me to recover. I’ve loved drawing from a young age, and of course wanted to make my own comic. Transitioning into my senior year, I knew that making a comic would be the best Capstone for me.

My comic launched on January 23rd, and I couldn’t happier with the result. I’ve received many nice comments and fan art from my subscribers, and I love watching them react to each new episode. However, the journey wasn’t easy. I had to work very hard to run the comic and to gain the almost 500 subscribers which I have now. My comic updated every Tuesday, meaning that I had to be drawing constantly in order to update it each week. One comic panel takes around an hour and a half to draw, and I drew eight of them per week. If I missed a day, I had to stay up late over the weekend to catch up. Yet I don’t regret a single late night of work. My comic is currently on a hiatus, but will continue after my graduation.


Karahoshi Jean-Pierre Capstone Project

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​Imagine this, it's your last year of school, 12th grade, and you have to start all over at a new school. No friends, no teachers that you are close with, no relationships, nothing. Life outside of school is... complicated, there are things no one knows about. Now think of a flower, it needs to be cared for in order for it to grow right? It needs sun, water, dirt, etc., in order to prosper and be the best it can be. Can you imagine that being you? I can, because it was me. I had to come to Science Leadership Academy after my school closed so that I could finish up high school. It wasn't something that I was looking forward to but had to do. For my project, I wanted to do something that reflected me and my experiences while attending this school for the first and last time. In a way that showed my talents that many knew nothing about, I chose to do art. I created 4 paintings, all with their own explanations that show or reflect how I really felt during the year regardless of whether they were good or bad. My progression, development, and discoveries.

"Frustration or Laughter,

Friends are flowers that never fade or die,

Surround yourself with people who allow you to blossom,

A smile after you have been through the worst,

Filling my life with beauty and happiness even when it is dark and sad,

Memories slowly created, never to be forgotten"



Stephanie Devlin & Mercedes Blades Capstone Project

For our senior project, we decided to help and teach a lesson at a middle school. We’ve always had a love for helping others, especially children. Out of all the elementary and middle schools around Philadelphia, we felt the most tied to Science Leadership Academy Middle School. Since we’ve both attended SLA for the last four years, we felt entitled to work with younger versions of us and see how they incorporate the five core values (research, inquiry, collaboration, presentation and reflection.). Despite some miscommunication and traveling issues, we made the best out of the time we got to spend with these students. This was such an amazing learning experience for us since Stephanie wants to major in education, and Mercedes wants to major in psychology. In the beginning of the year we got to help students one on one with support if they needed it, some of the things included: helping them record for their podcasts, reading assignments, and just overall just getting to know the students’ better. For our final product we created an lesson that dealt with origami hearts, to see which way the children learn better. The goal we had was to use this lesson to see what type of learning is easier for children based upon how their brain works (Mercedes) and the best skills for teaching children (Stephanie). This is an experience that we will never forget, and we will always be thankful for the opportunity we were given to work with these students. Special thanks to SLA Middle School, Mr.Boyle, but most importantly Ms.Hamilton for allowing us to work with her students!​
Stephanie & Mercedes teaching Ms.Hamilton’s class at Science Leadership Academy Middle School an origami lesson.
Stephanie & Mercedes teaching Ms.Hamilton’s class at Science Leadership Academy Middle School an origami lesson.
Stephanie & Mercedes teaching Ms.Hamilton’s class at Science Leadership Academy Middle School an origami lesson.
Stephanie & Mercedes teaching Ms.Hamilton’s class at Science Leadership Academy Middle School an origami lesson.
Stephanie working one on one with students, helping them make their origami hearts.
Stephanie working one on one with students, helping them make their origami hearts.
Mercedes working one on one with students, helping them make their origami hearts.
Mercedes working one on one with students, helping them make their origami hearts.
Outcome of some of the hearts made by the students!!
Outcome of some of the hearts made by the students!!
Class picture with the hearts!
Class picture with the hearts!

Queren Villegas Capstone/ Making Music

My passion for the art of music has always been a part of me, however, it was not until I was fourteen that I truly composed my first lyrics and kept writing up to now. This year I really wanted to challenge myself and combine skills I have and are not necessarily my forte in the area of music. Although singing and writing lyrics have always been a thing of my own, composing an instrumental is not easy for me. It took me making three soundtracks before coming to the one that felt right. However, the feeling of producing my own sound was beyond words. Having to put so much effort, along so much frustration it was a proud day.
The lyrics themselves changed too as recording took multiple days. I had my area set up in which I worked. A small microphone, my laptop open and my lyrics on paper taped to my desk. It was my safe place, in which I spent hours and hours on end. Completing the song was a tough one, but definitely worth. Every hour, every minute was me doing something I love. Seeing the proud face of those close to me when they heard it made me blush a pink stronger than that of a strawberry. Making a song all on my own has been a vision of mine since middle school and finally accepting that I am good at what I do is forever a process I will never forget and cherish
Capstone: https://qvillegas.wixsite.com/mysite