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Ali Khalil, Capstone

Posted by Khalil Ali in Capstone on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 11:00 pm

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As a kid growing up, my dad used to take me and my brother along with him to help work on the jobs he ran. Most of these jobs usually dealt with carpentry, electrical work, and architectural design of things. After a while I started to like working and building things with my hands. This is the reason I chose to build something for my senior capstone. My senior capstone is an art cabinet. I decided to build this for my capstone because I never  designed, and built something fully on my own. I felt as though this gave me freedom because I didn’t have to ask anyone what to do or how should it look. My senior capstone might sound easy to some people but this is extremely false. My project took approximately 3 months to build. The reason being is because every measurement had to be correct in order for all the different pieces of wood to fit together perfectly. If the measurements was not correct then the integrity of the cabinet would be slightly off. Finally, once everything was well thought out and put together I sanded the wood and placed a fine wood coating on top. The shelves on this cabinet can be moved around to accommodate the appropriate artwork sizes. Overall, it took time, concentration, and patience to create such a good looking completed product. This is an huge accomplishment for myself.  

 

 

 

http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Cabinet

 

I use this website to see the proper ways to cut the different pieces of wood. This website goes into detail about standard cabinet shelves, the size cabinets should be to accommodate the different weight and etc. Also it gave me ideas on how I should actually keep the wood together, either with wood glue or screws. Since my cabinet was so big I decided to do both.

 

http://www.aquaearth.co.za/drilling-techniques.html

This website is a website that gives me some basic drilling techniques. It is obvious that this can be very helpful for a person like me who does  not have much experience at all when it comes to actually building or using this equipment. I find it very important to have done this research before beginning the project because this material is not cheap and will not be easy to replace if things are done wrong. So, the use of the tools for the proper way is very iMportant here.

 

https://www.familyhandyman.com/kitchen/diy-kitchen-cabinets/face-frame-cabinet-building-tips/view-all

This website mostly gave me tips on sanding, wood staining. The tips included that even though with a table saw the pieces of wood can sometimes not be perfect, so the best way to make them most likely the same is to sand them all at the same time. It also was saying that the best way to stain a cabinet was to leave the back off because it is easier to paint an get into all the cracks so that the paint would be as even as possible.

 

http://www.diynetwork.com/how-to/rooms-and-spaces/kitchen/how-to-stain-wood-kitchen-cabinets

This article I used as another source for sanding. This article is very brief it tells you the best type of sander to use so that the stain could stick to the wood as best as possible. Also it tells you that you should sand in the direction of the wood grain for best results.

http://extremehowto.com/cabinet-building-basics-for-diyers/

This article was useful because it gives you different ideas for cabinets. It shows you a plethora of cabinets and the category that they should be in. This is helpful because When building my project I wanted it to be sturdy and easily movable.

 

http://www.ana-white.com/2013/11/momplex/building-base-cabinets

Even though I did not build a base cabinet this website showed me the tools that I would most likely be needing to built My art Cabinet. Some of these tools include a table saw, jig saw, different grains of sanders, clamps. Also it included the best ways I should clamp the wood down and  screw another piece to it.


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Amin Robinson's Capstone

Posted by Amin Robinson in Capstone on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 9:37 pm

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My capstone was about society's intake on insecurities. I use social parties between Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, Religion, and Age. the Idea was to find any type of lines that connect any of these parties together through insecurities. I have decided to do this because I am a very well-spoken person with the alacrity to speak my mind but in an amiable way. I take into account other's feeling and definitely will soon understand psychology in many different ways and forms. I am planning on studying it because at a young age I was very emotional and have soon felt at one point, insecure. My reaction to this is "Why do I feel this way about myself?" whether I felt incoherent what can I do psychologically to help myself understand something that I have been feeling for over years and years to come? I wanted to break each and every part of insecurities down into small pieces and let people know that this is how society feels. This is why insecurities are link to hate crimes, homicides, suicides, many other unfortunate events. I am well aware what I want to do. I want to actually study the human brain and what makes the nerves "tick"
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Indigo Harris - Capstone

Posted by Indigo Harris in Capstone on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 10:19 am

For my senior project which is also called a Capstone, my partner and I decided to throw a SLA @ Beeber's first fashion show! As you can imagine it was both exciting and stressing being as though we are both 18 years old with outside of school responsibility we had to tend to but overall we got the job done. We did a "blast from the past" fashion show covering different ears such as 80's , 90's Afrocentric and Present day. Both the Afrocentric and Present day clothes were designed by SLA students.The first three months were strictly fundraising , we did bake sales , waterice sale , hot dog, chip and soda combo's . All to raise the money to fund the clothes the model would be wearing in the show and to fund other things for this production , The next month around February we began our tryouts and starting practices for the show. We did photo shoots to create flyers to advertise the show and me being the present day designer, I began to work on my pieces that would be in the show. We partnered with another student Jason Prez and got him to record the show so we could have not only pictures but a video of what we put together. We had to do research on what the clothes looked like at the time, we to create a estimated price range etc. This fashion show was far from easy, it took so much hard work but it all paid off in the end.

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For my senior project which is also called a Capstone, my partner and I decided to throw a SLA  @ Beeber's first fashion show! As you can imagine it was both exciting and stressing being as though we are both 18 years old with outside of school responsibility we had to tend to but overall we got the job done. We did a "blast from the past" fashion show covering different ears such as 80's , 90's Afrocentric and Present day. Both the Afrocentric and Present day clothes were designed by SLA students.The first three months were strictly fundraising , we did bake sales , waterice sale , hot dog, chip and soda combo's . All to raise the money to fund the clothes the model would be wearing in the show and to fund  other things for this production , The next month around February we began our tryouts and starting practices for the show. We did photo shoots to create flyers to advertise the show and me being the present day designer, I began to work on my pieces that would be in the show.  We partnered with another student Jason Prez and got him to record the show so we could have not only pictures but a video of what we put together. We had to do research on what the clothes looked like at the time, we to create a estimated price range etc. This fashion show was far from easy, it took so much hard work but it all paid off in the end.
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Konstantina Angelis Capstone

Posted by Konstantina Angelis in Capstone on Friday, May 19, 2017 at 9:33 am

For my capstone I wrote five original short stories. I thought that this would be the best way for me to express myself. This also allowed me to express my creativity. Throughout the process of writing these short stories I learned a few things. I learned the true meaning of what it means to be a good writer. I learned a lot of ways that can boost my confidence. This helps to make my writing better and more raw so the reader can be hooked.

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Nzinga Hutchinson Capstone

Posted by Nzinga Hutchinson in Capstone on Friday, May 19, 2017 at 8:31 am

For my project, I made a book of short stories and poetry. The reason I chose this specific way to do my project is because writing is definitely one of my stronger points and one of my passions other than music. Poetry is a creative way for me to express myself using words when I can’t adequately verbalize my feelings to others and the world. When I met up with my mentor Ms. Fanning, I had told her that I wanted to make a book of short stories and poetry. She helped and guided me through making it. At first, she had suggested that I make a Chicken Soup for the Soul kind of book and I agreed with her on that suggestion but I just figured to make a chapbook. A chapbook is a small book ranging from 20-40 pages consisting of poems and short stories. I chose this simply for the fact that it aligns with my strengths and it was fun. This has made me learn how to expressively and creatively use words and structure them the way I want to help express my emotions and experiences to others. Annotated Bib.: https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/document/d/1mRzaZ8NNmnfKQRh0LspUpZtWnmQ3fpO-Gs1kXXA_of8/edit?usp=sharing

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​For my project, I made a book of short stories and poetry. The reason I chose this specific way to do my project is because writing is definitely one of my stronger points and one of my passions other than music. Poetry is a creative way for me to express myself using words when I can’t adequately verbalize my feelings to others and the world. When I met up with my mentor Ms. Fanning, I had told her that I wanted to make a book of short stories and poetry. She helped and guided me through making it. At first, she had suggested that I make a Chicken Soup for the Soul kind of book and I agreed with her on that suggestion but I just figured to make a chapbook. A chapbook is a small book ranging from 20-40 pages consisting of poems and short stories. I chose this simply for the fact that it aligns with my strengths and it was fun. This has made me learn how to expressively and creatively use words and structure them the way I want to help express my emotions and experiences to others.


Annotated Bib.: 

https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/document/d/1mRzaZ8NNmnfKQRh0LspUpZtWnmQ3fpO-Gs1kXXA_of8/edit?usp=sharing 
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Jasseca Chiem Capstone

Posted by Jasseca Chiem in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 9:00 pm

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Since 2017 is my last year as a student at Science Leadership Academy @Beeber, I decided to do my Senior Capstone on “Welcome to Cooking With Jasseca”. As a Cambodian American living in Philadelphia, not many people know about us, our culture or our food. And because of that, I decided to incorporate my love for food and my culture into my Capstone Project. The purpose of my Senior Capstone project is to learn a few Cambodian dishes from scratch with the help of my grandmother and uncle. I wanted to focus on something that is a part of me. As I was growing older, I felt a sudden disconnection from my culture. Though, as I entered high school, I was able to slowly come to terms on who I am and where my family derived from. And so I asked myself the beginning of senior year, “What can I do for my capstone where I will enjoy and learn throughout the process? How can I make a positive impact to others with what I do?” And so I thought about cooking Cambodian dishes! Not only do I enjoy cooking, but I can learn what type of things are used to create these dishes. I decided to make a blogpost where I can put the recipes on in order to share with others who are interested in cooking these delicious dishes! Sharing these recipes with others will allow them to have a taste of Cambodia! So far, I was able to make two soup dishes and 1 appetizer. I hope to continue doing this in the future, adding on more recipes of delicious Cambodian cuisine to my blog. 

Link t bibliography:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UdKXTfI4eoMvRZyjthz0eerSL9BUwgv0zR_UUjsbSKY/edit
Link to website:
http://cookingwithjasseca.weebly.com/
Tags: Capstone, 2017, Ms. Hertz, Hertz
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Austin Haefner Capstone

Posted by Austin Haefner in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 5:56 pm

​ For my capstone I chose the art of writing. The book is called: The Overshadow Of Asonavis, which is of the High Fantasy genre. It is apart of a bigger project, my Omágdom Auii-ʌm as I call it, that I have been working on since December of 2010 (The whole thing, not the book).
The initial goal of writing this was first, obviously to publish it, but to have a semi-cult following much like Terry Pratchett. 
One huge way that this benefited me was by allowing me to show my true potential. I hope that in the creation of this book, which goes hand in hand with a religion that I made, The Eỹrthr̃uosus Religion, and a language that I made, Lusom, that I do prove what I am capable of.
For this project, my main focus was on Character Development and I think that I did a good job with it. Character Development may seem easy in theory but in practice, it's not so. I worked hard to connect the main characters not only with each other but the world that they live in, dealing with such things as how they experience things together and their past experiences.
As my last remark, I would like to thank readers who take the time to read my book and to my teachers and family for helping me through this process.

*Below there are two versions of the book, the first is a shortened finished version of the book and the second is the unfinished official manuscript. The religion is slightly laid out in the shortened finished version of the book at the end.
Below that is an outline of the religion.
Below that are two pictures of the world that the book takes place in. The first image is a map, the second image has the names of the subcontinents of the world.
Under that is a link to a Rosetta Stone type website for my language. I did create the language learner, but not the website.
Under that is a link to a wikia that I made that explains the religion.
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Pahnagaeah - Planalto Grool, Planet Green
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https://www.memrise.com/course/1327285/lusomsva-kronozon/
http://eyrthruosus-religion.wikia.com/wiki/Arckenatim_Wiki
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Greg Alston/Samir Smith SLA Guy Code

Posted by Gregory Alston in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 3:45 pm

SLA guy code, a capstone tradition started by Greg and I during our senior year here at SLA Beeber. This is the first episode of this tradition we hope to start. Basically, using MTV’s guy code series as a reference, we created our own guy code pertaining to SLA Beeber and the things that go on in our school and amongst our graduating class. The class of 2017, the upcoming and very first graduating class of SLA Beeber, most of us have been here since the start of the school itself and others came to fill in as time went on. Most of the people that Greg and I chose to interview and include in our capstone were seniors who have been here since day one. We referenced a few topics that we came to agree that all students had something to say about and topics that were completely relevant and ongoing in our school. Although SLA isn't your average school, there are just some things that we have in common with other schools. In this episode you will get to hear students speak their minds and address the given topics, which were picked so that they sparked interest and made the students want to speak on them. This capstone has no filter, being as though we told everyone to speak their mind and be genuine, but there is no name dropping allowed. We had to make sure that no one's reputation was desecrated. Viewers Discretion Advised.

https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/document/d/1RzmOD39b-UjJK-Tx0FZDdEaPJQUDqfyH9tBKR_Ce7p8/edit?usp=sharing (Annotated Bibliography)
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Imagine. Create. Entertain. Productions - Lex Martinez & Jason Perez

Posted by Lex Martinez in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 3:26 pm

During our capstone project, Jason Perez and I realized that we have the same interests in a field of work that was very special to us. That field of work was Film and Video, digital media in broader terms. This field of work was special to us because it allowed us to connect to many different types of people not just locally but nationally as well. The field rooted from hard work, collaboration, execution, and passion qualities that developed during our four years at Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber. With those qualities in mind, we developed the idea of creating a Film Production studio on a small scale, similar to what we have today at SLA's rough cut studios and SLA@B's media lab. We crafted a name, a logo, a mission statement, almost anything and everything you could think of when establishing something as big as a studio. But life hit us very hard, it was difficult to get funding as teachers didn't support after-school jobs, teachers and students didn't support monetary donations or spreading for awareness, many doubted us, many didn't see what we envisioned for our capstone. It would have been studio that would have taught students that learning is more than textbooks and being at a desk in the classroom. Learning is getting out into the field and expressing and embracing your creative vision, a quality that is suppressed by current practices. This was developed on the fact that there is a handful of schools that find the funding to create these programs, both SLA's as an example. Imagine. Create. Entertain. Productions (I.C.E) would have been a program for any and all students within the Philadelphia school district to learn new skills and develop new media to be seen by millions of people in the world. Today, I.C.E Productions stands as a long term goal between Jason Perez and I as we work towards building a credible portfolio to be seen by thousands of people. We hope to inspire, entertain, and more importantly teach through the videos we've created utilizing the programs provided by WHYY, SLA@B media lab, and the on-the-fly skills we've developed through experience. Video Links: Sugar my Balls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1PdWlETk8 The Pen and Prejudice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppw69wJFYfA Storm 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVXdLKH_e90 Infidelity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms_EFJ3CIuc It's alwways sunny in Philadelphia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTQx7HAby0 It's bigger than TX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IItnfx_Am68 Film Reel attached Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/document/d/1YkWoROgmAJVAITPF5Ox2mUOaDkfSPP8LpVO_VOfqZwA/edit?usp=sharing

During our capstone project, Jason Perez and I realized that we have the same interests in a field of work that was very special to us. That field of work was Film and Video, digital media in broader terms. This field of work was special to us because it allowed us to connect to many different types of people not just locally but nationally as well. The field rooted from hard work, collaboration, execution, and passion qualities that developed during our four years at Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber.

With those qualities in mind, we developed the idea of creating a Film Production studio on a small scale, similar to what we have today at SLA's rough cut studios and SLA@B's media lab. We crafted a name, a logo, a mission statement, almost anything and everything you could think of when establishing something as big as a studio.

But life hit us very hard, it was difficult to get funding as teachers didn't support after-school jobs, teachers and students didn't support monetary donations or spreading for awareness, many doubted us, many didn't see what we envisioned for our capstone. It would have been studio that would have taught students that learning is more than textbooks and being at a desk in the classroom. Learning is getting out into the field and expressing and embracing your creative vision, a quality that is suppressed by current  practices. 
This was developed on the fact that there is a handful of schools that find the funding to create these programs, both SLA's as an example.
Imagine. Create. Entertain. Productions (I.C.E) would have been a program for any and all students within the Philadelphia school district to learn new skills and develop new media to be seen by millions of people in the world. 

Today, I.C.E Productions stands as a long term goal between Jason Perez and I as we work towards building a credible portfolio to be seen by thousands of people. We hope to inspire, entertain, and more importantly teach through the videos we've created utilizing the programs provided by WHYY, SLA@B media lab, and the on-the-fly skills we've developed through experience.

Video Links:
Sugar my Balls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1PdWlETk8

The Pen and Prejudice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppw69wJFYfA

Storm 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVXdLKH_e90

Infidelity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms_EFJ3CIuc

It's alwways sunny in Philadelphia - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yTQx7HAby0

It's bigger than TX - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IItnfx_Am68

Film Reel attached

Bibliography:
https://docs.google.com/a/slabeeber.org/document/d/1YkWoROgmAJVAITPF5Ox2mUOaDkfSPP8LpVO_VOfqZwA/edit?usp=sharing
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Bask in Your Beauty

Posted by Zoie Jones in Capstone on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at 2:17 pm

For my capstone my partner and I, Jada Thomas, created a girls mentoring program called Bask in Your Beauty (BIYB for short). The mission of BIYB is to empower and uplift young woman. We wanted to help girls find the beauty within themselves and the world around them. BIYB met every Wednesday from 1:30-3:15pm. During these sessions, we had discussions, trust building activities, and played games. Jada and I truly feel like we have built a sisterhood within BIYB. We remembered how it felt being a young woman in coping with the many things that come along with being in high school. We wanted the girls to feel like they would always have someone to turn to and we became those people for them. We also wanted the girls to understand that beauty is only skin deep so it is important to make sure that you are being the best person possible on the inside as well as the outside. We helped the girls find beauty in things like music, nature, and even in each other. It felt good for me and Jada to know that we had 20+ girls looking up to us. We ourselves feel like we have gained 20+ little sisters and have vowed to be there for the girls no matter what. Through my capstone, I learned what it felt like to be a leader and have other people look up to you. Having those young girls look up to me helped me carry myself in a way that would ensure I was looked at as a leader. This capstone also prepared me for what it feels like to have an impact on the lives of others, something I plan on doing for as long as I live. I am appreciative of the opportunities and experiences this senior capstone has provided me and we look forward to having BIYB continue long after Jada and I graduate. 
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