Back in the 8th grade, I had a specific pair of nubuck sneakers that was my favorite which I did everything to keep clean. One day I had worn them to gym class and they ended up with scuffs, dirt patches, and random marks.  This made me take the sneakers home and use basic materials to attempt to clean them. When my family saw the results, they started to ask me to clean their sneakers as well. Kick’s Rebirth™ is the product of a sneaker cleaning hobby of mine that began after cleaning that one pair of sneakers in the 8th grade.  

I chose to make this my senior capstone because this is something that I have a large interest in that also benefits others. Not everyone pays notices how many people walk around with dirty shoes wishing they were in better condition. Especially those apart of the sneaker head population. Kick’s Rebirth™ helps those who don’t have time to clean their shoes themselves and saves money for those who end up buying new shoes due to the old ones being dirty.  However, the idea of Kick’s Rebirth won’t just stop at sneaker cleaning. It will soon include sneaker customization, therefore this is a project that you may wish to stay tuned to!

Antonio Machado

¿Mi corazón se hay dormido?

Información sobre Antonio Machado

        Antonio Machado nació a la veintiséis de julio de mil novecientos treinta y nueve en Sevilla, España.  Él movió fuera su familia cuando su padre murió.  Él y su hermano empezaron escribiendo y fingiendo por dinero.  Su escritura ayudó levantar su reputación.  Antonio publicó su primero libro de poemas en 1903 y llamó el libro Soledades.  Su poemas politicas fueron incentivar a la guerra civil de los españoles.  Él fue a enseñando de media tiempo en Francés.  Once años antes de moriendo, Antonio recibió un título del Universidad de Madrid.  Antonio murió en mil novecientos treinta y nueve en exilio en Francia.

Información sobre Jordan Lewis

Yo nací a la veintiséis de octubre de mil novecientos noventa y nueve en Filadelfia.  Yo soy muy alto y creativo.  Yo se graduó escuela elemental como el graduados con las mejores calificaciones. Yo asistí Masterman escuela secundaria y abro la escuela de ciencia y liderato ahora.  Yo quiero a tecnología, fútbol americano, y comida.  Yo soy el menor de seis niños.  Mi hermana mayor murió a la veintitrés de marzo de dos mil catorce.  Su muerte hizo mi familia más juntos y nosotros no somos deprimidos sobre su muerte ya no.  

¿Mi corazón se hay dormido?

¿Mi corazón se hay dormido?

Colmenares de mis sueños,

¿ya no labráis? ¿Está seca

la noria del pensamiento,

los cangilones vacíos,

girando, de sombra llenos?

No, mi corazón no duerme.

Está despierto, despierto.

Ni duerme ni sueña, mira,

los claros ojos abiertos,

señas lejanas y escucha

a orillas del gran silencio.

Temas y Ideas Principales de la Poema

La poema empeza con un tono negativo y concluirá con un tono positivo.  El temas de la poema son conciencia de sí mismo, mirando oscuridad, y conocimiento contra ignorancia.  Conciencia de sí mismo porque Antonio piensa su corazón está dormiendo.  Él mirará su corazón no está dormiendo y está despierto.  Mirando oscuridad es un tema porque él está en el sitio oscuro y sin sentido.  Nada se moverá y nada está en acción. Conocimiento contra ignorancia porque él no está consciente del estado él está en. Antonio sabe su corazón no es dormiendo y él es bien.

Mi Poema

¿Donde Estoy Yo?

Yo estoy en la prueba.

Yo soy perdido en la hoja de

Turbación y desconfiar.

¿Que es aquí con mi ahora?

Yo oigo nadie debajo el hoja.

Yo miro nadie en la oscuridad.

Yo lloro para ayuda y la hoja levanta

¡El mundo es brilliante!

El tubación y desconfiar parten.

Yo soy abierto.

Wesley:

Gracias Aaliyah y Haniah. Ahora, yo hablaré sobre la predicción de clima para la semana del diecisiete de enero del dos mil dieciséis. Hoy, el diecisiete de enero, será nublado y soleado. La temperatura máximo de hoy será treinta y nueve grados y la temperatura mínimo será veintitrés grados. Ese tiempo causará este el gente sentir fríos. La semana pasada, el domingo pasado, la temperatura máximo fue sesenta y cinco grados. ¡Ese es el clima de otoño, y tibia también! Pero, todos los otros días fueron fríos, similar a esa semana. Mañana, el tiempo será prácticamente nublado, y muy frío. Por el resto de la semana, la mayoría de los días serán nublado y soleado, lo que ustedes pueden ver. Pero, en sabado, el tiempo será ventoso con nieve. Ahora, regresaré a Maddie con la última moda. Yo soy Wesley, el meteorólogo por “Ahora Tú Sabes las Noticias.” Adiós, y este tienen una buena semana.

Maddi:

Gracias por el informe del tiempo Wesley, porque ahora finalmente podemos  poner nuestro abrigos del invierno, las bufandas, los sombreros y los guantes. Todavia estoy molesto porque no tenemos una Navidad blanca pero estoy feliz de sacar mi moda del invierno. El invierno pasado vimos un montón de Gabardinas de distintos colores. Dos mil dieciséis está trayendo una nueva moda. La chaqueta de cuero. Hay una gran variedad de estilos para esta capa particular, mirando el clima yo quiero decir va para los estilos más calientes. El estilo del  chaqueta de cuero se ve mejor con vaqueros ajustados o pantis. Ahora para qué debes llevar ¡La Ropa de gamuza está en todas partes! Estamos viendo vestidos gamuza, faldas, chaquetas - hasta zapatos! En el invierno nosotros llevamos botas pero la rodilla Botas las botas de gamuza están de la moda! Si quieres un calzado a ropa más informal converse blanco es la mejor opción. Estos zapatos son cómodos y lindos con muchos estilos. especialmente con una franela bien. Me llamo Madeline Kelly, con la moda, Gracias por ver, Ahora Tú Sabes las Noticias, volva a Aaliyah y Haniah.

Andre:

Un nuevo estudio de administradores de salud mostra que carne magra no es dañino. Ahora nutricionistas están sospechosa del consumo de azúcar y sal.

Azúcar y sal pueden provocar la acumulación de grasa corporal adentro el cuerpo. Claro, este es más notable en el estómago, pero el efectos son más serios que engordarse.

Todos los azúcares y sal que nosotros comemos podía crear hipertensión y causa fatiga, mareo, y en casos intensos gentes pueden desmayarse.

Necesitan apegar con comidas más sano. Observer que ustedes comen. Ahora a Aaliyah.

Jordan:

El rapero famoso Meek Mill aprovecha su situación de prohibición con una invierno sorpresa para alguno adolescentes. Él junto con Michael Blackson, un comediante, y Bryshere Gray, un actor famoso por su papel en la programa Empire hicieron visitas en Filadelfia. Ellos son todo oríundo de Filadelfia. Las estrellas visitaron el Vivienda del Parque de Wilson y Y.E.S. hospicio. Ellos visitaron el Centro de Servicios Por Juveniles y hablaron con los adolescentes también.

Día De Las Muertos

The person I decided to focus on for this project was my older sister Jasmine Lewis.  She was the second oldest out of my 5 siblings and honestly one of the most fun.  Jasmine was the one I went to when I needed someone to talk to but didn’t really feel like anyone else would have the answers to what I needed help with.  No matter what the situation was she would be there to help me out in it whether I was at fault or not.  She was a full supporter.  Unfortunately Jasmine was one of my sisters that had sickle cell.  The trait of this disease runs through my family but not everyone was born with it.  However, her case of sickle cell grew more severe as she went on with life.  The older she got the more she ended up in the hospital due to pains from this disease.  She always wanted to treat someone just because of the simple fact that she enjoyed making people happy.  She has passed away on March 29, 2014 before her 27th birthday and it was one of the largest wake up calls that my family could have received because no one was expecting it and it seemed like we almost took our moments with her for granted.  She was always a giver and would rarely expect something in return.

Jasmine meant a lot to me as do all of my older siblings.  We seemed to have this connection of some sort where she would always understand my point of view or where my reasoning was coming from.  She was also a very positive person almost all the time.  She did have her moments where she may not have been the most positive if she was made angry but that’s just human.  Jasmine was a huge source of knowledge for me.  Whenever there was a time where I felt like almost everyone was against me in a situation, she was always there by my side.  I always tried my hardest to do the  same for her as often as I could.  Jasmine and I were a team.  I had most of my first time experiences with her such as visiting Penn's Landing, going to Love Park downtown, and visiting the Philadelphia art museum.  She was a curious explorer when it came to certain things.  If she heard about a place that she thought one of her siblings would like, she would eventually arrange plans to visit that place with them or even the rest of the family.  She sometimes even was a connector for our family.  There would be times where she would bring us back together if we had not spent time with each other in a while.  For example there would be times where Jasmine would visit and encourage us to come together and eat dinner as a family to catch up on times that we missed and just to spend quality time with each other.  

I honestly decided to create my sugar skull and mask in remembrance of her because she’s the closest family member that I have lost.  She is on my mind almost every day and I know everyone misses her dearly and they are holding in a lot of emotions so I felt that it would be good to express some of those emotions in this skull and mask portion of the project.  I felt that she was the most necessary to base this project on because she was a huge part of me and she was one of my largest sources of joy and happiness.  I believe she was that way for just about everyone in the family.  She spoke nothing but positive words and honored almost everyone she knew dead or alive so I felt that it was a great idea to honor her in this project.

In this project, my sugar skulls was painted a greenish blue.  This greenish blue represents one of her favorite colors besides pink.  This blue is painted on most of the skull because of that.  There is also a red trip down the back of the head.  This represents the hairstyle that Jasmine had which was a mohawk that was straightened and leaned toward the side that was dyed red.  If you look at the front of the skull you’ll notice that mouth area of the skull is a different color from the rest.  I decided to paint this part yellow because Jasmine was almost always speaking positive words.  The yellow is supposed to point out that her words were always either bright and encouraging or brought some sort of happiness. There are also yellow highlights on the outline of the mohawk to represent the bright parts of her mindset and the way she thought about things in a positive way.  The red strip borderlining the bottom of the skull is there to represent her strength from being able to deal with the pains of sickle cell almost all day, everyday and yet still remaining a positive person overall.  There are also simple red designs on the side of the skull that represent the red glasses she had but the eye part is sparkling and defined.  This represents the amazing way that she looked at different things and situations in life.  

My mask for this project is also a reflection of my sister’s characteristics and tendencies.  The blue highlights that go throughout the mask design are to represent her favorite color once again.  I was sure to put the blue highlights in more than one place in the mask and also make it stand out in contrast with the red background.  There are 2 bright blue stars on the design of the forehead of the mask that represent how she found a way to see things the positive way and how she liked to explore.  The stars represent exploration because there are many stars and there is so much to explore in the universe.  The reddish pink color of the background of the mask represents how bright of a person she was overall because even though she dealt with a severe illness, she always managed to bring joy and stay bright.  The overall colors of the mask are meant to represent her bright the positive characteristics that Jasmine seemed to have almost all of the time.

The Day of the Dead has opened my mind up to the positive idea of the celebrating the passing of loved ones.  Usually I would only think of death as a bad thing and I would really hate it if a family member passed away but the Day of the dead has opened my eyes and has encouraged me to think of the positive that could be in the situation.  There are benefits especially for my sister such as the fact that now that she has passed away, she no longer has to deal with any pain or hurt that may have been caused by the sickle cell she had.  She also does not have to deal with any drama or tragedies caused by humans in general.  I know that my sister Jasmine Lewis has moved on to a better place and I and actually very glad that she did.  I am still sad and angry to have lost her in the first place but I am now able to remind myself of the positive fact that she no longer has to suffer at all anymore.  She has moved on into a better place and I am able to use that as another source of joy.

Panegírico

Hola, me llamo Jordan Lewis.  Yo soy un estudiante de grado diez.  Yo asisto ciencia y liderato en Beeber.  Esta mi panegírico.  Jasmine fue nacer la ocho de junio.  Ella es de Filadelfia.  Jasmine es mi grande hermana.  Ella es el segundo mayor hermana en la familia.  Ella es cómica y alta para una chica.  Jasmine es muy inteligente.  Ella disfrutó provocar gente feliz.  Yo soy en a bueno condición.  Yo sé ella está en un lugar mejor.  Yo extraño mi hermana, ella era muy importante.  Ella era a bueno hermana. Mi hermana Jasmine era a grande parte de mi familia. Yo soy feliz porque ella no sufre. Nosotros extrañamos ella pero nosotros somos feliz para Jasmine.

Q1: What is your family life like?

Asmar B: Well basically, my family life is normal. I see my family every week. We see each other, have fun, mainly the normal life of a family. We have drama but it’s not too dramatic.

Q2: What makes you happy?

Asmar B: What makes me happy is actually other people being happy because I cant stand to see somebody sad. That makes me feel bad as a person. If I see somebody sad, it makes me want to help them and make sure that they are happy because if they’re happy, I’m happy.

Q3: What inspired you to go to SLA and why?

Asmar B: Basically the science. I loved science when my new school opened up science to me. Now I want to explore science as a career and as a profession.

Q4: What were your previous academic experiences like?

Asmar B: It was rough. I had many tests that i weren’t really prepared for but I did manage to pass some.

Q5: What are your expectations for your personal future?

Asmar B: I want to be successful. I want to have enough money to provide for me, my family, and everyone that I love.

Q6: Does your personal life affect your academic life?

Asmar B: 100% because this school is very social, and most of my social life is in this school. So anything that happens in this school will happen in this school and outside of school.

Q7: Would you say that that is a positive or negative thing?

Asmar B: It depends on the situation. If it is a positive situation that happens in school then it’ll be looked at as a positive thing but if there is a negative situation then it will be looked at as a negative thing.

Q1- What or who do you cherish most in your life?

Aaliyah- I cherish my mom and my dad, and of course my boyfriend Adam because he helps me with my math work, and my parents raised me.

Q2- What are your goals for your future?

Aaliyah- My goals for my future are to go to NYU and get my masters degree and then become a journalist or a magazine editor.

Q3- How do you currently work to make sure those goals are met?

1. Peer pressure happens to anyone and you should know that you’re not alone in that situation if you just speak up they will listen to you.

2. Don’t let your social status and level of popularity stress you out, but simply take note of what things you have to do to gain respect. Respect gains a higher social status.

3. Teenagers need responsibilities at home to have structure outside of home such as school and public places.

4. Teenagers should communicate to their parents about the changes to their body to help them to understand them more.

5. Social media can cause a wide spread of problems when it comes to teenage growth.