Capstone — Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber

Markeera McIntosh

Posted by Markeera McIntosh in Capstone on Friday, June 2, 2017 at 10:19 pm

My is Markeera Mcintosh, and I am a senior at Science Leadership Academy at Beeber. My intended major for college is forensic science, but I always had an interest in interior design. For my senior capstone, I decided to pick a project that involved interior design. My capstone was to redesign the senior cafe. This was a project I did with another senior named JaVon Michaels. The goal of our project was to create a positive environment where the senior class of 2018 will be able to complete work, enjoy a healthy lunch and create valuable memories together. The senior cafe theme was voted by the senior class of 2017 to be a teen lounge, incorporating the school colors which are blue, white, and gray. With working during lunch, free periods, and stay long hour afters after school the room was a complete success. The students of SLA at Beeber was very active in making sure this project was a success by supporting the fundraisers. The fundraisers we had was ice cream sale with over 3 flavors and 4 toppings, we also had pizza sales, and another was an ice cream and waffle sale. The new redesigned senior cafe is in honor of the senior class of 2017 who is the first graduating class of Science Leadership Academy at Beeber. The cafe allowed many seniors to place their handprints on the wall with a signature to symbolize leaving their mark. JaVon and I will like to take the time out the say thank you to all that supported our goal and helped us make the senior cafe a success.

Jaden Massadin Capstone

Posted by Jaden Massadin in Capstone on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 9:55 pm

My capstone is a series of sketches drawn in my sketchbook, to try and improve on my technique, and simply explore different ways to draw different things. This was meant to improve/find a different hobby that I felt could relive stress better than doing nothing at all. The sketches are just that, sketches. Meaning that they aren't the best thing in the world, I was simply trying to improve on and develop another thing I could call a hobby. A lot if it was just me practicing different techniques, some figure drawings, shading, body parts, etc. There are 3 actual drawings I did to act as checkpoints of sorts. I'm not going to post all of the drawings, only highlights.

Dior Thompson Capstone

Posted by Dior Thompson in Capstone on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 1:42 pm

For my senior project, I decided to design and write a book of poetry. For as long as I can remember it has been my passion and I could even say an extension of who I am. I decided to make this my capstone because I have had so many poems that I haven’t shared or I never had the chance to finish. As I began collecting the many things I had written I saw just how far I’d came mentally and emotionally. This goes for both my writing and my experiences in life.

As I completed this project, I was overwhelmingly happy with my finished product, who I was before and who I am now after I have written it.

I am very excited to share my Capstone with the world!

Brian Brown - Capstone

Posted by Brian Brown in Capstone on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 7:33 pm

I have this friend who was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder some time ago and I had to change my way of living just for them. Bipolar is not something that should be joked about because it is a serious matter that people don’t understand. My friend and I both have to deal with someone who has bipolar disorder so we decided to make people more aware. We found the school psychologist and decided to use her as mentor because she had knew of some people that we could interview. We met up with the people who had Bipolar disorder that Mrs. Galson recommended and talked about how we were going to make the video and what questions we were able to ask and not ask. We learned their point of view and how it feels to actually have Bipolar disorder. We then proceeded to make our Power point so that can speak a little bit in our presentation and give some type of instruction. The way that my partner and I incorporated SLA in our project is by tying the 5 core values to our project. We also started using the final cut pro to edit our video. We used two different things to record and in both of the recordings we used SLA as our setting. If you are reading this please understand that people who have bipolar disorder can live just like us. They is a rare chance that a person with Bipolar disorder will be harmful. So if you ever come into contact with a person with Bipolar disorder don’t treat them as if they are not human. Treat them just like everybody else.

Link to PowerPoint: https://prezi.com/view/Tn4qfLk81eVNl9D5msCx/

Video is below:

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Errion's Capstone #WarmOurWorld

Posted by Errion Holness in Capstone on Friday, May 19, 2017 at 1:47 am

This year for my final SLA capstone, I decided to crochet a few hats and a scarf to donate to CHOP. This was a really cool thing to do because not only was I able to learn how to crochet and teach some of my peers, it sort of felt like a social experiment. In a day and age where everything is changing so rapidly, it’s hard to assume who’s going to be doing what. Many people are going out of their ways as activists to break down social constructs in order for people to freely express themselves and be comfortable while doing so. I’ve been knitting basic rectangular scarves on and off again since the 4th grade. Ever since then and even now, people would jokingly call me a grandma or old lady for knitting and crocheting. I’ll usually laugh along with them without a care in my mind. I personally appreciate those women older than me who were patient and willingly to teach me these creative stitching methods. I think that this could be an important skill to have if you wanted to stretch your entrepreneurial skills and sell your products or just to make winter hats yourself and save money. I personally enjoyed crocheting because it relaxed me and was so easy to do and easy to travel with.

https://www.loveknitting.com/us/tegan-baby-hat-with-top-knot-knitting-pattern-by-julie-taylor

Knot, Tegan, and Tegan Knot. "Tegan Baby Hat With Top Knot Knitting Pattern By Julie Taylor". LoveKnitting. N.p., 2017. Web. Apr. 2017.
This article is from Loveknitting.com. This website gives out knitting ideas from random people who are willing to share their own techniques. This article is particularly about instructions on knitting a baby’s hat. There is a 4 page instruction page. It was donated to the website by Julie Taylor for beginners. This is great for my capstone since I will be both knitting and crocheting hats for babies at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

http://www.headhuggers.org/patterns/cpatt03.htm

"Head Huggers: Crochet Pattern: Double Crochet Hat Pattern". Headhuggers.org. N.p., 2017. Web. Apr. 2017.
The article is from the website headhuggers.org. There is a list of instructions for me to learn how to crochet this specific hat pattern. Ms. Leaness is going to teach me how to read those stitches. This stitch will give my hats a unique look to show my effort into creating these hats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cq9ivY-FAw&t=54s

"Make An Easy Crochet Hat". YouTube. N.p., 2017. Web. Apr. 2017.
This is a Youtube video instructing me an easy way to crochet a hat. Youtube is filled with videos of all forms. There is a wide range of instructional videos, especially for beginners of crocheting. It’s free and anyone with a camera and a computer can submit a video.

http://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/care-baby-delivery-room

"Care Of The Baby In The Delivery Room | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia". Chop.edu. N.p., 2017. Web. Apr. 2017.
This is the website for The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, CHOP. This is the place where I will be donating my hats to.

Raven Johnson Capstone

Posted by Raven Johnson in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 3:29 pm

African American history is something that is so rich and filled with culture that everyone should learn about it. Especially African Americans. When you are a child your brain gathers almost all the information you know as an adult. Studies even show that children learn the most at ages early as 2 to 5 years old. So why are we not teaching our African American children about their people? The problem is that many grade school children only learn black history during black history month. Unlike high schools, African American history is not required to move onto the next grade, so often history teachers do not go the extra mile to teach this subject. Children unfortunately only learn what they are taught during the short four weeks of black history month, and whatever is in the usually, old, and European based history book. Also, this history is often shown in the wrong light. During black history month the main focus is the civil rights movement and the so-called “main” people involved. People such as Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X. These are all great people but there could be so much more. I want to change this. For my capstone, I decided that I would create a club teaching children about black history that we didn't learn in school. We met up every Wednesday for about a month and eventually I will be taking these children to the African American history museum in downtown Philadelphia

I didn’t use many sources for my club because all the information I taught was information that I’ve come to learn over the years. I wanted this class to be very personal and not really feel like class for the kids. Here are a few sources I used to help. The Philadelphia MOVE Bombing.” Stuff You Missed in History. N.p., May 2017. Web. This article is an article about the move bombing that happened on philadelphia in 1985. This was one of the things i taught the children during one of our classes. Like many of the subjects i taught, i already knew about this subject. I simply used this article to brush up on the subject. As well as seeing if their was anything i didn’t know or might have missed.

The Bombing of West Philly. YouTube.com. N.p., 19 Jan. 2014. Web. This is a video about the move bombing. One of the subject that i taught the kids was this so i used it as one of my resources. I showed the kids that were a bit older and that i think could handle it the video and then i asked their opinions. I also watched the video myself to see if their was anything different i could learn myself.

Holmes, Corie. “10 Ways to Get Your Child Excited to Learn.” TopTenReviews. N.p., 14 Apr. 2017. Web. This is an article on how to get kids to like learning. I read this because i’m not super experienced in teaching kids so i figured this would definitely help me out with my teachings. I used some of the strategies listed to try to keep the kids engaged and wanting to learn about what i had to say. I also tried to kiddy down the subject to not be as harsh but more informative

Shanni-kie Watson, Capstone

Posted by Shanni-Kie Watson in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 1:46 pm

My Capstone was about Parent Teen Relationship and during this process I have learnt so much about only myself but younger teens. I chose this topic because not only did I have problems with my parent it affected the way I preformed academically. My capstone is based on ways to help teens establish a healthy relationship with their parents and vice versa. First step of my capstone was deciding how I would implement this idea. This capstone was created for fourteenth year old that as just hit puberty. I worked long and hard with Mr. Rosen Long and Mr. Gray on the lay out of what my capstone would look like. I created a survey with six questions which would let us examine the causes of the problems that arise in the relationship with the parents and the teens. I tried the survey out with five freshmen girls where I tested to see how this work shop would and after hearing the feedback from the students is went exceptionally well. I then went on and said let me now try this with a bigger group. Ms. Jackson allowed me to do her freshmen girls and it was so amazing. Not only did these girls have a good time but they learnt how to make healthy relationships within their homes. Personally I think this is a good activity for freshmen advisory to do with their girls to figure why they come to school so angry and failing classes. Let us keep promoting healthy relationships for our young ladies.

Ryan Swann Capstone

Posted by Ryan Swann in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 1:22 pm

I started writing this spoken word poem, because of a break up I had with a long time girlfriend. I was in the hospital and we broke up and I started out the poem upset about feeling helpless to the situation. Then I started feeling abandoned, however, that quickly turned into resentment. Then once I finished the poem I was able to forget and move on. The final product exists as more of a collage of memories, rather than being something I continue to feel and something I hold onto. After writing this I also figured out that I would rather be writing over any other career choice. The project helped me finally figure out the person I want to be and the job I want to pursue.

I never left you

You never left the mind of mine

Until you left it for Dallas

You were never out of mind

But still never in sight

Sayings held no truth to us

And we only had monthly visits

So I forgot your face

But never your heartbeat

I remember you had a scent about you

And I trapped butterflies in my rib cage

While you glowed a being of Scarlet

But all of that lost in star lit emptiness

All of these memories turn heart to chore

I'm Lazy

And I didn't want to live anymore

So beats drop

Hearts fail

Mails snailed

But I promised you 365 letters

14 years old I stood in CVS for a book of stamps

'Cause there's something more romantic

About a letter

Than a text limited to 100 characters

Loves takes 4

But I have 1000 more to include

I wanted to write to you

That I would travel the billion miles it takes to reach you

Swerve the curves of the road

To intersect with the curves of your body

Teach a love that surpasses a puppy

As if age forces stipulations to emotion depth

Our emotional tolerance

Was not trained to love each other any more than we did

People should know that my trip to the mailbox

Wasn’t about birthday checks or amazon orders

But more for delivery of a message containing more than 140 characters

Forget the candy

I want to interact with you

More than an asthmatic

Wants to fluently interact with air

My air escapes in your being near

People say life is short

If that ends true

Mine will consist of you

We’ll lay together

Us, star, and moon

Pink Floyd in the distance

But the dark side is not present in your presence

I want your presence

Not presents

So I spent Christmas in the hospital

I never left you

You never left the mind of mine

Until you left it for Dallas

You were never out of mind

But still never in sight

Sayings held no truth to us

And we only had monthly visits

So I forgot your face

But never your heartbeat

I remember you had a scent about you

And I trapped butterflies in my rib cage

While you glowed a being of Scarlet

But all of that lost in star lit emptiness

All of these memories turn heart to chore

I'm Lazy

And I didn't want to live anymore

So beats drop

Hearts fail

Mails snailed

You moved to Dallas

So our present is frozen to picture

Future moves in dream

Flows to stream of thought

That’s video

But Dallas burns film

So all that's left is picture present

So I got present over presence

Maybe our love was at age level

Height of our tolerance

But who says that’s low

I was too slow to know what I had

Like Im age 3 and everything belongs to me

I just wanted you

Along with everything else

Now you’re gone

And I want to hate you for that

But I won't bring myself to ruin the memories left of you

And of course the memories stab

Like four year old me running with scissors

Once in awhile I fell

Sure it hurts like hell

But I f---ing bet I don’t do it again

Imani Mumin Capstone

Posted by Imani Mumin in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 11:08 am

The focus of our capstone is to create a book house that we will put books on that will be open to the public for younger children who likes to read but doesn’t have a way of getting a book or affording one. The learning goal is to help create a way to help student is neighborhoods that we live in perform better as students. We feel like this project will help them to be on the right track when it comes to school. Studies show that student that live in low-income neighborhoods are less likely to graduate high school. No we cannot change the fact that the children around us in low-income neighborhoods but we can do something to help the graduation rate increase. We chose to do a book drive so that people can help us get books for kids to read to put in our book house. We also donated some of our own from books we had when we were younger. We will leave our book house open to the public so that kids can feel free to grab a book of their choice to read whenever that feel like it. Although this is just a senior project the idea doesn’t stop here because we will continue to put more books for our book house after we graduate to continue to help these kids. This project will not only help kids but touch base on their everyday lives and we proud to have create this project.

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