Sophia Henninger Capstone

The idea for this project hit me like a ton of bricks. Once someone mentioned the school mascot, I knew this is what I had to do. This project appealed to me not only for the performance aspect, which I will most certainly excel at, but also the chance it gave me to use my creativity to benefit the entire school-body. Making the mascot costume and working at Character Translations Inc. taught me things about the design world that I never expected. Choosing this as my project gave me a unique experience that has taught me skills that I can apply to make aspects of my life. 
Now that the costume is completed, I'm excited to see if and how the mascot is received by the school. One of the main reasons this project was important to me was because I wanted to increase school moral and create support for our athletes. I hope to see the costume used for many school functions. I believe it's something that not all public high schools in Philadelphia have and it could set us apart. 



Bibliography: 
File is here.

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KHudson Q4 Bench : A Globalized Song

Verse One:
11:30 on the dot the news drop 
i'm in and out
but everything I catch in my ear is all about
tragedy, pain, death, and lost of family
all these crazy things that are happening make think
about the look in your eyes and how I  never know 
if i'm the one who lies deep inside of your mind
tell me now before the time goes
Am I too late

Verse Two: (french)
Je vous vois dans le couloir et mon cœur s'arrête (sah het)
comme quand une baisse de basse
il s'envole (sohn-vohl)  et se(u) sent comme il pourrait pop (poo rey poh)

Verse Three: (Arabic)
أريد أن أقول لكم أعشق لك ( poreedu arn acoo lahlihk ihm a shacoo lehkah)
كل جزء مني لك ( Cole Jyusk Moaniya Lehka)
في كل مرة أراك أشعر بحاجة لمساعدتك ( Fi Cole MoririhTawhlahkee Asharra beehajyah leemoezahr eedehntikah)
أنا لا أعرف كيف أقول أنا يمكن أن تستمر ( Behnah lee ahrrefkayv ohkcoolu ehnna yucu eh ehnna ekestamerrida)
عقد هذه الشعور بأنه لن يمر( Ohn kudedi ashuhong duhihu lenyemurriah )

Chorus: 
 24 Hours in This Day
We Dont know if tomorrow will come
I gotta tell you what's burning in my heart
Before it's too late, I gotta get it done

Verse Four: (German)
ich dachte uber das Schreiben Sie (sigh) einen Brief
und Blutungen mein Herz auf einer Seite (sightuh)
aber ich glaube nicht, dass der Mail können alle halten
 die Gefühle,(dee gufrulu) dass Ich gespeichert habe.(guespite tabuhh)
Ich träume von kommen bis zu Ihrem Gesicht
und Ihnen mitteilt offentlich (un eeen midtie offentlich)
aber jedes Mal wenn ich denke, dass es durch
etwas ständig platzt
sich in Rauch auf (seegin a ralph off) und ich weiß, (whyihb)
Ich bin negativ
aber ich bin sicher (zehyair), Ich kann nicht aufhören Gefühl so (ahfoorin gooful zoh)
all dieser Zeit (ahl deezer sight) Ich bin seit gefangen durch meine eigene Zurückhaltung (i gan zurukaitong)

Verse Four: (Russian)
Больше всего я боюсь, что вы бы отталкивала меня (Bol'she silvil ya by yous', chvoy behn ottal kivala menya)
это убивает меня Не зная правды (eto ubivayet menya Ne znaya pravdy)

Verse Five ( Spanish )
24 Horas en este dia
no sabemos si mañana vendrá
tengo que decirle que es en mi corazon
antes de que sea demasiado tarde

Verse Six: Mandarin
我打算這樣做 (Woh dowsohn jjuhh yow zuah)
我將告訴你 (Woh chiang gaho soo nee)
我要去說出來 (Woh yow chi shuō cheelai)
我的對你的感情 (Woh da too nee dohgan shing)


Capstone



My specific topic is fashion club/charity. I have always wanted to help out a homeless settler but never knew how. However, since I love fashion and creating new style throughout people's everyday lifestyle I decided that i should have a club where other kids who enjoys fashion and wants to help in my fashion club to create new clothes from old clothes and at the end of the club we would have a fashion show and sell off the clothes then donates the money for a good cost.My goal is to get 200-300 people to come and watch the show, I honestly can not estimate if it’s going to be more SLA students or outside to come see the show. However, it’s most likely to be more depending on the promotion of the event. There will be 20 SLA models and 5 SLA designers. 5-7 SLA performers and 1-3 outside of SLA members who will also be performing. Fashion club/clarity!. I've decided  to establish a club at SLA for kids who enjoin fashion and willing to help in my fashion club. Creating new clothing from old clothes, by the designers from the SLA community and some other performers. At the end of the club, hopefully, have a fashion show and the money will be donated to "Fairy Godmother's. By doing this project I hope to learn how hard you have to earn/work for something in life. Because my mom always tell me how hard things are but I can’t never relate to any of them due to the fact that she and my dad spoils me and now I am for once doing something on my own and it has to go right.



CITE


Bellis, Mary. "The History Of Clothing." About.com Inventors. Mary Bellis, 2 Mar. 2006. Web. 01 Feb. 2013.  484-772-0155

I pick this source because it talks about the history of clothing. Also, ways they are created and some of the things they use to get the fabric they are looking for. For example this article tell you about the first clothes that were made from natural things, such as animal skin, fur etc. This would help me to know which clothes to sew or glue onto each other or the value of a certain fabric. Some fabric of animals that are very hard to find therefore the craft and fabrics stores sell them very expensive and I wouldn't want to waste it by making a mistake.


Kuronyi, Anne. "Welcom/e to Our Online Thrift Store." The Attic. The Attic Bethlehem, 7 Apr. 2008. Web. 01 Feb. 2013.

This is need for the importance of thrift store and how it could be cheap because of what we are doing. Also, the it's clothing that is already worn or made that would be created into something new. For example a sweater could be very old and one of our fashion designer could create a newer style into it.


Kaufman, Robert. "Knit Fabric." - Discount. Amy Butler, 5 Apr. 2003. Web. 01 Feb. 2013.

This site is useful because it tell me the difference between these fabric. The culture and why is certain fabric is being used with another type of fabric. I have learned that not all sewing machine are used for all fabric that is something useful I think I needed to know. Because if I wanted to sew a certain fabric on a sewing machine that isn't built to sew a thin line fabric and that fabric could be ruin.


Basualdo, Carlos. "Philadelphia Museum of Art - On View." Philadelphia Museum of Art - On View. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 12 Oct. 2012. Web. 21 Jan. 2013.

  This site talks about how dancing affect some people in a way, because some people uses dance to communicate in certain part of the world. For example, in one of West African country, Liberia, there a village called Nieba. In this village there’s a dance performed called the Niemba dance and this dance is performed by mostly women. The communication in this dance is showing the “obedience” of a womanhood. Waking up in the morning going to the market and gathering food and cleaning around the house then prepare food for you and your family. Also I have actually performed this dance and I did the farming one, going to the farm, cutting crops and putting it into the pot to bring it home. The way they communication is acknowledged is by the drums, the drummer is going to play a certain beat and that is when you should do another move or how to start moving. 



"Silk Fabric Information." Fabric Information: Silk, History of Silk. NY FASHION CENTER FABRICS, n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2013.

This would be use to help me take more care of this fabric because as we all know it a very hard to find the correct one. Also, the value of fabric and how it could be created into something really valuable. Another reason this is useful is, a lot of clothing is created from silk nowadays therefore we have to be careful with it.


"Teen Vogue — Fashion Starts Here | TeenVogue.com." Teenvogue Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.


I am using this site to help me understand how different outfit could be worn base on the season. Some colors that you could wear in the winter you wouldn’t wear in the summertime due the “fashion rules”. Some people actually follow some of these rules and obey by them. Also, this site allows me to view options styles that some of my designer could use or their theme.  



 "Celebrity Engagement Rings." ELLE. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2013.

Some people wear the most expensive clothing that they think are the worth, when deep down someone could create the same outfit for less money. Also the makeup, this gives easy ways to put makeup on for a starter. Not everyone likes to wear make up and this site could tell us about what things to use to avoid this matter.



"The 25 Best Men's Style Blogs Right Now." Men's Style: Men's Fashion, Shopping, & Streetwear Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2013.


This is useful for the blog we are also creating for the fashion process. For example we would have “ rating and best outfits/ week”. Also, shows the improvement from what the designers did that is similar. Compare their outfits and let the SLA kids rate them, so that way we would know what we need to change and add or remove. Because after all it’s the audience view we are trying to get. 


 Lee, Sarah Tomerlin. American Fashion. Toronto: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1975. Print.


This source is a book about the history of American Fashion. This book gives information of many different years in American History that has anything to do with fashion. I will use this source in my Capstone for the history section of my online fashion magazine. On my online magazine, there will be a history section where viewers can learn different things about fashion in the past.





 Morris, Bethan. Fashion Illustrator. 2nd ed. München: Stiebner, 2010. Print.


Annotation: The importance of the fashion why it is the way they are. How to make the models feels in their zone and it has different examples that allows us try our own on the website. Real designers perspective on clothing. 


"Teen Vogue — Fashion Starts Here | TeenVogue.com." Teenvogue Content. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.


Annotation: This source is website called TeenVogue.com. Since there’s a lot teen we are working with, it is best that we try to make them feel comfortable towards what they are wearing. Some people may not like to show their body parts as much as other people so the designers have to create clothing that best describes them in a way the models will feel comfortable with their body. Therefore this site helps me to know more about teens. 


"The Great 90s." 90s Fashion. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.

This site is actually one of the best cite that is going to help us. One of my designer theme is 80’s 90’s so she could learn more about the clothing they used to wear. I could also know the type of fabric to buy and accessories they need to need on. They even shows the sketches of how to designs some of the clothing and how to used the materials.  


DELEON, JIAN. "The 80 Greatest '80s Fashion Trends." Complex.com. Complex Media, 10 Dec. 2012. Web. 01 Feb. 2013.

Annotation: This a similar cite to the other one. However, this one shows more clothing and shoes. So in other words the entire outfit. Also, much more of ideas to get more idea of the theme. 


 "We Want You To Show Us Your Red!" Fashion Trends, Styles, Celebrity Fashion, and Beauty. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Feb. 2013.

This would help us with the coloring and the idea of which fabric looks nice. 




Final Product: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RetEB8L14m4&feature=youtu.be

History Journal #8

​Quotes about religion 
Respond to one (agree, disagree, connections)

Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and the sould of soul- less conditions. It is the opium of the people- Karl Max. 1884

I agree with this because back then, a lot of people feel the negative passion of endanger of the other society when they have different religion. No one cares about the other group of people. They think about themselves and the world is segregated because people believe in different things. I believe that everyone has a leader; therefore it brings people together. For example, famous people will tell the people in the society not to do non violence because its a better reputations of not doing any sinful things. I think there is one God, but people see it with different types of God when there are more than one religion. 

It causes violences because there ar war happening. Religion have different myths where people do different things. 
​Historic Map Islam 

Year 1: Middle Asia are spread into  6 tribes. 
Kingdah spread most part in Asia.



Year 2: The ottoman Empire is located in Anatolia, Rumelia, Wallachia, etc in 1481 

Egypt and Syria are Acquisitions up to 1520. 


Year 3: Religion are spreaded throughout the world in middle east, half Africa and some countries in South America.

Indonesia have a boom time (growing) because of the Muslim.


Observations about end of Lotf

​1) As the conch shattered so did civilization.
2) Jack was willing to do anything to be the leader, even kill people.

3) Deep down, they all really cared about Piggy.
4) The fire that was meant to kill Ralph actually saved him.
5) Reality hit Jack, because in reality they're all just kids.
6) Ralph calls Jack the beastie.
7) Percival can't even say his full name by the end of the book.

History Journal 9/12/12


What is the best way to adress global inequality?

The best way to adress global inequality is to give every race the same oppurtunity and pay. Another way is to not judge people by their religion, or their beliefs, because they could be jsut like you, but just a different religion. Also, places that are over populated should have more that what places that ae less populated have.

Jordan McLaughlin Capstone Project

This project was a blog which explored the in and outs of a massive multiplayer online game called World of Warcraft. The reason that this topic of study was chosen is because the major I will be studying in college is computer science, with a concentration in game development. I think this project was a good idea because it helps me understand what the developers do, and the numbers behind the decisions that are made. In these blog posts I also talked about other things more related to the game in general and not so much calculations. There were a few struggles that I had while completing this project, some of which include not having anything to calculate thus leading to non-quantitative work. These articles also made me understand the decisions that developers have made. For example talking about the differences be 10 and 25 man have made me come to the realization about how sometimes you try to make things the same but it naturally can’t be, this doesn’t just apply to programming, but applications of real life has affects on the game itself.


Amy Chen's Portfolio

​English Journal #28

Poetry is a poem where you express your emotion. It is written in figure language. It expresses emotions and feeling through figure language and written in any style that begins out the purpose. 

-Expression 
- Emotions/Idea
- personal 
- action/ work 
-Form
- Rhythm

Journal # 38 
 Never shall I forget....
Never shall I forget the first kiss you stole from me. 
Never shall I forget the lies you told to me.
Never shall I forget the meaning toward life.
Never shall I forget the big giants hands and warmth in your body that help me sleep at night. 
Never shall I forget on how it felt like to be happy, sad, betrayed, mad and angry. 
Never shall I forget the tiny words I use to scribble on my paper. 

​English Journal #15

In your life, what are the compromises you are willing to make? What are the dreams or beliefs that you will never give up?

My compromises are taking risk by challenging myself and helping people who need help. I care for my friends so they can have a better life. I think about my life, but I also want to help my friends. I would also try to chamllenge my education by working on my homework and organize my work for different subjects. I am willing to move on from the past because everytime when I think about my problems, I always stress about it. My dream is to have a better life so I can have a occupation to help my family. i want my self to succeed in college and never give up. I can see that I will stress out, but its worth it. 




Janie's struggle

: Grandma's death
: Family Members
: Husband Logan
: Wash his feet/male's job
: Marrying Joe (Jodie)
: Racist during childhood
: Making own decisions 
: No resources
: Love

Justin Pullins Capstone

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ABSTRACT:

From a very young age, I became greatly aware of the power of great storytelling, and how it can truly resonate with me. As a person who considers his true passion to lie within the arts, I grew up with an amazing fascination for film, television, theatre, and music. However, age has taught me that the true reason for this fervid, passionate interest was because of the core element and common thread that unites all works of art: the story. All of these early experiences have taught me the power of the story, and have instill upon me the passion for creating and writing works that hold great power. I believe that a story can truly change the world.

One of the most durable and impactful mediums in which to express and tell a great story is the theatre. The incredible connection that can be made through live interactions is astounding. Ultimately, it is the staging not just of a show, but of an event.

For my Capstone, I decided to write a play, harnessing the ever-changing ideologies and beliefs of my mind. The play, entitled Prophesy Landing, is the story of a dystopic, anarchist, decentralized world set many years in the future. Due to the ever increasing influence of humans doing "unnatural" things, a great event has happened, causing the world to be unable to support the modern way of life. In this new world, our characters are only regulated to acts that are deemed "natural", as not to disrupt the earth again. Ultimately, they must question their own natural moralities and understand what "normal" truly is.


BIBLIOGRAPHY:

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FINAL PRODUCT:

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CITATIONS


For my capstone project, I decided to create individual makeup styles/looks that were inspired by different things in the everyday world that stood out to me. These inspirations range from the beautiful colors in the skyline, different types of fashion trends and stereotypes, movies and even just things that happened to catch my eye as i walked down the street. As an aspiring makeup artist, I love mixing it up and creating new funky looks, why not use the array of things we see around us everyday for that inspiration? 

Imani Johnson Capstone

Advisor: Zoe Siswick

Mentor: Susan Butterwick

Click here to view my blog.​


Abstract: 
There are many questions that people have because not many know about rowing. To help increase the knowledge of rowing and the struggle of being an African-American, female rower, I’ve created a blog. This blog answers general questions non-rowers have, it shares my own personal thoughts on rowing, my growth with rowing, and more. Creating this blog has helped me think back to how I’ve grown as a person thanks to SLA and rowing for providing me a supportive environment and learning what it means to be responsible and have dedication with a positive attitude. My research for this project begun the second I joined PCR back in 2010. I knew nothing about rowing when I first joined and it’s literally taken me 3 years to completely understand rowing. 

Bibliography:

1. Kitch, Bryan. "Rowing Related." Rowing Related. Bryan Kitch, 2010. Web. 31 May 2013.

This is a blog that comments on huge rowing events  such as the IRA National Championship Regatta and Dad Vails. Going through this blog helped showed me what is going on in the rowing community outside of PCR's bubble. This also gave me a general idea of what a rowing blog should look like.


2. "Rowing Journal." Rowing Journal. N.p., 2013. Web. 31 May 2013.

3. ScullerX. "The CrossFit Rowing Blog." The CrossFit Rowing Blog. N.p., 24 Feb. 2010. Web. 31 May 2013.

This blog is very similar to my own. However, this one touches more on the actual workouts ScullerX does. This blog encourages me to add video and pictures rather than just words on my own blog. This also showed me how I should type my blog post. Like how to phrase different things.


4. Fay, Devin. "The Bates Rower." The Bates Rower. N.p., 18 May 2009. Web. 31 May 2013.

This is another blog used to influence how I phrase different things in my blog. This blog was a little different than the other blogs I looked at because it allowed a couple of people to post on the blog. So the wording changed between different blog posts. This blog also includes the race results from the regattas Bates competed at. It was interesting because my coach rowed for Bates.

 

5. "Philadelphia City Rowing." Philadelphia City Rowing. Philadelphia City Rowing, 2011. Web. 31 May 2013.

This is the website for my team. I took some information about PCR from this website whenever I found it hard to explain a certain thing.


6. Peters, Libby. PCR First Season. 2010. video. Youtube, Philadelphia. Web. 31 May 2013. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3O4Og6yla8>.

This video was created by my original coach when PCR first begun. I remember watching this video when it first came out and getting excited by seeing the results from my first year of rowing. This video also makes me happy because I find it inspirational that we've come so far in the past 3 years.


7. Philadelphia City Rowing- Fall 2011. 2011. video. Youtube, Philadelphia. Web. 31 May 2013. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJDXhf3aMek>.

This video was created by the girls novice coach, Annie, last year. 


8. Slack, Peter. Philadelphia City Rowing (short).mov. 2012. video. Youtube, Philadelphia. Web. 31 May 2013. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2baUhyG2UqU>.

I remember when this video was created because it was the first time an outside person actually wanted to make a video about us. This was used with a goPro and it only films the boys.


9. "Rowing Terminology." T.C William High School Crew. Alexandria Crew Boosters Club, Inc., 2007. Web. 31 May 2013.

Non-rowers always have questions about rowing terminology because I agree that rowing gets pretty complicated. It was difficult to define each term in my own words without being confusing. 

Canvas Scene/Drawing

Canvas
Canvas
      ​I chose to build this drawing because it seems very unique. It is similar to a scenery rather than a drawing. It was a drawing at first but then I played with the codes a little. Then it turns out to be a sunset-like scenery. In modifying this code, I used my knowledge from building the HTML codes. HTML coding and the canvas is almost similar but different functions. The section of the canvas code that I would like to point out is modifying the speed of the circle. It is followed by the following code, c.fillStyle = "white"; / c.beginPath (); / c.arc(posX, posY, 340, 90, 0, TWO_PI, false); / c.fill(); / }, 30); This part of the code modifies the speed and the flowing direction of the circle. The X and Y position modifying the direction and the 30 represents the speed. The lesser the value is, the faster it goes.

Canvas drawing/scene --> http://knguyen.rockethacker.com/index.html

Maggie Long Capstone

Abstract:

This project was inspired by my love for bikes. Biking as a youth helps provide a safe, fun, and relatively cheap ways of venting and getting around your city! Initially, I wanted to make a club in SLA where kids can come to learn about bikes and possibly even help build one! After realizing the cost and equipment we would need, I had to figure out another way I could promote biking. When a freshmen told me about the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby, I just had to learn more. A week later it was my new plan to enter the club into the derby and figure out what we would create on our bikes. This process taught me a lot about leadership and how important it is to lead by example and provide direction for the group. I learned this the hard way in many cases. I forgot that any participant 17 or younger would need a parent or guardian. After I realized, it was already too late to get the signature and mail in the form. That is when I got motivated to bring the competition to SLA. By hosting SLA Bike Week, it encouraged kids to safely ride to school instead of taking public transportation or getting a ride by car. This sets a positive tone on exercise and well being.  


Annotated Bibliography:

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1dOMMU-lNkiVJkMcH9qptbkWhC7MrbHJsjmnrcZIMlD0/edit


Process Paper:

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1qQE1zzBtSFfXiKY1XknoCvQl9aTIhK6gaeHf6HvlCAE/edit



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