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Louisa Strohm Capstone

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Capstone · Hernandez · Wed on Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 8:27 pm

For my capstone project I created a short series of videos about the college process. Working alongside Ms. Hirschfield, I chose three topics for three separate videos that she thought could be beneficial to future senior classes of SLA. Some of the guidelines we set for the videos were that they had to be short enough to keep people’s attention, but long enough to give a good amount of information. It was also important to me that I would be able to give the future seniors advice about the college process from the perspective of a current senior. The topics of the three videos I made are: using Naviance College SuperMatch, Applying for financial aid in college, and answering frequently asked questions about the college process. The process for making these videos was pretty consistent throughout. I first researched the topic of the video, and then used that information to form a script for each video. I then filmed and edited the videos and the final step was polishing them and uploading the videos to my YouTube channel. I am very proud of the final results of my project. I think that I was able to create something that can be used to help guide future seniors through the very stressful process of applying to college.

Here is the link to a document with the links to all three videos: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b_AKSCrVqBB3VWEs1LbUsAXiP5-hL54psoHbFt8EOvM/edit?usp=sharing

Annotated Bibliography __ Louisa Capstone (1)
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Vlog

Posted by Louisa Strohm on Sunday, October 20, 2019 at 9:25 am
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Advanced Essay #3 Historic Symbols Causing Violence

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 3 · Block/Harmon · B Band on Monday, May 6, 2019 at 7:47 am
Introduction: This paper is about how the different ways we preserver history can cause violence in the modern world. I talk about the recent wave of people who are moving to tear down historic statues and monuments. I also discuss the confederate flag and its opposing symbol to different groups of people. Hope you enjoy!

  Historic Symbols Causing Violence

Throughout American history, many triumphant and tragic events have occured. As a way of remembrance some choose to save artifacts, or even make art to commemorate history. These famous monuments and symbols have become much more relevant in recent times, due to the fact that some of these things should not be celebrated. Many people are now seeing statues and flags as a sign of racism and discrimination.  In many cases, these symbols are even at the center of many of the violent acts we have seen in recent years. Theses symbols are not the reason for this violence, but definitely give people a push in the wrong direction.

In 2017 riots erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia over the efforts to get an infamous statue of Robert E. Lee removed. Progressive groups protested around the statue, but the situation quickly turned when white supremacists arrived on the scene to oppose the protestors and fight for the statue to remain standing. White supremacists claim that the statue has deep roots and and should remain for the historic factor it was once built for. Richard Spencer, the man leading the group of white supremacists sees the statue as a sign of his heritage. In an article written about the protests, David Morris describes this as, “Spencer, at least, clearly regards the Lee statue less as a symbol of Southern heritage than as a convenient proxy for an explicitly racist agenda.”(2017)  Many people would agree with this point, that these symbols are just excuses for people to be racist and violent towards others. The violent actions of the protestors in Charlottesville injured 28 people, and killed one.

The Confederate flag originated when it was flown by the southern troops of Robert E. Lee during the civil war. After the war, it was used as a symbol of southern heritage by veterans of the war, and in many parades. The flag would also be used in many instances long after the civil war to commemorate the many battles fought. Now, the flag stands for a much different meaning in many people’s eyes; the flag is seen as a racist symbol used to discriminate against African Americans. In the Charlottesville riots, heavy use of the Confederate flag by white nationalists instilled violence in the people, even ending fatally for one woman.  The discrimination and underrepresentation of African Americans during the civil war, lives on in the modern world and is used as a racist tactic by white supremacist. This is a perfect example of how a small symbol that represents heritage to one, can cause violence and instill rage in another.

At the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, there is an infamous statue known as “Silent Sam”. The statue displays a confederate soldier and stands in the college’s campus to this day. In August of 2018 a protest was held because a group of people wanted the statue removed. This was a protest that quickly turned when a group of white nationalists arrived and enticed the protestors. The police were called to the scene and 7 people were arrested, along with many injuries do to the actions of the protestors and opposers. Something as simple as a statue was able to cause such destruction in the lives of many within hours. This statue was created as a way to preserve a historic figure and ended up turning into a symbol for hate and destruction; causing violence and chaos.

Chumani Maxwele was a student at the University of Cape Town when he sparked one of the first fights to have a statue removed. The statue was of Cecil Rhodes, a colonial politician and know white supremacist. Maxwele dumped a bucket of feces on the statue grabbing global attention and sparking a protest and movement on the campus to have the statue removed. He is quotes saying, “There is no collective history here. Where are our ancestors?” (Maxwele, 2015) This was the first of many statues to come down in an ongoing fight for representation of history. The main issue with these pieces of history is that they are only representing one thing, the white man. This can make people feel uncomfortable and unwelcoming to the celebration of this kind of history. That uncomfortable feeling people get, can be the one that causes violent outbreaks between divided groups of people.

The preservation of history represented in the United States today is very one sided. It in many cases showcases white men who were racist and discriminatory people. There are few famous statues or symbols for people of color or women in history; this is unfair and needs to change.  If there were an even amount of monuments built for all types, and generations of history, we could avoid the violent protesting and the destruction of these symbols. Instead we could learn from them and use them in positive ways in the modern world.


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Advanced Essay #2: Social Class in the Classroom

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 3 · Block/Harmon · B Band on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 7:36 pm
​Introduction: My advanced essay #2 is about the effect of social class in the classroom. The effect it can leave on children can be long lasting and very impactful. Feeling like you are being judged by your peers can dramatically effect the way you learn and the way one grows as a person. I am proud of the points and opinions I take a stand on in this essay. For my next paper, I would like to improve on leaving notes fro myself while writing my paper of things I can improve on or just good point from discussions with peers I would like to include. 


Social Class In the Classroom


Part of growing up is finding where you belong amongst the people around you. Many children experience this first through school. As a child, most of the time you are categorized in a classroom by your social class. Once you get to a certain age, the other kids around you begin to realize where your from and whether your family comes from money or not. Then, for many people, you get judged for having, or not having money like the other children around you. I had this experience in grade school. Many of the children around me were much wealthier than I was and it definitely affect the way I learned in the environment. Teachers often tend to tune out when it comes to social class even though small things like these can powerfully impact a young person’s life.

In many instances, we see people push aside social class as an issue in classroom scenarios. Race and religion are the main focus of many people’s concerns with equality in the classroom. In an article written by Adj Marshal, he discusses the effect of bringing social class into the classroom and touches on how the weight of this on children is sometimes overlooked. He says, “Compared with race or gender, class is less obviously inscribed on the body and more poorly understood, with more gray areas and fewer shared terms for social categories, making identity development a slower and more fraught process.” In many cases social class is a large part of a child’s identity, so not making it a larger part of the discussion in the classroom, like Marshall says, it could potentially damage a child’s image of themself.

Personally, I have had social class affect me negatively in a classroom environment. I was in the second grade when I realized my peers were not raised the same way I was. I attended a private school on a partial scholarship while my mom had to scrape pennies to pay the other end of my tuition. Meanwhile, many of my classmates never had to worry about not being able to go to school the next month because their parents couldn’t meet the tuition deadline, or if they would be able to pay for the newest pair of uniform shoes.  They took these things for granted. The day after after winter break I walked into class wearing my new winter coat that my mom had just bought me for Christmas. All of the other children were sitting playing on their new Nintendo DSI’s that they had received over the break. One of the kids asked, “Louisa, where is your DSI? Don’t you wanna play with us?” I didn’t know how to reply at first. As the nervousness settled into me, I said, “I didn’t get one for Christmas, I got this new coat instead.” Just as I could get the words out of my mouth another kid said, “She didn’t get one because she’s poor.” Immediately, the tears streamed to my eyes. The feeling of shame and embarrassment welled through me as the other kids just stared.

This is an important point to be noted not only because the children used this as a form of bullying, but because it made me feel uncomfortable to participate in the class. Social class is much more important than it is viewed as by most teachers. In an article on social class in the classroom, written by journalist Meghan Smith, she discusses a series of tests performed on a class of children to prove the effect of social and economical class on children. When discussing the results of one of the tests she says, “This can lead to students in lower social classes, or with lower familiarity with a task, to perform even worse than they would have. In other words, highlighting performance gaps with no explanation for the gap can make the gap even wider!” The gap she refers to is that of the gap between children in different social classes. Even though children don’t quite understand what kind of stress and embarrassment child of a lower class feels.

Even though social class is generally looked over now, in the future teachers should be more aware and even create an approach to avoid tension in the classroom. A good solution may be to begin teaching children about social and economic classes from a younger age so that they will have the information they need before they judge someone.  Teaching young children about social class could also allow them to view the world around them in different ways and avoid them creating future prejudices. Social class is something that causes children to learn differently and feel uncomfortable in some learning environments, but it never should be. My hope for the future is that someone will break the chain, so that children will never have to feel too embarrassed to learn.


  
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The Projection of Fear

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 2 · Pahomov · E Band on Friday, April 6, 2018 at 12:49 pm

The Projection of Fear

Projection is a natural occurrence where humans press their feelings and emotions on to other people or sometimes even imaginary things. Humans project their emotions into theoretical things because they want to try and make their fears less scary by including them in reality. Many would identify projections as a hallucination, but does this justify the irrational or violent actions that can be caused by them?  The savage behavior displayed by those who project their emotions could be completely avoided if the fears were never instilled in their heads. For some people there is nothing more frightening than the unknown. When humans allow these fearful projections to take over, they engage in violent and other unsafe behavior.

In the book, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of young boys survive a plane crash on a deserted island and are left to fend for themselves. This causes them to begin to hallucinate and project their greatest fears into something they call “the beast.” One of the boys, Simon, has had the most encounters with the so called “beast,” even having a conversation with it at one point. Later, the beast is renamed as “The Lord of the Flies” and appears to Simon as a talking pig’s head on a stick. “‘Pig’s head on a stick.’ ‘Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!’ said the head.”(143) One of Simon’s greatest fears, along with almost all of the other boys on the island, was this so called “beast.” Due to this fear, Simon hallucinated, or projected, this onto the pigs head to include the beast as a part of his reality. As the reader sees in this scene of the book, Simon thinks that he is speaking with the “beast” in the form of a pig’s head, when really, this “beast” is just a projection of his fear. Simon’s withdraw from the real world and adults, causes him to fear the things he has never had to do himself. His fears of starvation, dehydration, and death, are the ones who cause him to project his emotions into the beast.

In a later scene of the novel, Simon makes it back to the camp where the boys were living and things take a turn for the worst. The other boys believe that Simon is connected to the “beast” and end up murdering him for what they think is their own safety. “With the running of the blood Simon’s fit passed into the weariness of sleep. He lay in the mat of creepers while the evening advanced and the cannon continued to play.”(145) The boys projection of fear lead them to go as far as killing one of their own allies. This so called “beast” triggers them to do irrational things, such as killing one of their own allies who they believe the beast is connected to. This is a prime example of how the projection of emotions can lead to atrocious and deadly actions.

Although the book is fictional, the world sees situations like this happen all of the time in the real world. For example, in 2014 two teenage girls attempted to murder their friend because they were convinced that if they did not a fictional character called “the Slenderman” would kill their families. People create unrealistic scenarios in their heads because they are unable to live with their fears, and this can sometimes can cause the person themselves to become the one to fear. In a article about the case from the LA Times, it states, “The two girls came to believe internet folklore about Slender Man so strongly that they thought he would kill them or their families if they didn’t attack.” This is a prime example of how projection can lead people to commit outrageous acts and sometimes even go mad themselves. The girls who tried to commit the murder are now both serving time in mental facilities and will be there for 20 plus years.

Much like the girls in real life, the character’s in the book were fearing the unknown. The boys in the book greatest fears being  starvation, death, and dehydration, while the girl’s fears being the death or harm of their loved ones. These fears can lead some to try and commit fatal actions, but others could be lead to actually committing them. The fear of not having control over something is enough to drive people mad, so people are willing to do anything to conquer this fear and feel like they are the ones in control of the situation. When people fear things they tend to let it take over them, but with projection, people push that fear on to other things, rather than themselves. For many this is a way of coping. But does that justify irrational or even violent actions that may come along with that? This debate continues in real life, as the sentencing of the two girls did not go how many thought it would. Many people disagree with the fact that the girls are serving their time in a mental facility instead of an actual jail.

The projection of fear can lead to crazy things. Humans see this in real life, and in fiction everyday. Some people blame fictional characters as to why people may do bad things, others would just blame the mental health of those responsible for the actions. Looking through a sympathetic point of view, one could think that the girls in real life, and the characters in the book only have the mental health of themselves to blame. They both allowed their projection of fear to take over and this lead to their violent and semi-fatal actions. Although their actions were wrong, because of their state of mind, one could argue that they could not help their own actions. All of these savage actions could have been avoided if the fears had never been planted. If everything is presented as the way it is created to be, then then there would be no fear to project.





Works Cited

Golding, William. Lord of The Flies. New York: Penguin, 2006.


Cosgrove, Jaclyn. “The Story behind 'Slender Man' and How Fear of This Fictional Character Nearly Ended in Murder.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2017, www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-slenderman-sentencing-20171222-htmlstory.html.


“Psychological Projection.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Apr. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection.


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Self and Systems // Kyla, Ivan, Jayden, and Louisa

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 2 · Pahomov · E Band on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 9:12 pm
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My Eyes by Louisa Strohm

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 2 · Pahomov · E Band on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 8:29 pm

“Oh my god Penny, your eyes are like so blue.”

(rolls eyes) Thanks a bunch. I hate that phrase. Since the day the pigment entered my eyes I think I’ve been receiving compliments on them. “Oh my, look at your eyes!” or “Wow, your eyes are so pretty!” When I was younger, I found it nice to be complimented on one of my physical features so often, I was very fond of the attention. But as I grew older, and became a teenager I began to hate it. For me, the worst thing about receiving a compliment is that the complimentor always feels the need to be thanked, and will get all offended if you don’t thank them. It’s like, “Gee thank you SO much for letting me know that my eyes are blue. I’ve never heard that or seen myself in a mirror.” I’m just really sick of it, you know? When you attend a co-ed high school as a respectively pretty girl with blue eyes, boys love to tell you about it. “You have such big, beautiful eyes.” they’ll tell you. They’ll tell you they’ve never seen eyes like yours and ask you if it runs in your family. They will pretend that they care. They really don’t. I know now that they will tell you what they think you wanna hear, just so they can feel like they’re gonna get somewhere with you. Don’t let them. Do I not have anything else worth complimenting? I know I’ve never been the smartest. I’ve never been the most artistic or talented in anything really. But nothing, really? They’re just eyes, my sister and dad have the same exact pair. Hell, lots of people have the same pair. They’re blue, trust me I know. You know, maybe I’m wrong for complaining. I’m sure lots a girls would kill to have my eyes, and receive attention like I do. You know what no, I’m right. If you really like me, and you wanna compliment me, you should dig a little deeper than just finding the first physical feature you notice and uttering something that you think I’ve never heard before. Compliment me on my personality or on my mind. Honestly, anything but my eyes at this point. Compliment me on the point I made in that class we have together, or tell me I have a nice speaking voice. ANYTHING but the eyes. Please, spare me from having to hear about the two things that fill the round sockets on my face. Complimenting should be about making someone smile unexpectedly by surprising them with your fondness of a feature that not many others recognize. THINK before you compliment, because I’m done saying thank you.

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Emulate Your Author: Anthony Doerr

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 2 · Pahomov · E Band on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 12:27 pm
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E2 U1 Benchmark (Orlando, Payton, Maddy, and Louisa)

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Spanish 2 · Hernandez · A Band on Monday, October 30, 2017 at 7:39 am

This is a campaign add for Payton, to become the leader of Colombia.

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Louisa Superlativos

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Spanish 2 · Hernandez · A Band on Monday, September 25, 2017 at 9:45 am
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Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Final Steps to Making a Change

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 1 · Giknis · E Band on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 12:39 pm

Hello again, my name is Louisa Strohm and this is the last blog of three about my personal experience with Mild Cognitive Impairment. If you would like to read my first and second posts, you can find them linked here. For a short summary I have discussed my personal experience with MCI and shared my story about taking care of my grandmother. Throughout the entire project I have expressed my deep passion in putting more information for at home care of those with MCI or Dementia.

I had a lot of time to think about what I wanted to do for my agent of change. I went through a lot of ideas but finally decided to go with making a website, so people can access my personal story and tips for living with and caring with those with MCI and Dementia. I made this website because in my personal opinion there is a huge lack of information on how to care for these people at home. This lack of information is leading to people checking their loved ones into nursing homes and assisted care facilities. Although it may seem like the best option, for some people who only have mild Dementia or MCI, it may be better to keep them at home where they feel most comfortable.

Getting back onto the topic of my website, the sites name is Caring for Cuzzies. You can find the link to website here I chose this name because Cuzzie is my grandmother’s nickname and I want people to be able to know how to care for all of the Cuzzies out there. When you visit my site you will find three tabs. The home tab, where you can find five tips for caring for those with MCI or Dementia. The next tab is the ‘My Story’ tab and here I shared my story and personal experience with my grandmother’s disease. The last tab is the Contact tab where I put my email.

The process of creating the website was pretty fun. I learned a lot of new things about how websites work and how to make them. I enjoyed writing the tips and I really hope that it helps someone who’s lost in the sea of information about MCI and Dementia. Sharing my story out there was really scary at first, but once I started writing, and realized how passionate I am about this topic, it doesn’t even phase me.


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Picture of me creating the website

Doing the You & The World Project at first was very intimidating. I found that as I worked more and more, did extensive amounts of research, and put my heart into my topic, I really could make a change. Having my family, friends, and peers support pushed me to make this difference and want to help people. I think this project has made me a better person. Learning my grandmother’s full story, and help other people going through the same thing my family did, I think will make an impact on the rest of my life. This project will stay with me for the rest of my life and I think I will always remember my time at SLA through this.

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Screenshot of the website's front page.



Link to Caring For Cuzzies
Link to my Annotated Bibliography


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Final Print

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Art - Freshman · Hull · d1 Band on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 10:30 am

FullSizeRender (3).jpg My element is Germanium and its atomic number is 32. My element is mainly used for electrical engineering. It can be found in wires, transistors, and circuits. It can also be found in many camera lenses. That is where I got the inspiration to draw a camera and do my print. First I did the initial sketch for my print. Then that sketch was transferred onto the foam plate and outlined. We then put ink over the imprint of our sketch and we transferred that onto paper. We then let them dry, then cut them out, and matted them on construction paper. I would try an put some more detail into the sketch if I had to do it all again. I enjoyed doing the initial sketch because I like to do drawings. This whole project was very interesting and fun to complete with my peers.


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Love is a Mixtape Trailer (Mayah, Donny, and Lou)

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 1 · Giknis · E Band on Monday, June 5, 2017 at 9:29 pm

  • Our Group: Mayah Gold, Donald Moses, and Louisa Strohm

During this project, we went through some creative obstacles. We started out with not exactly knowing what to do, but we figured it out. However, challenge did strike when the first of working one group member was not present. So we couldn’t get much done that day. However, we were nothing but productive the next day.

While writing the script, we really wanted to get a sense of the loss that Rob experiences throughout the book, as well as how he copes with it. I believe that we really captured that through our trailer.


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E1 U6 Costa Rica (Janiya, Payton, Micah, Josiah, and Louisa)

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Spanish 1 · Hernandez · C Band on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 7:43 am
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Mild Cognitive Impairment Blog 2

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 1 · Giknis · E Band on Monday, May 22, 2017 at 7:09 pm

Hello again! My name is Louisa Strohm and this is a second blog post in continuation to my first post about Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). If you would like to read that one first, which I do recommend you can find that here. In my first post I talked about what MCI is and what kind of effects it has on elderly people physically and mentally. I also talked about my personal connection with MCI, which is my grandmother. She was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment in 2013, and it affected not only her, but our entire family. We changed the way we did things around the house to try and help her condition. In this blog post I’d like to talk about some new facts and statistics I’ve found. I also got to sit down with my grandmother and my mother, her caretaker, to ask some questions about MCI and how they deal with it.



The first interview I conducted was with my grandmother. The first thing I had her tell me about was her daily routine. She told me that 3 days a week she babysits her 2 year old grandson Leo. If she isn’t watching him she’s doing laundry, watching her favorite game shows such as The Price is Right, or if it’s nice out she sits on the front porch, or she gardens. She also told me that during the spring and summer there is one thing that she never misses and that’s the Phillie’s game. During my interview she expressed many times that the medication she takes makes things much better. At the end of our interview she told me specifically to let the people know that if she didn’t have us girls, referring to me my sister, and mother, she would be sad, she said that she would hate to be alone.


The next interview I conducted was with my mother, the caretaker of my grandmother. She told me that her initial reaction to being told her mother has MCI was that she was upset with herself at first for not recognizing the signs and in denial about my grandmother’s condition. She told me about some of the things she does like leaving notes and filling my grandmother’s medicine for her that may not sound like they make a difference, but they do. She told me that she she normally is fine with my grandmother but sometimes gets frustrated with having to repeat herself but knows that it’s just part of her condition. She got emotional towards the end when I asked things people might not know when living with a person that has MCI. She got teary eyed and told me that it takes a lot of patience and love to care for anyone with any disease.

Since my last blog I’ve done some more research on the effects and ¨cures¨ of MCI. This Scientific American article I found, suggests that the risks of MCI and dementia are falling. Studies done in America and Europe tell us that over the past 25 years the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease has been steadily falling. A study led by Carol Brayne at Cambridge University surveyed people over the age of 65 once in the 90’s and again somewhere around 2010. The results led them to believe that the dementia rate was decreasing by 24 percent.

There is lots more to discover and uncover in the always moving world of MCI, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s. I hope to come to some more conclusions and help more people overcome MCI.


If you would like to see my sources here’s the link to my Annotated Bibliography.






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E1 U5 Louisa Strohm

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Spanish 1 · Hernandez · C Band on Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 11:06 pm

Louisa Strohm

Soy yo

la hija,

La hermana,

Producto de la Bulizzi familia.


Veo mi madre amor

Saboreo mi abuelas manzana pastel

Huelo mi mamas perfume

Oigo mi hermana canta

Toco mi mantanas y almohadas


Vengo desde Filadelfia

Me gusta bailo y canto

Yo cocino con mi familia

Siempre necesitare a mi familia



Somos producto de Filadelfia

Somos italianos y alemanes

Hablamos ingles

Vivimos en America

Mi familia y yo en completos




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Blog 2: Negative Space

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Art - Freshman · Hull · d1 Band on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 9:59 am
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Negative space is all of the empty space around the subject of your drawing. ​I found the negative space in my cut out by looking at the difference between the darker pink side and the lighter yellow side. Seeing the negative space can help an artist make sure their work is symmetrical. It can also help with realizing if there is a flaw in your positive space or subject of your drawing. Seeing negative space can enhance a drawing because it can make the positive space in the drawing pop out and become more noticeable.
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Mild Cognitive Impairment

Posted by Louisa Strohm in English 1 · Giknis · E Band on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 9:27 pm
Hello my name is Louisa Strohm and my You & The World project is about Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). MCI is a mild form of dementia that causes short term memory loss. According to NCBI MCI is,¨ an intermediate stage between normalcy and dementia, is characterized by fewer symptoms and less functional decline than dementia with less established biological disease processes and is an attractive target for both symptomatic and disease progression therapies.¨People with mild cognitive impairment do not have as much physical and functional decline as one with dementia or Alzheimer's disease would. Currently there is no cure or treatment for this disease but there are medications that can slow the progression of the disease.



This image was found at, Medical Daily. The bottom row shows a scan of the brain throughout the progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment.


Many people with Mild Cognitive Impairment are checked into nursing homes or assisted care facilities. Although this may seem like the best option, it may not be. Many people in nursing homes are more likely to become depressed, causing their conditions to worsen. Due to lack of familiar faces such as family and friends these people would get at home, patients tend to close themselves off. People with this depression tend to deteriorate physically and mentally.

This project is very close to home for me because my grandmother has MCI. She lives with me, my mom, and my sister. She is the mother of six children, four girls and two boys. Before she was diagnosed with MCI she worked at Roman Catholic High School as the receptionist at the front desk for over 20 years. This was a job she needed a good memory for because she was going through a lot files, sending lots of emails, knowing a lot of the children’s names, and memorizing a lot of phone numbers. I often wonder whether stressing her memory then may be a reason why her memory isn’t as good now.

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This is an image of me, my sister, and my grandmother.


Among many medications my grandmother takes there are also many things we do around the house to try and keep her memory fresh. My grandmother always sits in the same spot in our living/family room, and beside that spot there is an end table. On the end table next to her spot we have put a number of things including a clock with the date, time, and temperature. This helps my grandmother remember the day and where everyone is (school, work, ect.) because if she doesn’t know these types of things she could get very confused and end up worsening her condition. Another thing that we have done is put a pack of sticky notes and a fresh pen on her table so if someone calls or she wants to tell us something when we get home, she can write it down and remember it. One thing we always have to remember is to get rid of the used sticky notes each day so she doesn’t get confused as to when she wrote which note. These are only some of the ways we help our grandmother in her struggles with MCI.


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Printmaking

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Art - Freshman · Hull · d1 Band on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 9:53 am

Printmaking is a type of art where someone carves an image, covers it in ink and transfers the image onto a piece of paper. Print making was one of the first means of transporting communication. It was created in ancient Egypt.

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This is a print of a whale. I found this print at http://anoukandthepencils.com/reliefprints/ . The contrast of the blacks and whites on the print especially in the ocean is very nice. You can see the visible textures in the boat and sky behind the whale. I wonder what types of tools and techniques were used to create this print.
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SLA Promo (Benjamin Rivera, Janiya Collins, Octavain Davis, and Louisa Strohm)

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Spanish 1 · Hernandez · C Band on Friday, February 17, 2017 at 8:05 am
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E1 U3 SLA Promo Parafos (Janiya, Banjamin, Octavain, and Louisa)

Posted by Louisa Strohm on Monday, February 6, 2017 at 5:38 pm

Hola, somos Louisa, Benjamin, Janiya y Octavain. Somos estudiantes de Science Leadership Academy. SLA está en Filadelfia, Pensilvania. Ofrecemos drama, ingeniería y bioquímica uno y dos. Es lleno de color y la gente es muy simpática. Está cerca de Wawa, Dunkin Donuts, Arch Gourmet. Science Leadership Academy es muy divertido.


Para estar preparado para SLA, necesitamos primero saber las clases y los profesores. Algunos son, Señorita Hernández que enseña español. Señor Symonds enseña historia. Señorita Sessa enseña bioquímica. Me gusta bioquímica. Señorita Giknis enseña inglés. Señor Estey enseña mi clase favorita, matemáticas. Me gusta Señor Estey. Señor Estey es simpático. Necesitamos muchos lápices y plumas. En la clase de ingles hablamos de libros. La mejor parte es que tenemos una hora de almuerzo. Me gusta pasar ese tiempo con mis amigos o estudia.


Me gusta los profesores de SLA mucho y los estudiantes. La Srta. Hernández enseña espanol. Me encanta el ambiente en SLA. Su clase es muy fácil y chévere. Su clase es muy inteligente y muy fantasica.  Nuestras clases son fáciles de trabajo. LaSrta. Giknis es mi profesora favorita. Tenemos cinco clases en un dia. Esta es la mejor escuela en Filadelfia.


Cuando puedes pensar en de SLA, piensas en familia! Sla puede a veces ser lleno de tensión pero si no te preocupes en las cosas negativas estás guay, pero además recuerda no haga pasó por alto otros gente límites ninguno! De todas formas, SLA es una impresionante lugar un a lo largo como tu ser bonito, respetuoso, y nunca aplazar SLA será ser el mejor para tu.  
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E1 U3: Sangre de la Familia (Janiya, Josiah, William, and Louisa)

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Spanish 1 · Hernandez · C Band on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 8:44 am

A mother and father have a child together. When their son grows ill, they take him to the hospital. The doctor tells the two parents that their child has a rare disease and will need a blood transfusion. Find out what happens next in the many twists and turns of Sangre de la Familia.

Janiya como Estefani, Josiah como Miguel, William como Rafael (hijo), and Louisa como Dr. González

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Media Fluency Slide Pt. 2

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on Friday, December 16, 2016 at 1:50 pm

After presenting my slide to my classmates they gave me some insightful feedback. The first bit of feedback was to make my name on my slide much bigger so it doesn’t look the same size the words below it. In doing this I immediately saw the difference between the two slides. The second thing I did was take out part of the sentences I wrote because I was told it was too much. I understand why it was too much because it was a glance media slide and there was a lot to read for just a glance. My classmates told me that all of the colors worked together well especially the gray background, so I didn’t really change any colors. The final thing I changed on my slide was the picture. I was told by my classmates that the picture wasn’t big enough and that having bleed of the side worked but that it needs to be bigger so, I made it bigger. Those are all of the changes I made.

Media Fluency Slide 2
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Louisa's Media Fluency Project

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on Friday, December 2, 2016 at 1:40 pm

The first thing I did with my slide was pick a color scheme. I read up on how to choose colors to make my pallet aesthetically pleasing and chose a light gray background, with bold black letters for my name, and a medium blue color for the other information. I chose the font Bree Serif. I not only chose this because it’s  a nice font, but because it is a very bold font and can be read easily. I put my full name in black letters at the top in bold letters so itś the first thing you see. The shape of my slide is two dimensional. Since the hue is mostly gray, the value would be middle gray since it’s not black or white.
I let my picture bleed off the side of the border to show the negative space between the picture and the text. That is how I created my slide.


Tech Class Slide Design Project
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E1 U1 Orlando, Nasya, Shyann, Louisa

Posted by Louisa Strohm on Friday, October 28, 2016 at 9:49 am

In this video Orlando, Shyann, and Nasya are wondering what the weather is like outside. They turn on the T.V and see the weather forcast.

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My Home Network

Posted by Louisa Strohm in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on Monday, October 17, 2016 at 5:58 pm

explain your L.A.N. Local Area Network - all the devices on your internet connection. On my home network I have my iPhone, my mom’s iPhone and my sister’s iPhone. I also have my school laptop and my mom’s laptop. And finally we have a shared desktop computer hooked up to the network. reflect on what you learned about networks, did you have an OMG moment that you learned something new and interesting? if now write about what you learned. I learned some really interesting things about my network like how everything we search is put through our router before it loads on our devices I thought that was super cool. what would you tell other people that they need to know about having an ISP/Home network? I would tell people that it is good to look far into what type of network you have and what will work best for your household and setup.

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