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Stephanie Devlin & Mercedes Blades Capstone Project

Posted by Stephanie Devlin in Senior Capstone · Leaness · ILP/TFI/CAP on
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!

Lead Posioning

Posted by Stephanie Devlin in Environmental Science · Aziz · C on

        For our Public Service Announcement (the video) we decided to make a “Breaking News” video because we thought it would grabs people attention, and make people more aware of the situation going on with lead poisoning. In the video it is split up into different “segments” such as the Introduction, an interview, news reporters talking about the information that we thought was the most important to educate people about the problems of lead poisoning. I chose this topic because I was really interested in researching more about the lead problems in Philadelphia, and also I wanted to educate myself more on this topic. I really wanted to do this topic because I feel like more people need to be aware of this problem, and more people need to step up to fix the many issues that are involved in the city of Philadelphia. I didn’t know much about the lead problem in Philadelphia, and doing this project helped me gain more information and more knowledge about this topic, and also made me want to put a stop to this problem. We need to all come together to fix these environmental justice issues, and make Philadelphia a clean, safe place to live.


     Throughout this process I’ve reflected a lot on what I have contributed to the project and the role I’ve played in the group. I contributed a lot for my group since the beginning of this benchmark. I reached out to my group members since the start to figure out if they wanted to be in the group, and which topic we wanted to pick. I contributed to the research part of the project by completing the questions / research I was assigned too, and also adding on to other parts of the research (such as additional research, or helping anyone who needed help for their part.). I contributed in the recording of the PSA too by recording my group members, and also helping them remember their lines, or giving ideas for the video. I also edited the video all on my own with the help of only of two of my group members. I believe my role for this project was to be a helper, and being the person to make sure I’m on top of things and so are my group members. I helped guided them through this project, and did anything they needed me or wanted me to do.


        As I reflect on our benchmark that we were given, I believe that there was a lot of things that I did well for this benchmark, and a few things that  my group members and I could’ve done differently. I believe throughout this whole process I was well at submitting all checkpoints on time, making sure I completed all of my work (my part) that I was assigned, recording my parts, and also communicating with my group members, and also editing. If we had another opportunity to redo this benchmark over again, I’d do differently is to not rush things, and take my time and look over what we have done because I rush a lot of times because I get stressed and feel the need to rush. I believe next time I would slow down, and make sure the work is done right, and that everything we need done, is finished.

The most meaningful part of this experience of creating this PSA would have to be learning more about the lead poisoning in Philadelphia. This experience made me realize a lot about how big of an issue lead poisoning is in the city. It was amazing learning more about it because we read an article earlier in the quarter about lead, and now we get to make people more aware about it, because if we make people more aware, more people will hopefully join in stopping and fighting to get rid of lead all together (or majority.)


Toxic City Philly

Posted by Stephanie Devlin in Environmental Science · Aziz · C on
Before researching & reading about the lead levels in Philadelphia, I really didn't pay attention to the lead levels in Philadelphia, or in general. After doing this assignment it really opened my eyes up to how bad the lead levels are in Philly and other cities. I believe that Philly needs to step more to fix these problems so the lead levels could go decrease and help health issues. The lead levels are slowly ruining kids health one by one and they don't deserve it. I believe that we should check our soils, check every kid for lead, and try our best to get rid of the levels in Philadelphia.

Earth systems & Earthquake in Mexico City

Posted by Stephanie Devlin in Environmental Science · Aziz · C on
​Reflection : 

    The Earth System consists of four major spheres. The Earth System is made up of the Atmosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere & Cryosphere, and Biosphere. The atmosphere is the mass of the air surrounding the Earth. The geosphere is made up of matter that makes up the Earth. The hydrosphere is all the water that makes up the Earth. The cryosphere is the frozen part of the hydrosphere. Last, but not least is the Biosphere which is where all living things live.

   The Earth System has many different spheres that affect the Earth in many ways. The spheres work in different ways, but they don't only affect the Earth they affect each other too. Natural disasters are a perfect example on how the spheres affect each other. When a natural disaster occurs all of the spheres are affected by it, for example during an Earthquake the atmosphere releases methane into the atmosphere which has an affect on the biosphere because it has to deal with life, and the human beings living on Earth. The understanding of environmental science would help aid during these natural disasters because it would help us gain more information about what is occurring, and would also help us prepare better for the disaster. It would also help us predict more about when these disasters will occur. The efforts we could make for the future is just to prepare for it, and know how to prepare / do during these disasters because we can never predict when a disaster could happen. I believe we should also talk/ learn more about these disasters, and how we can recover from them. 
 
    In class today we did a gallery work to present our projects. We had to write feedback for our peers. While reviewing the feedback, my group and I received positive/ good feedback. People liked how we presented our information, and the pictures we included. The negative feedback we received was about how we put to much information, and how we should've made it shorter.  
  

Algebra 2: Caffeine Benchmark

Posted by Stephanie Devlin in Algebra 2 · Houwen · Y on

Introduction


 Do you drink coffee every morning? Do you like drinking soda? Did you ever wonder how much caffeine you consume in a 48-hour period? Have you ever wondered how caffeine can affect your body?  Do you ever wonder what happens to the caffeine after it’s been in your body for a few hours?  If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions then continue reading to find out how caffeine affects your body!


 Caffeine is a drug that stimulates the central nervous system, to make us more alert. Caffeine can be found in drinks, such as coffee, ice tea, and soda. It is also found in chocolate, and some gum! Everyday people take in amounts of caffeine (mg). Your body starts feeling effects of the caffeine between 32-200 mg. Your body starts to eliminate 13% of the caffeine you intake each hour!

 

   For example, I recorded six entries of the amount of caffeine that I consumed in a 48-period starting at 6:00 am.  I gathered all my information and got the following results in the table below


Explanation & Work:
Screenshot 2017-01-18 at 5.42.15 PM
Screenshot 2017-01-18 at 5.42.15 PM

Caffeine doesn’t leave your body immediately, it takes hours to get rid of caffeine in your body, but in the table above you can see that I consumed more caffeine each time I drank something, you may ask how much caffeine is in your body each time you drink a new caffeinated drink? To figure this out we use exponential functions! Exponential functions are functions that have a constant rate of change, we use the following equation to solve these functions: y=abx .  A is the initial change, b is the ratio of change. Caffeine is an example of exponential decay because it’s decreasing as a constant rate.


The following table shows  how much caffeine was in my body each time I drank a new caffeinated drink:
Screenshot 2017-01-18 at 5.51.33 PM
Screenshot 2017-01-18 at 5.51.33 PM

As you can see I used the exponential equation each time I consumed caffeine. For each new equation the ratio of change is 0.87 because that’s how much caffeine is left in your body in each hour (13% of caffeine leaves your body every hour). The exponent in the equation I subtracted the number of hours since the start of the day by T (x). I used the curly brackets to show how much caffeine decreased each time I drank something, to show when it stopped.



Equations: 
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Screenshot 2017-01-18 at 5.57.31 PM
The graph shows each time I consumed caffeine and how long it stays in my body, and also when I sleep (highlighted part), and when I am awake.
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Screenshot 2017-01-18 at 5.56.31 PM
Should you stop drinking caffeine? The answer is no, but you should stop drinking caffeine after 200 mg because it can affect your sleeping, brain and other parts of your body. The average person should stop drinking caffeine 6 hours before they go to bed to let the caffeine leave their body. The best time to drink caffeine is in the morning or during the day to give it time to leave your body.


Sources:
http://www.aasmnet.org/jcsm/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=29198
http://desmos.com
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/caffeine
http://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-caffeine-database
Packet giving in class

La Poesia Espanol

Posted by Stephanie Devlin in SPANISH 2 - Moran - E on

Nombre: Stephanie Devlin Clase/Banda: E

El/La Poeta: Jose Marti


  1. Escribe (mínimo) ocho oraciones completas en español sobre el/la poeta: Por ejemplo; su vida personal o profesional, su éxito...

                        

                   El poeta que escogi es José Marti. José Martí nació el veintiocho de enero, dieciocho cincuenta y tres en la Havana, Cuba. José Martí es el héroe nacional de Cuba y figura importante en la literatura latinoamericana. José Martí era un poeta, profesor, editor y periodista. José era el más viejo hermano a sus siete hermanas.  José asistió Escuela de Instrucción Primaria Superior Municipal de Varones. Unos años más tarde, José firmó por la Escuela Profesional de Pintura y Escultura de La Havana, donde comenzó a dibujar. A la edad de dieciséis años, José fue detenido. José pronto comenzó a escribir sobre los acontecimientos actuales en México y Guatemala la guerra. José fue asesinado en una batalla contra las tropas españolas en diecinueve de mayo dieciocho noventa cinco. José es mejor conocido por escribir La Edad de Oro. Él escribió La Edad de Oro para mostrar a los niños estadounidenses cómo la gente solía vivir en otros países y qué es lo que pasó.


  1. Escribe (mínimo) ocho oraciones completas en español sobre tu vida personal o académica, tu éxito...


             Mi nombre es Stephanie Devlin.  Yo nací en veinte tercero de Marzo. Yo naci en FIladelfia, Pennsylvania. Yo tengo un hermano y una hermana. Yo vivo con mis padres. Mi familia vive en Filadelfia de Nordeste.  Yo asistir Ciencia liderato institutio. Soy un estudiante de décimo grado. Mis materias favoritas son historia y ingles.  Cuando no estoy en la escuela, me gusta salir con amigos y familia. Soy un tipico A y B estudiante.


  1. Incluye un poema escrito de la/del poeta en español:


Yo tengo un amigo muerto

Yo tengo un amigo muerto

Que suele venirme a ver:

Mi amigo se sienta, y canta;

Canta en voz que ha de doler.


En un ave de dos alas

Bogo por el cielo azul:

Un ala del ave es negra,

Otra de oro Caribú.

El corazón es un loco

Que no sabe de un color:

O es su amor de dos colores,

O dice que no es amor.


Hay una loca más fiera

Que el corazón infeliz:

La que le chupó la sangre

Y se echó luego a reír.


Corazón que lleva rota

El ancla fiel del hogar,

Va como barca perdida,

Que no sabe a dónde va."


En cuanto llega a esta angustia

Rompe el muerto a maldecir:

Le amanso el cráneo: lo acuesto:

Acuesto al muerto a dormir.

































  1. Escribe (mínimo) ocho oraciones completas en español del poema. ¿Cuales son tus reflexiones del poema? ¿Los temas?:


                   Poema de José Martí “Yo tengo un amigo muerto” es un poema que describir a un amigo o miembro de la familia que falleció. El poema describir cómo su amigo viene a visitarlo. El poema describir sus amigos espíritu. Los temas que se relaciona con este poema es la muerte y el amor.  Mis pensamientos de este poema es que puedo relacionar a este poema. Yo perdido un montón de gente que estaba cerca a mí en los últimos cinco años de mi vida.  Yo todavía me siento mi abuela a mi alrededor y a veces me siento ella espíritu alrededor de mí. Yo cualquier persona que ha perdido a alguien cercano a ellos podría relacionarse con este poema que escribió José Martí.


  1. Escribe tu versión del poema en español. Necesita (mínimo) diez oraciones completas en español. (Necesita el título en español)


Mi abuela


Mi abuela espíritu estará siempre conmigo.


Ella le gusta camina con mi.


Cuando me despierto en la mañana;


Ella está siempre allí para saludarme mi.


Yo no puedo ver, pero se que ella está alcanzando para mi.  


Yo ojalá que yo pudiera tener una conversación más con ella.

Yo a veces hablar con ella, cuando nadie está alrededor.


Yo digo como mucho a amo y extrañamos.


Hasta que me di cuenta de que estoy hablando conmigo mismo.


Yo pronto aviso que el espíritu de mi abuela haber ido para ir ver a alguien más.










































For our poem project we had to research a poet and a pick a poem from them. After we found the poem we had to create our own poem, following the topic of the orignal poet. I enjoyed doing this project because I made a poem about my grandmother, my grandmother meant a lot to me and I miss her everyday.

Spanish 2 Benchmark!

Posted by Stephanie Devlin in SPANISH 2 - Moran - E on

El saludo:


Spanish:

Stephanie- Buenos días todos! Mi nombre es Stephanie y ella es Theresa Debrah- Good morning everyone! My name is Stephanie Devlin with me is Theresa.

Theresa-  Buenos días el  ciudad de Nueva York!- Good morning New York City

Stephanie- Ay dios mio, el tráfico era malo hoy-  Oh my god, The traffic was bad today.
Theresa -Probablemente por la tormenta de nieve. Vamos a ir a Sakura para ver si el tiempo va a mejorar. - Let’s go to Sakura to see if the weather will get better!

Stephanie & Theresa- Buenos dias Sakura. -Good Morning Sakura

Sakura- Hola damas!-Hello ladies!

Sakura- Buenos dias Nueva York! - Good Morning New York.


English:

Stephanie- Buenos días todos! Mi nombre es Stephanie  y (she) es Theresa Debrah   -Good morning everyone! My name is Stephanie Devlin with me is Theresa.

Theresa-  Buenos días el ciudad de Nueva York! -Good morning New York City

Stephanie- Ay dios mio, el tráfico era malo hoy - Oh my god, The traffic was bad today.
Theresa -Probablemente por la tormenta de nieve. Vamos a ir a Sakura para ver si el tiempo va a mejorar - Probably because of the snow.  Let’s go to Sakura to see if the weather will get better!

Stephanie & Theresa- Buenos dias Sakura -Good morning Sakura

Sakura- Hola damas! -Hola ladies

Sakura- Buenos dias Nueva York! - Good morning New York






El tiempo:


Spanish:

Sakura- Hoy es será treinta y seis grados, va a ser hace frío fuera , pero sobre todo soleado.

Ayer fue la primera  nieve de tormenta en el año dos mil dieciséis ese nos dejó con  veintiséis  pulgadas de nieve. Es fue veintiocho grados y muy frío fuera.  

El lunes , será treinta y cinco  grados, pero sobre todo soleado.
El martes, será cuarenta y tres  grados y nublado afuera

El miércoles será  cuarenta  grados y parcialmente nublado afuera

El jueves será  treinta y ocho grados , frío y ventoso fuera  

El viernes será  treinta y tres grados  grados  con sol y nubes.


English:

Today it will be 36 degrees ,it is  going to be cold out , but mostly sunny. Yesterday we had the first snow storm in 2016 that left us with 26 inches of snow . It was 28 degrees and very chilly out. On Monday it will be 35 degrees out , but mostly sunny.On Tuesday it will be 43  degrees and cloudy out. On Wednesday  40 it will be  degrees and partly cloudy out.On Thursday   it will be 38 degrees , cold and breezy out. On Friday  it will be 33 degrees with sun and clouds.



La salud:

Alexus Tomlinson


Fuente:  http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/pr2016/pr002-16.shtml,


http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/diseases/ebola.shtml





Spanish:

Hola, Buenos Días ciudad de Nueva York, Yo soy Alexus Tomlinson. En este día nublado, estoy aquí a hablar de enfermedad ébola que ha afectado gente y difundió sentimientos ansiosos. Aquí está un poco de información sobre la enfermedad.


El enfermedad de Ébola es una enfermedad muy serio. Fue descubierto en mil novecientos setenta y seis en África. Ébola fue encontrado, primero en los Estados Unidos al final de septiembre del dos mil trece, cuando una paciente viajó desde áfrica occidental a Texas.  


Gente puede coger Ebola

  • a través de contacto directo con ciertas partes del cuerpo como los ojos, la nariz, o la boca que es infectado con el virus Ébola.

  • tocar aguja que han estado en contacto con una persona que está enfermo con Ébola

  • tener relaciones sexuales a través del intercambio de fluidos corporales como semen


Algunos síntomas de la enfermedad de Ébola eres

  • dolor del estómago

  • dolor de la cabeza

  • dolores de los músculos

  • dolor de garganta

  • sangrado dentro del cuerpo

  • ojos rojos

  • dolor en el pecho

  • sarpullido en distinto áreas como los brazos o las piernas.     


Mas de cinco mil persona en el Ciudad de Nueva York fueron monitorizaron para síntomas de Ébola. Ahora treinta y nueve años después del descubrimiento de la enfermedad terrible , Guinea, un país en áfrica occidental, acaba de ser declarado libre de Ebola. Esto significa que el departamento de salud no es monitorización él viajeros entrantes para la enfermedad Ebola.


Eso sido un placer repotalejes. Yo soy Alexus Tomlinson, Grande Manzana canal quince.


English:

Hi, Good Morning, I am Alexus Tomlinson. On this cloudy day, I am here to talk about the scary disease Ebola that has had people all over the country feeling anxious. Here is some background on the disease.The disease Ebola is a serious very disease.  It was first discovered in 1976 in Africa. Ebola was first found in the United States in late September of 2013, when a patient traveled from West Africa to Texas. People can catch Ebola

  • through direct contact of things like the eyes, nose or mouth that is infected with Ebola.

  • touching needles that have been in contact with a person who is sick with Ebola

  • having sex through the exchange of bodily fluids like semen


Some symptoms of Ebola are

  • Pain in the stomach

  • Pain in the head

  • aches in muscles

  • soreness of throat

  • bleeding inside the body

  • red eyes

  • chest pain

  • rashes on different areas like the arms or legs


More than 5,000 people in New York City were monitored for symptoms of Ebola.  Now 39 years after the discovery of the dreadful disease, Guinea, a country in West Africa, has just been declared Ebola-Free. This means that The Health Department is no longer watching for incoming travelers.


  It has been a pleasure reporting. I am Alexus Tomlinson, Big Apple Channel 15.




Noticia de ultima hora

Fuente:

http://www.10news.com/news/san-diego-twin-babies-born-in-different-years-010116


Spanish:

Niemai Smith- Buenos días ciudad de Nueva York. Mi nombre es Niemai Smith. Hoy voy a hablar de la hermosa gemelo  bebés eso  nacido en diferentes años. El primero gemelo  Jaelyn Valencia   nació en diciembre treinta y uno veinte quince en son las once y cincuenta y nueve por la noche, dos minutos más tarde su hermano gemelo Luis Valencia Jr. nació el primero de enero veinte dieciséis en son las doce y uno por la mañana. En esta foto Jaelyn tiene su ojos abiertos mientras que su hermano está dormido. Jaelyn llevaba un traje de impresión guepardo y un sombrero de color rosa mientras que su hermano llevaba la camiseta más linda que dice "perfecto caballero" y un sombrero azul. Hablamos con sus padre que Luis Valencia Sr. Luis dijo que estaba muy emocionado porque no esperaban a gemelos! Mientras que los gemelos eran aún están en el vientre materno Luis Jr fue en posición de nalgas, es por eso los gemelos eran llevados tres minutos aparte. Esta es una buen historia para el nuevo año. ¿No tú está de acuerdo Ashton?


English:

Good Morning New York City! I am Niemai Smith. Today I will be talking about the beautiful twin babies that were born in different years! The first twin Jaelyn Valencia was born on December 31 2015 at 11:59 at night, two minutes later her twin brother Luis Valencia Jr. was born January first 2016 at 12:01 in the morning. In this picture Jaelyn has her eyes open while her brother is asleep. Jaelyn was wearing a cheetah print outfit and a pink hat while her brother wore the cutest shirt that said “perfect gentleman” and a blue hat.  We caught up with her father Luis Valencia Sr. Luis said that he was so excited because they weren’t expecting twins at all! While the twins were still in the womb Luis Jr was in breech position, which is why the twins were born three minutes apart. This is a perfect story for the new year. Don’t you agree Ashton?




La Moda


Ashton-


Fuente- http://www.elle.com/fashion/a33138/mary-kate-ashley-olsen-the-row-shoes/


Spanish:


Buenos días Nueva York esos gemelos de bebé están demasiada lindos. Pero hoy dará que hablar, alrededor el  primera línea de zapato de gemelos de Olsen



Bien vamos desarrollo está empezar! actualmente dejar mí justo saltarse a la cazar. La Olsen Twins con sus primero zapato línea. Cómo emocionante es esa. Sí vamos estar sincera aquí soy tambíen joven para abuela contemplación zapatos. Pero para bueno calidad yo condicional compraré estos cualquier día. Aún si la finalizar mí bolsillo. En serio estos zapatos la finalizar tu bolsillo. Estos llegaré de Ochocientos cincuenta dólares a mil trescientos cincuenta dólares. Estos zapatos son por completo italiano-hecho y muy cómodo para tu pies. También, ellas pasas en diversidad de color, la tela y disenas , y ellos bueno para tibia la primavera el dia. Ellos golper la tienda pronto tan guardar un ojo fruer estos el zaptos. No asunto como ellos apariencia , solo seguas el dicho a te comodo. Estas dos ellos acuerdo ocupado con su la imperio. Ahora todo ellos necesitar en la máximo de su lista es cambiante la mente sobre unirse el Netflix original serie Full House derivado. Que es Full House sin Michelle Tanner, Estoy yo correcto o estoy yo correcto.  


Theresa-  Tú eres tan correcto!  

Steph- Estoy de acuerdo, yo crecí viendo “Full House” y me encantaria verlos de nuevo!   

Theresa-  Ahora que no quién encantaría verlos?


English:

Good Morning New York City those baby twins are just too cute. But today I will be talking about, The Olsen twins first shoe line.Well let’s get it started! Now let me just skip to the chase The Olsen Twins with their first shoe line. How exciting is that. Ok let's be honest here i'm too young for grandma looking shoes. But for good quality I would buy these shoes any day. Even if it kills my pockets. Like seriously these shoes will kill your pockets. These go from $850 to $1,350. These shoes are completely Italian-made and very comfortable for your feet. Also, Comes in array of colors,fabrics and prints and good for warm spring days. They will hit stores soon so keep an eye out for these shoes. No matter how bad they look just keep saying to yourself comfy feet. These two are keeping busy with their fashion empire. Now all they need at the top of their list is changing their mind about joining the Netflix original series full house spin off. Like what’s full house without Michelle Tanner am I right or am I right.



La despedida

Spanish:


Theresa- Una vez más hola nueva york, espero que todo el mundo ha escuchado porque es una locura.

Stephanie- Estoy de acuerdo Theresa, primero la enfermedad de Ébola, luego esta tormenta de nieve.  


Theresa-  No nos olvidemos de los hermosos gemelos, que nacieron exactamente un año aparte..


Stephanie-  Son realmente bonitas! Por lo menos hay algunas buenas noticias en el mundo de hoy.


Theresa- Eso es cierto, que espero que todo el mundo está seguro durante la tormenta..


Stephanie- Todo mundo no se olvide ropa caliente y quedarse dentro hasta que la tormenta terminar.


Theresa-  Estaremos detrás mañana sobre más información sobre el tiempo y Ébola.

Stephanie- Mi nombre es Stephanie Devlin


Theresa- Yo soy Theresa Debrah


Theresa- Esto es grande manzana Canal quince.


English:

Once again hello everyone, hope everyone listened because it’s crazy.  I agree Theresa, first Ebola, then this crazy snow storm. Let’s not forget about the beautiful twins, who were born exactly a year apart. They really are beautiful! At least there is some good news in today’s world.

That is true, I hope everyone is safe during the snowstorm. Everyone do not forget to wear warm clothing and stay indoors until the storm finishes. We will be back tomorrow about more information about the weather and Ebola. My name is Stephanie Devlin.  I am Theresa Debrah. This is Big Apple Channel 15






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNF8UFh-EtQ
For our Spanish 2 benchmark we had to make a news broadcast in Spanish. We were put into groups of six. We had three different segments, fashion, health & breaking news. Also, there was two anchors and weather. I really enjoyed this project because we got to dress up and act like news reporters. It was really neat putting our own personality and creative side into this project. I enjoyed editing our project, and seeing how the end product turned out.

Powerpoint Ser/Estar

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For this project we worked with partners. We had to make a powerpoint about ser & estar and the 9 caterogies of Spanish. After we did that, we had to make up sentences and record ourselves speaking the sentences. This project was fun because it helped me learned more about the 9 catergoies, and also in the future this Powerpoint could help others with Spanish. 
file:///home/chronos/u-040072b0a9d5ba4e77877963ff8a51d2a0b84cad/Downloads/Ser-%20Estar%20Project.pdf

College Interview

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For the college interview, we worked with a partner. This project we had to pick a college of a choice and find information about it. After that we had to pretend we were at a interview to go to the school. Me and my partner picked Penn State because that was one of the top colleges that we both wanted to go to. I enjoyed this project because it was neat learning how to speak Spanish in a college interview, it was diffcult but I had fun doing it.

Childrens book

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For the Children's book we had to write a story about a kid who is sick. For this project me and my partner write about a kid named Pablo who got sick from school lunch, and also because he forgot to wear a jacket. This project was really fun to do, and also it was fun to present in front of class because it let us express what we can create. I enjoyed watching other people present their books because it shows how everyone writes differently.

Dia de los Muertos

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Aunt Judy


For my project, “Día de los Muertos” I decided to do my Aunt Judy who passed away on April 19th, 2012 from breast cancer. She was only fifty six years old. She got diagnosed with cancer in 2002. She didn’t have trouble with the cancer till a few years later. So she had to go through chemo, surgeries, cutting her hair and so much more. Cancer takes a lot of people but my aunt kept working, and taking care of her own three kids by herself. In March of 2013 my aunt was put into hospice. This meant the person lives at home, and has to be taking care of my family or nurses. On April 18th, we knew this was going to be the last time we had with my aunt. She couldn’t talk, she was in so much pain.


People always ask me “What did your aunt mean to you?” “Did she teach you anything?” I always think about these questions and sit and reflect on what my aunt has taught me and how this whole death affected my life. My Aunt Judy meant the world to me. Every time she walked into a room, the vibe in the room would just get better. She was one of the most important/ influential people you’d ever meet. Two things she taught me is no matter what life throws at you always remember to stay on your feet, and always live life to the fullest because you never know when the last time you’ll talk to someone. My aunt judy was a hardworking, bubbly, caring, loving person.



I decided to make my sugar skull and mask in remembrance of my aunt to show people what she was like and what she loved to do. For my mask, I colored it pink, and left some parts of it white. The reason I colored the mask pink is because my aunt had breast cancer. Around the eyes of my masks, and the cheeks I added heart stickers to symbolize and show that I loved my aunt. I used purple and pink hearts because purple was my aunt’s favorite color.



The sugar skulls reflects my aunt’s passion for the beach. She loved going to Wildwood, New Jersey every year. She loved the ocean, the sand, the food, the arcades, just everything there. I painted my sugar skull blue and yellow to represent the ocean and the sand. I added blue feathers to also represent the ocean, and used a seashell because my aunt liked seashell

Día de los Muertos has opened up my mind a lot about celebrating loved ones who past away. Before I got this project I thought Día de los Muertos was a bad holiday because it was the day of the dead. In my opinion, death is a horrible thing and it’s hard to bring up the memories of the person, and what happened to them. Día de los Muertos made me think about how it is okay to be happy and celebrate someone who meant a lot to you. On this day you shouldn’t be sad they’re gone, you should be happy that you’re celebrating someone you loved. I think after doing this project I am going to start doing Día de los Muertos in memory of my Aunt and Grandmother because I knew they would want us to celebrate their life and keep their  

legacy alive, and not be sad all the time.






Spanish Eulogy



Hola, Yo soy Stephanie Devlin.


Yo Soy sobrina de Judy’s.



Ella fue de Filadelfia. Mi tia vivió en Filadelfia de nordeste



Mi tia ha trabajado para el departamento de defensa



Mi tia trabajó durante treinta y cinco años



Ella era inteligente y bonita



Mi tía era una amable, trabajo duro y divertida mujer.


Estoy triste mi tia murio. Mi tía quiso decir el mundo para mí. No sé por qué se fue tan pronto. Pero sé que siempre estará conmigo



I am very sad my aunt died. My aunt meant the world to me. I don’t know why she had to leave so soon. But I know she will always be with me.



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For this project we had to write about a loved one who passed away. We had to make a sugar skull and mask that represented our person who past away. This was my favorite Spanish project so far because it let us express our person, and show how much they meant to me. I miss my aunt everyday, and this project meant a lot to me.

Humans of SLA Beeber; Jessica

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Question #1

Me: What was the scariest moment of your life?

 Jessica:  "The scariest moment in my life was the day I found out my father had cancer. It was right before my birthday and I was scared to death he couldn’t make it."

 Question #2

Me: What was the happiest moment of your life?
Jessica: "The day I found out my father had his first clean scan. My mom came to pick me after school to pick me up and she looked at me and started crying. I asked her what was wrong and she told me that my father was cancer free. We sat there in the school parking lot hugging and crying for about 20 minutes.

 Question #3

Me: Who has been the biggest influence in your life?

Jessica:" Without a doubt my father because no matter what he kept working. He proved to his family and friends that no matter how hard life knocked him down, he can keep going and live his life 100% until he dies."




Humans of SLA beeber; Zykai

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Question #1:

Me: Who is the biggest influence in your life? Why?


Zykai: “The biggest influence in my life has to be my mother, my mother has gone through a lot and back with her surgeries and dealing with a family would really didn’t really care if she survived in life. She went through her father leaving her and disowning her."


Question #2:


Me: What was the most memorable moment of your life?


Zykai: “The most memorable year was 6th grade, that was the year one of my friends kissed the teacher, we never told anyone.”



Question #3


Me: How would you like to be remembered?


Zykai: “I would like to be remembered as the weird (good way), loveable, kind, funny kid that was friends with almost everyone and didn't hate anyone. Just the guy who lived life

to the fullest.”


Tips for Teenage Development

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By: Wendi Joyner, Stephanie Devlin, Domenick Deangelis, Jacqueline Shepherd, Jessica Slachta



  1. Don’t believe everything you hear or say about you and who you are, you are perfect.

  2. Stay true to your own identity, it is always important to know who you really are on the inside. If you forget you may become someone you’re  not.

  3. Stick up for yourself no matter how hard the peer pressure is. If it gets too bad make sure you let someone know! It’s never good to keep things like this to yourself.

  4. Never blame yourself for your parents actions.

  5. Don’t try to change based on what people say.

Cyber bullying on Social Media

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​I chose this topic to show people the statics on how many people get bullied on major social media sites. This is important because cyberbullying happens a lot all over the internet today and I think it should stop. Most teenagers get cyberbullied at least once in there life. I hope people learn that cyerbullying is really bad and that we should put a stop to this before it gets any worse. 

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

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​I chose this picture because it shows how kids get bullied over text messages in this world nowadays. This image shows a strong message because the words that on the picture show you how hurtful it can be to be called these names. I'm trying to get the message across that cyberbullying is wrong and there is a lot of victims. I think they should put an end to all of this because kids are killing themselves over getting hurtful text messages. If we all step up and stop sending hate to each other then we can all stop this together. 
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By: Stephanie, Autumn, Chris & Nathan

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We all have different religions,styles of dressing, and cultural background. Although we have so many differences somehow  we find a way to effectively communicate and get along with each other as a whole.Cultural Background is is the context of one's life experience as shaped by membership in groups based on ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, gender, language, religion, sexual orientation, and geographical area.You could keep your cultural background alive by just believing in it and being proud of it.Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.Last but not least. Style is  a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.In our presentation we will show and tell how we connect through our differences.


Our group question was : How do you make healthy and valuable  relationships with people who are different from you?     

Our responses were :

Chris’s response:  Respect people and treat others the way you will want to be treated.

Nathan’s response:Accepting people for who they are and don’t  look at them in a stereotypical way.

Autumn’s response: To never judge a person by their looks.

Stephanies response: Get to know the person first before you start judging them.

Our style of dressing is like the same because we all like to be creative and like to be matching. In this group, even though we are different genders,it is like we think the same when we wear our clothes because we always look well. Even though we are different people we express our self in many different ways and clothing is one of the most important one to us. Also another way we express ourselves is by our religion. In this group of four all of us are Christians. Although we all are Christians, there are different types of Christians. In this group we have Lutheran, Baptist, and New Testament. In other words, some things we believe are different, but we all believe in the Bible. In our video, we also talked about where our great  grandparents originated.  All of our ancestors are from different parts of the world. Our ancestors came from Ireland, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and America. Since our ancestors come from different parts of the world,  we celebrate different holidays. For example, some of us celebrate St. Patricks Day, and others don’t. Some of the holidays that we have in common are Christmas and  Thanksgiving. Most of our ancestors immigrated to America a long time ago. We all have different backgrounds, which helps us get along, because we are all different and can learn many things from each other.


During this unit, we learned a lot pertaining to self expression. We had a question that we had to answer in our WeVideo.That question was: How do you make healthy and valuable relationships with people who are different from you?Answering this question,we make healthy and valuable relationships with people who are different by not judging the person.For example we learned about our background, religion, and style of dressing. This helped us learn and deal with people who have different backgrounds and cultures than us.Overall after watching and constructing multiple We-Videos, we learned a lot pertaining to discrimination and judgemental skills.


In our Video we three main  themes,Background, Religion, and Style of Dressing. This helped us learn and answer our main topic question which was: How do you make healthy and valuable relationships with people who are different from you. The answer to this question is not to judge anyone, so we went into details, we have similarities and differences in background, religion, and style of dressing. These are topics that mean a lot in our lives, and also these were the topics we all agreed on. As you have already read in the previous paragraph, we went into detail about each topic and how we differentiate and share similarities with ourselves

Therefore, in conclusion making these WeVideo have been an easy way to learn about one another and express your true identity. Collaborating with one another has been a great experience on each part, even when we disagreed. While learning about finding our true identity, I believe our identity is like a  jigsaw puzzle, there is still more pieces to be put in the puzzle because we still have more life to live. Before ending this essay I would like to end it with a quote,

“One of the most beautiful qualities of a true friendship is to understand and to be understood.


​    Stephanie:  

Over the past few weeks we’ve been learning about to define ourselves and how we express ourselves and how our friends, hobbies and family affect that. I learned a lot these past few weeks because before this i really didn’t know who I was.  We express ourselves because it shows people who we really are as a person and how we present ourselves. For example one way we express ourselves is the way we act around our friends and family. Some people act different when they’re with their friends and then when their with their family they act like a whole another person.

 I think when people watch my video they will understand how I express myself with pictures of my family and friends. This project really made me realize how I define myself and also how I express myself. It made helped me learn more about my classmates because were going to be with them for the next four years and now we know some stuff about them and more about their family and friends. I hope we do more projects like this to learn more about each other.
  Autumn :   I created this video so that people can see how I express myself. I express myself so that not only people will know who I am, but that I, myself will know who I am, because sometimes I forget. In my video you may not see a lot of pictures of myself, I tend to take pictures of  beautiful and memorable moments, not so many pictures of me. I rather take pictures of my family and friends rather than  take pictures of myself, I guess I am not a photogenic person.  In my video there is a couple pictures of my friends, my friends help me express myself because I listen to their advice. They affect me greatly,because I trust my friends and not everyone can gain my trust. My friends brighten my day and it makes the day feel easier and calm. I could not t live without friends because sometimes my family can get on my nerves and that is time when I talk to a friend, and vise-versa. In my video there is a couple pictures of my family, my family are indescribable, I have to love them. My family tries their best to make sure I’m happy, and they don’t have to, so I don’t take it for granted. My family and friends help me express myself, even though technology can distract me from socializing personally with them, they encourage and help me express myself diligently. Like I said before I expressed the complexity of my identity because my identity is not that complex, but its not boring either. My identity is beautiful and diligent, and I will always love it and grow in it. In my video there really is no structure, but random pictures that make me happy, and feeling at my best. The song that played was also my favorite song, it’s beat makes me feel happy and carefree on the inside. There is  food in the video because I love to cook, the animals pictures are because I love animals, the Christmas pictures are because I love Christmas, it’s my favorite holiday, the background and nature pictures are because nature is amazing. I can’t help who I am, this is who I came to be, this is Autumn Richardson, and this is how she expresses herself.  
Chris:  We humans express ourselves in a lot of different ways. The ways in which we express ourselves change over time.With the way the world is set up now, most people express themselves with technological resources. Expressing yourself with technology can be a good and bad thing in multiple ways. When, expressing yourself with technology  you can easily post pictures on basically any social media site ( twitter, instagram, facebook, etc…) and receive feedback which can make you feel really good or really bad about yourself. I would honestly not recommend expressing yourself over technology due to how many people get cyber bullied just for being them. Another way people express themselves is by what they wear, aka style. It might be confusing to understand, an example is if a person usually dresses really casual then they are presenting and are most likely to be seen as a more of a laid back person.As to if a person wore a suit everyday they would be geared to being seen a more business,classy, serious person. To me expressing yourself is how you wear your clothes. You can wear really nice clothes and wear them in the “incorrect” way and be judged as being sloppy. Wearing what we do today I think it plays a major part on how we express ourselves. A lot of people express themselves by their religion. With what had happened back in 2001 there has a been on dramatic change on how people visualize you based on your religion. Your religion is a major part on how you express yourself. Your religion changes they way you visualize the world. Your religion also changes the way you dress and the way you take up your time, which sways into how you express yourself. Expressing yourself goes deeper than just clothes, technology, and religion. Expressing yourself is unexplainable. If I would explain how I express my self it would probably take me forever. I express who I am all throughout my video in various ways. In order to understand my video fully you need to first know everyone is different. People have different races, religions, styles,etc.. Completing this project I learned a lot. But, most importantly I learned that although people have many differences we all connect as one in a way. Judging people just makes them not show their true selves more.
Nathans: 

During this group video I have learned alot of different things and how to work with different people that has different personalities .This video was basically about the four of us in the group and the way that we express gain a strong and healthy relationship even though we have different backgrounds.This was not very hard for us because we came to a conclusion of having respect for each other and listening to each other opinion on different things. We talked about a lot of things like;religion, style of dressing,food,and we all have ancestors from different parts of the world,which I never knew.And we spoke about holidays that we do and don’t celebrate.

Talking about this stuff we got to see what we got in common and what we don’t.We have found out that all of us like to dress well and we all believe in the same religion.We even talked about hobbies and things that we like to do for fun and we all had different hobbies.

We try our best to work well together without allot of arguments and disagreements,and we still had a lot of arguments and disagreements,but I think that is what made us such a good group because some of our arguments taught us why we it is important to listen to someone else idea or perspective on something.

At the end of the day I was proud of working in this group because we brainstorm and put our thoughts together and create a great video. I even learned alot of things about my group members that I didn't even thought about knowing,so I was very proud to work with this group and I will be proud to work with them again because of the communication and the effort that they put into their work.
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