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Savannah Manns: Capstone

Posted by Savannah Manns in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 3:22 pm

My capstone was the black girls can conference. I designed this conference to be a place where young African American women come to see positive role models, learn about opportunities in Philadelphia for you and talk about things like microaggressions, the professional world, self-care, healthy relationships and much more. I got this idea because when I was younger I went to a conference where I saw women much older than me at the time doing amazing things and that changed my life. I decided that I wanted to empower and uplift young women because of representation matters. On April 7th I made this long time dream come true at SLA. I was able to make this possible with the support of the amazing staff at SLA and the amazing staff at SLA. I think it was really helpful to the very few young ladies that were in attendance. We had great conversation, amazing food and as a whole, we grew in ourselves as well as with the ladies around us. There were a lot of things that I wish I could have changed, one of them being the attendance. Although that was one of the things that are not 100 percent up to me however I wish I could have done more to promote or promote people to come out for a great cause. Even some things didn't work out the way I wanted. I hope that I inspired the young ladies who were there to be themselves and know that they can do absolutely anything they put their minds to.

Bibliography

https://www.pppl.gov/YWC

This source is about a STEM conference for young women. This is a important source for me because My capstone does not have a specific topic, this source helped me to look more at how the girls were interacting with each other and what their sessions looked like. This source also helped me see what the graded level was and how the interaction goes. I know for the conference that I am hosting I do not want it to be a cliquey interaction via each grade level.

https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/09/3-ways-get-more-young-women-interested-stem

This source is about 3 different ways that you can get young women interested in STEM. One of the biggest things that stood out to me was “changing the conversation”. This is important because when approaching the girls at the conference, we do not want to come off as if we are forcing them to do it. It also said a lot about placing emphasis on tech role models and women in technology. This helps me to find out if I want a keynote or not and is so who I want it to be. \

https://medium.com/tedx-experience/how-to-organize-a-conference-567fb50ccdbd

This is an important source because it gives amazing tips on how to start a conference. This is a really great source because it is from Tedx which is a really great show and they've been doing this for years. Tips from tedx will definitely help me with everything as far as planning goes.

http://www.uniquelyyousummit.org/

This source is from a Summit that I’ve been going to since i was 11. This is important because I want to model my summit off of this one, and implement some of their values in to my own summit/ conference. There are lots of different ways that I could go about this, and this summitt is one of those ways. I think that this source will help to create bios, list sessions and plan things overall.

file:///home/chronos/u-02164d821c358ef94fee4ec27053bf0489aded5b/Downloads/Conference_guide.pdf

This source is a PDF book all about creating a successful conference. It gives tips on creating a budget, establishing a committee, registration, speakers etc. This is important because before I go into the braskem pitch I will need a budget and a way that I can explain my Idea clearly and thoroughly. I will use this source the most out off all of them because of how informative it is.

https://www.gigmasters.com/search/motivational-speaker-philadelphia-pa

This source is a place where i can find young speakers. This is helpful because I can request free quotes, and learn more about them from their bios. This is important because I am looking for a keynote or multiple speakers at this event, specifically empowering speakers. This source will help me find these people.

https://www.paconferenceforwomen.org/speakers/

This source is from the PA women's conference which I attended in October. That conference in itself is a source. This is a list of all of the speakers. Although most of the speakers I may have to pay for them, the wesboste and the process is what I would like to model my conference off of. This source is helpful because I get to see the program descriptions etc.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/02/concentration-poverty-american-schools/471414/

This source is an article about the focus on poverty in American schools. This source talks a lot about the poverty rate of students in schools and what the schools are like in impoverished neighborhoods. Over all this helps me to understand the environment that some students go to school in and live in. This is important when I create break out sessions.

https://www.greatschools.org/pennsylvania/philadelphia/schools/?gradeLevels=h

This source is a list of high schools in Philadelphia , this will help me when picking out students from each school and call in counselors etc.

https://helloendless.com/how-to-create-your-event-budget/

This source is about making a budget for an event, how to do it and the do's and don'ts of doing it. This will help prepare for pitch night with braskem.

Taytiana Velazquez-Rivera Capstone

Posted by Taytiana Velazquez-Rivera in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 8:54 am

The topic of my senior capstone project is Puerto Rico. I am Puerto Rican so this was a way for me to take advantage of learning more about my homeland. By doing this project I hope to learn more about my lineage. This project will helped me improve my research skills, and by the end of this project, I hope to learned a lot. I got to interview and meet a lot of people, one of which was a hairstylist who upon arrival to Puerto Rico, after the Hurricane Maria, found out her father had passed - in which she is pictured. I learned about the culture and the highly catholic population, in which people always had faith in unity. For this project I created multiple art pieces 5 of my favorite are attached, each corresponding stories for art piece for each piece created, creating a double portfolio. During this project I collaborated with clubs in Science Leadership Academy (SLA) to coordinate, drives for Puerto Rico, as well as doing some on my own in collaboration with the first Spanish Baptist Church of Philadelphia, during the hurricane recovery after hurricane season. I also, used Latino club as an outlet to interview students. The people of Puerto Rico were beyond grateful for things such as canned food, and paper towel. In some places, people didn’t have water and food for weeks and were left to eat dogs and cats. I have gained a new appreciation for Puerto Rico as a whole, their unity inspired me beyond words.

Works Cited

Santiago, Roberto, editor. “Boricuas: Influential Writings - An Anthology” . First ed., 'A One World Book' by The Ballantine Publishing Group, September 1995. Print.

This anthology of puerto rican writing helped me put into perspective what I wanted to exemplify in part of my capstone. Taking different writings and then having an artist create a small art piece was one of the key component of something, that I did in a similar manner with taking interviews and stories and turning them into art pieces. Also, the anthology of writings gave me an idea to do an anthology of art along with my personal gallery inspired from gallery

Silva, Daniella. "Trump Defends Throwing Paper Towels to Hurricane Survivors in Puerto Rico." NBCNews.com. NBCUniversal News Group, 08 Oct. 2017. Web. 27 Jan. 2018.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-defends-throwing-paper-towels-hurricane-survivors-puerto-rico-n808861

I know that usually the news isn’t the best source of information, but for my project I also wanted to portray how current events are affecting puerto rico and how politicians think of or respect Puerto Rico. This puts into perspective a different lense than what I would normally see, and gave me another idea for an art piece. (j.b.)

Benítez, Marimar. “Neurotic Imperatives: Contemporary Art from Puerto Rico.” Art Journal, vol. 57, no. 4, 1998, pp. 75–85. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/777929.

Looking at contemporary art gives a new style of art for me to explore. This displays very boxy picasso like inspired art pieces with a traditional spin, as well as art work that was composed of many lines.

FELICIANO, HÉCTOR, and Francisca González Arias. “The Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, or, the Reconstitution of a History of Art.” Remix: Changing Conversations in Museums of the Americas, edited by Selma Holo and Mari-Tere Álvarez, 1st ed., University of California Press, 2016, pp. 34–37. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt19rmbt3.10.

Viewing a historical standpoint this is very important because its about the first museum dedicated to Puerto Rico. The subject with-in itself opens the world up to history that was kind of left behind for a while. I think this museum is something to consider because what happens to the Puerto Rican artist, work today and it leads me to asking myself how to make sure people will have access to art made today, tomorrow?

Ward, Sarah Laleman. “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Hunter College Collection of Puerto Rican Graphic Arts.” Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, vol. 34, no. 2, 2015, pp. 204–222. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/683381.

Including around 150 art pieces between 1954 and 1985, This book gives me a really good view of art development and changes and techniques. It even helped me view the changing architecture through art, which looked very similar to that of what my Great grandmother illustrates of la Isla.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703797003359

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vyQDYqz2kFsC&oi=fnd&pg=PR9&dq=puerto+rico+art&ots=A0LSrhq9t4&sig=hLtCaJzq9IAK0yiTPYCaZlRP9JY#v=onepage&q=puerto%20rico%20art&f=false

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0094582X9802500308#articleCitationDownloadContainer

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/24/americas/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-aftermath/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/12/29/power-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-pkg-santiago-erin.cnn

Paul-Ann Whyte: Capstone

Posted by Paul-Ann Whyte in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Friday, May 11, 2018 at 8:31 am

https://docs.google.com/document/d/105w5AlcvKEe8jgZYmY8LQBlnrSWvAj2l27VG9nru2CE/edit?usp=sharing

For my capstone, I started writing a short story called Project: Retina. I have been thinking about this book since I was nine and was excited to finally put this idea on paper. I was really happy when I was able to use this idea to finally show what my imagination is capable of. However, I ran into multiple problems. More than I had anticipated. One problem was fleshing out the idea. Since this idea was made when I was nine, it had some problems. It didn't have a clear plot, didn't have fleshed out characters and no clear ending or beginning. Another problem was that because of the previous problems mentioned, I kept restarting. Multiple times, I started over, slightly changing the plot, until I was happy. Unfortunately, when I was happy, I only had a month left to write this book. So I am worried that this book is inadequate with words but I did try my best to get to a point I was happy with.

William "Trey" Matthews Capstone

Posted by William Matthews in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 12:11 pm

Over the years, I've met many people who talk about faith yet show no outward connection to their perspective religious viewpoint on the matter. People might say, "If I just have more faith, then this or that will happen." Later, they wondered why faith didn't seem to work for them. This is why I decided to do this Capstone topic, in the form of a cartoon. Because I have been attending private catholic schools from 4th to 11th grade, and I wanted to share some of those teachings and perspectives to my peers of Science Leadership Academy. My main point is that faith isn't a feeling, and it's not a supernatural force to get God to give us what we desire. If faith isn't tied to our religious truth, then it accomplishes nothing. Faith is only as strong as the thing to which it is anchored. It may be true that a person might be full of faith even if they don’t feel it. One may be willing to act in faith (for example: to love an enemy, to protect the weak, or to respect a terrible boss), simply because they believe that’s what their religion says is true, even if their emotions and reasoning do not compel the action. With certain events occurring in today’s society, especially with the election of Donald Trump, people make the assumption that world is heading in reverse. However, my parents and Catholic education taught me that sometimes we need to look at the positive side of things and look at life with a different PERSPECTIVE; and that’s what my Capstone explains.

Disclaimer: I am NOT trying to question or condescend someone else's belief. I just want to give a different perspective based on my past/current life experiences, with the help of others.

My Bibliography !

Jhazzelle Majarucon Capstone

Posted by Jhazzelle Majarucon in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 11:57 pm

For my capstone project, I decided to create a montage of my trip to Costa Rica with 9 other girls and 2 teachers from SLA. The trip was a field study in the small village of the Bribri community. Over the course of 9 days, our trip consisted of exploring the capital city of San Jose, driving for 6 hours then taking a boat ride to the community, a 2 day service, beach time, and much more. During our time in the Bribri village, we bonded with the Bribri people and completed community service for 2 days in which we built a water pipe system for two houses. There’s so much more that I can talk about during my time in Costa Rica and that is why I decided to document parts of the trip so it would give the audience an overview of my experience and the girls’ experience as well.

I knew even before the trip happened that it was going to be an amazing and eye-opening experience which led me to film almost everything that we did. I documented our experiences from San Jose, the Bribri community, and even the beach after a few days of service. Every single day, I made sure that I had filmed the most important parts of the day for the montage content. However, I learned that it is difficult to focus on what is going on around you if technology is in your hands. Despite my willingness to document my experience in Costa Rica, especially the Bribri community, I wish I didn’t have to stress about having enough memory storage, my phone or camera falling in the water, not capturing the important moments through the lens, and getting a good camera angle. We shouldn’t focus on these, but instead focus on what nature has to offer around us. Regardless, I gained so much knowledge in such little time and I will be able to cherish the beautiful experience forever with this project I completed.

Annotated Bibliography:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z1Hhw-PWdhlE1YjgPUC9EAAp3lYZ1AcMVDowp4GT7kE/edit?usp=sharing

Jamal Hampton's Capstone

Posted by Jamal Hampton in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 8:13 pm

Students Who Attend Science Leadership Academy Middle School

For my CapStone, I built furniture for Science Leadership Academy Middle School at the public workshop. The Public Workshop is an innovative participatory community that works with me and other volunteers in local communities. At the Public Workshop, I am taught how to use various hand and power tools to design and build projects while developing my woodworking skill, By doing this project I too learned how to use and function various tools that I will use in my engineering career that I plan to pursue. This Capstone enabled me to provide the middle school with furniture that so that the students would have a place to sit outside. In addition, I created furniture for inside Science Leadership Academy Middle School.

Bibliography-

Source 1

Gilliam, Alex- The Public Workshop

This source provides information about what the public workshop is. I selected this source because he owns the public works and offered to help me how to use the tools within the public workshop. I found this source useful because Alex taught me how to use all of the tools that I would need in order to build a picnic table. One of the tools that Jeff taught me how to use was the chop saw which allowed me to cut wood into smaller pieces. This source did not have a limitation because Jeff even taught me stuff that I did not need to know in order to build a picnic table.

Source 2

“Architects - What Do Architects Do?” {$Smarty.const.SITEDOMAIN}, 2009, www.studentscholarships.org/salary/556/architects.php#sthash.LMZknl2h.dpbs.

This source provides information about the architecture career and lifestyle in the workplace. I selected this source because being an architect and working in the design/building field is a career that I plan to pursue when I get older. My capstone provides basic idea of what architects do and learn about. I found this source useful because this source provides me with more information on what architects do. By using information on this source, I am able to apprehend that a architect’s work environment, education & training required, and needed. One limitation of this source was that this source was that it did not provide me the smaller aspects of architects.

Source 3

Turner, Cory, et al. “Why America's Schools Have A Money Problem.” NPR, NPR, 18 Apr. 2016,

This source provides information about why America's schools Have a money problem. Schools in the United States have been struggling financially for decades. I selected this source because for my CapStone I would building furniture for Science Leadership Academy Middle School at the public workshop. Science Leadership Academy Middle School is a school that is impacted by America’s money problem. I found this source useful because it educated me on why Science Leadership Academy Middle School is in the poor condition that it is. The school district of philadelphia is located in an area were a lot of the money from taxes does not got too.

Source 4

Hannah, Ryan. The Effect of Classroom Environment on Student Learning. Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU.

This source provides information about how a learning environment has an impacts on students. I selected this source because I need have a reason to make the furniture. This website provides me with the information on why making better furniture outside would benefit the students mentally too. I found this source useful because this source provides me with information that with help me explain why making better furniture for the students outside. One limitation of this source was that his source did not specify anything about my topic in particular which is furniture. It would have been helpful to explain why sitting on actual furniture would make the student feel better rather than cheap products such as crates.

Source 5

“Instructables Search Results.” Instructables.com, www.instructables.com/howto/pinic+table/.

This source provides information about different types of picnic tables. I selected this source because this website provided me with an array of type of picnic tables. By being able looking at the different types of picnic tables, I was able to brainstorm and create an idea of what type of tables that I should construct. I found this source useful because it provided me with a set of directions to make a picnic table. This source allowed me to developed on what type of furniture that I wanted. From the source I was able see if I really wanted to build the furniture for my capstone. One limitation of this source was that this source was not very detailed.

Source 6

Pond, Jeff- The Public Workshop

This source provides information about guidance within the public workshop. I selected this source because he works at the public works and offered to help me how to use the tools within the public workshop. I found this source useful because Alex taught me how to use all of the tools that I would need in order to design a picnic. One of the designing tools that Alex taught me how to use was solidworks which allowed me to digitally design a picnic table. This source did not have a limitation because Alex even taught me stuff that I did not need to know in order to build a picnic table.

Source 7

“Public Workshop | .” Public Workshop | , Public Workshop, 2018,

Publicworkshop.us

This source provides information about the public workshop. The public worship it the place that I am working on my capstone at. The reason why I selected this source is because unlike other sources, than other sources this source is made by the public workshop organization. I found this source useful because it provides me with information about the public workshop. The information on this website could be used when when I am presenting my capstone. For example, I could have a slide on that explains what the public workshop is, what people there, and what their mission is. The website with provide me with the ability to do so. Something that a found that this website lacked was the types of tools that

I learn how to use at the public workshop.

Source 8

2011-2017, (c) Copyright skillsyouneed.com. “Top Tips for Effective Presentations.”SkillsYouNeed, www.skillsyouneed.com/present/presentation-tips.html.

This source provides information about public speaking. In addition, this source provides

I selected this source because I am not good at presenting in front of a audience. By reviewing this website, I was able to find key tips and advice on what I should do when presenting my capstone in front of a large audience.I found this source useful because I am able to present information more formaley and more confidently without struggling. Struggling during presentations has always been a problem of mine and now that I don't struggle with presenting, I can say that I found this source to be useful. One limitation of this source was that it did not specify on student presentations.

Source 9

“20 Woodworking Hand Tools List for Beginners.” Wood and Shop, 23 Oct. 2017,

woodandshop.com/which-hand-tools-do-you-need-for-traditional-woodworking

This source provides information about different types of wood. I selected this source because this website provided me with an array of types of wood. By being able looking at the different types of wood- working methods, I was able to brainstorm and create an idea of what type of way that I should construct my tables. I found this source useful because it provided me with a set of directions to make a picnic table. This source allowed me to develop an idea on what type of woodworking techniques that I wanted use when creating the table. From the source I was able see if I really wanted to build the furniture for my capstone. One limitation of this source was that this source was not very detailed.

Source 10

Youtube. “Safety in the Woodshop: ” Online video clip. YouTube, Feb 27, 2015. Web. Jan 23, 2018

This source provides information about how to be safe in the public workshop. It provide me with basic and common mistakes that beginners tend to make when working with the tools in the woodshop. I selected this source because working in the public workshop requires me working with dangerous tools and safety is a priority when working in the workshop. I found this source useful because this video explains how to be safe in the public workshop. One limitation of this source was there are some tools that I will be using in the public workshop that they did not talk about.

Eli Block Capstone

Posted by Eli Block in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 2:49 pm

Over the course of my senior year I worked diligently to host an Ultimate Frisbee tournament as my capstone. I began my process with interviewing experienced tournament directors and finding out all of the necessary information needed to put together a good event. Once I was able to create my list of steps that I would need to take, I moved forward with scheduling. Planning the event required, finding field space, finding a certified medical professional, ordering porta potties for the event, reaching out to ultimate teams and budgeting. Along the way I learned many things about how to act in a professional environment. In early April my tournament took place. Ten teams from the greater Philadelphia area attended the tournament and ultimately it was a great success. The tournament taught me a lot and raised over one thousand dollars for the Science Leadership Academy Ultimate team. Eli Block Annotated Bibliography Bradley Palmer (Abington High School) Palmer Bradley. Email, January 2018 Bradley Palmer is the assistant principal of Abington Senior High School. Mr.Lehmann put me in contact with him because he potentially had field space that we could use to host the tournament. I learned how to properly write formal emails and what it takes to keep in contact with someone on a more professional level. Unfortunately there was no available field space for the right time and date for the tournament but I learned a lot while in communication with him. The planning required to secure event space requires more insight than I initially thought and in the future I will know how much background information I should have before contacting someone. Disc Store "Home." Disc Store. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.discstore.com/custom-apparel. Discstore is one of the most popular Ultimate apparel brands in the country. They sponsor events and provide merchandise. I was told about their sponsorship policies from Jereme Mason. They will sponsor an event for free and after the event you send them 70-80% of the money made from merchandise. This is a great way to get some cool memorabilia from the tournament and I will learn how to design clothing and discs. I intend to call them to discuss the percent of the money made that we send back. Disc Store has sponsored thousands of tournaments and events and is a very reliable source. Graham, Seth.. Personal Interview 7 October 2017 Seth Graham is the coach of the Methacton High School Ultimate team, he also is one of the organizes of PHUEL (Philadelphia High School Ultimate Education League). He was my first contact for the research part of my capstone. I learned about what goes into creating and organizing an Ultimate tournament and what options would be best for our tournament. He provided me with the names of people who would be helpful in continuing to learn about how to put on an Ultimate tournament and led me in a direction where I could make progress with my capstone. As the capstone progresses I will keep in contact with him because he is a reliable resource and very helpful. Ultiworld "Home." Philadelphia High School Ultimate Education League. Accessed January 26, 2018. http://phuel.ultimatecentral.com/. Phuel ultimate is the Philadelphia High School Ultimate Educational League, it provides information for teams in the area and other things youth ultimate in Philadelphia. Before every season there is a meeting that I will be attending and it will provide dates and locations for tournaments. The website has is like a hub of information that has provided me with things about Philadelphia ultimate that I had not known before. It provides names of people that can be helpful in making my tournament be a success. Moving forward I will continue to check the website to gain an insight into what's going on in the Philadelphia youth ultimate scene. Mason, Jereme. Personal Interview. 23 January 2018 Jereme Mason is the found of Ulti Planning, a company that creates and organizes Ultimate Frisbee tournaments. They are partnered with a variety of Ultimate services who offer Ultimate related gear. Jereme is also the youth director for the Philadelphia Area Disc Alliance and a full time employ of Pada.. He was a very helpful contact that provided me with information about securing field space, and other logistical aspects of a Frisbee tournament. He explained the constraints that each field space has and what space would be the best match for our tournament. He provided me with the contact information of people who I could talk to about the necessities of a tournament. Minneci Christina (Lower Merion High School) Christina is the coach of Lower Merion High School ultimate team, she has had a lot of success as coach and has organized tournaments before. She has been a prominent member of the Philadelphia Ultimate community, and sits on the board of PHUEL. I contacted her about the reality of having our tournament be USAU certified. She provided me with the pros and cons of a USAU certification. After several emails chains it was decided that the tournament would not be USAU certified.. She was a helpful source of information in the early stages of the research part of the project. Pollock, Simon. "Tuesday Tips: 7 Tournament Director Basics, Presented By Spin Ultimate." Ultiworld. July 19, 2016. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://ultiworld.com/2016/07/19/tuesday-tips-7-tournament-director-basics-presented-spin-ultimate/. This article explains in depth what goes into a general ultimate tournament. It is a reliable source because ultiworld is a know rebuttable ultimate online magazine. The tournament covered aspects of the tournament I had not yet think about like what happens if there is too much rain or some part of it fails. When creating brackets and the physical layout of the field scheduling I now know what to do and how to organize it. Moving forward the tournament will be more organized and have a more professional feel to it. I feel like I have now found everything that has gone into a tournament and now need to organize it. "Pennsbury's Fall Brawl." Pennsbury Ultimate Frisbee. Accessed January 26, 2018. http://www.phsultimate.com/fb.php. Every year Pennsbury hosts a tournament in the fall and spring for youth ultimate. It has been one of the longest running tournaments in the country. The SLA team has attended for several years. The website provides score updates, scheduling and other useful things that are necessary for the tournament. Having a website like this seems like a great idea and very useful to teams looking to come to the tournament but are unsure about its legitimacy. The website is incredibly helpful and organized and I am now considering creating a website for the tournament. The websites reliability is good. Because SLA has gone to the tournament the websites authenticity has been checked. Prushan Joel Joel is an active member of the Philadelphia Ultimate community. He works with Pada and helps connect coaches with teams in need. I am interviewing him because he has reliable information regarding tournament organizing and running. Joel coaches a Philadelphia club team and has a lot of knowledge about ultimate. He has a lot of helpful contacts and potentially can help with securing sponsors for the tournament and other small things I might need. I contacted Joel in late 2017 and have talked to him a couple times about the event. His reach in the community is very helpful in organizing this tournament. USAU tournament sanctioning "USA Ultimate." Tournament Sanctioning. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.usaultimate.org/tournaments/. Initially the tournament was supposed to be USAU certified, so we could put the tournament date on their event calendar and entice teams into coming to our tournament. The goal was to make this as official as possible and attract the highest caliber teams. However after researching what it takes to get an event certified it was decided that the tournament would not be certified. There were to many constraints such as age, price and tournament rostering. I learned what it takes to have an Ultimate be official and how I could make it that way. Also how to deviate from your initial plan when something is not working out or when you know it will not go smoothly.

Pictures of the winners of the Reach For the Sky Ultimate tournament.

The laser cut trophy I made for the tournament.

Summary:

Eli Block

Annotated Bibliography

Bradley Palmer (Abington High School)

Palmer Bradley. Email, January 2018

Bradley Palmer is the assistant principal of Abington Senior High School. Mr.Lehmann put me in contact with him because he potentially had field space that we could use to host the tournament. I learned how to properly write formal emails and what it takes to keep in contact with someone on a more professional level. Unfortunately there was no available field space for the right time and date for the tournament but I learned a lot while in communication with him. The planning required to secure event space requires more insight than I initially thought and in the future I will know how much background information I should have before contacting someone.

Disc Store

"Home." Disc Store. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://www.discstore.com/custom-apparel.

Discstore is one of the most popular Ultimate apparel brands in the country. They sponsor events and provide merchandise. I was told about their sponsorship policies from Jereme Mason. They will sponsor an event for free and after the event you send them 70-80% of the money made from merchandise. This is a great way to get some cool memorabilia from the tournament and I will learn how to design clothing and discs. I intend to call them to discuss the percent of the money made that we send back. Disc Store has sponsored thousands of tournaments and events and is a very reliable source.

Graham, Seth.. Personal Interview 7 October 2017

Seth Graham is the coach of the Methacton High School Ultimate team, he also is one of the organizes of PHUEL (Philadelphia High School Ultimate Education League). He was my first contact for the research part of my capstone. I learned about what goes into creating and organizing an Ultimate tournament and what options would be best for our tournament. He provided me with the names of people who would be helpful in continuing to learn about how to put on an Ultimate tournament and led me in a direction where I could make progress with my capstone. As the capstone progresses I will keep in contact with him because he is a reliable resource and very helpful.

Ultiworld

"Home." Philadelphia High School Ultimate Education League. Accessed January 26, 2018. http://phuel.ultimatecentral.com/.

Phuel ultimate is the Philadelphia High School Ultimate Educational League, it provides information for teams in the area and other things youth ultimate in Philadelphia. Before every season there is a meeting that I will be attending and it will provide dates and locations for tournaments. The website has is like a hub of information that has provided me with things about Philadelphia ultimate that I had not known before. It provides names of people that can be helpful in making my tournament be a success. Moving forward I will continue to check the website to gain an insight into what's going on in the Philadelphia youth ultimate scene.

Mason, Jereme. Personal Interview. 23 January 2018

Jereme Mason is the found of Ulti Planning, a company that creates and organizes Ultimate Frisbee tournaments. They are partnered with a variety of Ultimate services who offer Ultimate related gear. Jereme is also the youth director for the Philadelphia Area Disc Alliance and a full time employ of Pada.. He was a very helpful contact that provided me with information about securing field space, and other logistical aspects of a Frisbee tournament. He explained the constraints that each field space has and what space would be the best match for our tournament. He provided me with the contact information of people who I could talk to about the necessities of a tournament.

Minneci Christina (Lower Merion High School)

Christina is the coach of Lower Merion High School ultimate team, she has had a lot of success as coach and has organized tournaments before. She has been a prominent member of the Philadelphia Ultimate community, and sits on the board of PHUEL. I contacted her about the reality of having our tournament be USAU certified. She provided me with the pros and cons of a USAU certification. After several emails chains it was decided that the tournament would not be USAU certified.. She was a helpful source of information in the early stages of the research part of the project.

Pollock, Simon. "Tuesday Tips: 7 Tournament Director Basics, Presented By Spin Ultimate." Ultiworld. July 19, 2016. Accessed January 26, 2018. https://ultiworld.com/2016/07/19/tuesday-tips-7-tournament-director-basics-presented-spin-ultimate/.

This article explains in depth what goes into a general ultimate tournament. It is a reliable source because ultiworld is a know rebuttable ultimate online magazine. The tournament covered aspects of the tournament I had not yet think about like what happens if there is too much rain or some part of it fails. When creating brackets and the physical layout of the field scheduling I now know what to do and how to organize it. Moving forward the tournament will be more organized and have a more professional feel to it. I feel like I have now found everything that has gone into a tournament and now need to organize it.

"Pennsbury's Fall Brawl." Pennsbury Ultimate Frisbee. Accessed January 26, 2018. http://www.phsultimate.com/fb.php.

Every year Pennsbury hosts a tournament in the fall and spring for youth ultimate. It has been one of the longest running tournaments in the country. The SLA team has attended for several years. The website provides score updates, scheduling and other useful things that are necessary for the tournament. Having a website like this seems like a great idea and very useful to teams looking to come to the tournament but are unsure about its legitimacy. The website is incredibly helpful and organized and I am now considering creating a website for the tournament. The websites reliability is good. Because SLA has gone to the tournament the websites authenticity has been checked.

Prushan Joel

Joel is an active member of the Philadelphia Ultimate community. He works with Pada and helps connect coaches with teams in need. I am interviewing him because he has reliable information regarding tournament organizing and running. Joel coaches a Philadelphia club team and has a lot of knowledge about ultimate. He has a lot of helpful contacts and potentially can help with securing sponsors for the tournament and other small things I might need. I contacted Joel in late 2017 and have talked to him a couple times about the event. His reach in the community is very helpful in organizing this tournament.

USAU tournament sanctioning

"USA Ultimate." Tournament Sanctioning. Accessed January 26, 2018.

https://www.usaultimate.org/tournaments/.

Initially the tournament was supposed to be USAU certified, so we could put the tournament date on their event calendar and entice teams into coming to our tournament. The goal was to make this as official as possible and attract the highest caliber teams. However after researching what it takes to get an event certified it was decided that the tournament would not be certified. There were to many constraints such as age, price and tournament rostering. I learned what it takes to have an Ultimate be official and how I could make it that way. Also how to deviate from your initial plan when something is not working out or when you know it will not go smoothly.

Nathan Little Capstone

Posted by Nathan Little in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 8:12 pm

This year, I worked with my classmate Eli Block to create an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. We had this idea since the end of junior year and we developed it at the start of our senior year. One of the first things we seeked to start our tournament was help from sponsors. Ultimate Coaches helped where they're familiar with the game and how we can design it. Those who know how to run a successful tournament and what we needed to make it the best was our goal. With the help of our coach/principal Chris Lehmann, we sought other help outside of the SLA Community that we know from the game of ultimate which ended up being a great amount of help. One of the people who’s experienced in Ultimate is Joel Purshan where we met up at a Saxby’s discussing how we would measure the fields, having the cones set up and the how much we would charge each team for attending our tourney. We got with another familiar person Jereme Mason where we talked on the phone discussing the date and the schedule of our tournament (not interfering with the SLA Boys Ultimate Spring Season) we discussed the pool play, bracket play, and the seedings. Adding on was the snacks, porta-potties, and getting a trainer. What we learned from doing this was gaining experience from having the idea of something big, to knowing how to create one successful tournament. The tournament “Reach for the Sky” was successful because we sought out help and we persuaded coaches to have their teams come out and have a fun time facing each other and playing at a competitive level of Ultimate

Here is the Link to my Capstone Bibliography:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FEaVLU_M_8z64yaAQsciMOas3T-kdvT_sjixOZs5EOk/edit?usp=sharing

Here are Pictures of us at our Tournament:

This is us huddling up before our big game for the finals of our tournament.

This is us at Reach for the Sky Tournament discussing what we need to bring in the second half of the game.

Ella Burrows Capstone

Posted by Elizabeth Burrows in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 2:31 pm

This year I have dedicated my time learning what social justice meant for myself and others. My capstone consisted of three major components that tied into my movement called “My Justice Story”, a platform to amplify and share the voices of young people and learn about their social justice. The first component was the EduCon session I did with Tamir Harper, Sam Dennis and our mentor Chris Long in January. Our session was about conversations on the topic of social justice in schools and beyond. Then we organized a walk-out on March 14th to take part in the National Walkout Day. There were elected officials, students and various activities during the walkout to stand in solidarity with the Parkland students and others affected by gun violence. Then lastly, I led an in-school awareness day to spread awareness and engage students in speaking out about gun reform. In addition to having letters to leaders and voter registration during our events and throughout the year, I created a video series called “17 Seconds” where students could share their thoughts on gun reform,what social justice meant to them and how they are active in their communities. Alongside all of this there is a website and social media handles @myjusticestory. This was more than just a senior project to me because I started to understand a lot about social justice and what that means for myself and others. I learned that the best way to learn about something is to listen to others stories.

Here is the link to the My Justice Story website with photos, videos and other resources to my project: https://myjusticestory.weebly.com/

Twitter & Instagram: @myjusticestory

Here is the link to my bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJG036YqW7uejAJlqfnBHQBqtGByfeHkmHJm7a1DWko/edit?usp=sharing

Deja Harrison Capstone

Posted by Deja Harrison in Capstone · Ames · Wed on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 10:20 am

My capstone focused on the uprising of my competitive cheerleading team. I believe that the cheerleading team which is a combination or SLA Center City and SLA beeber has for too long been cast in the shadows or brushed aside as a non-priority to the school. My team holds first place titles and my girls and I get no recognition for it. The purpose of my capstone was to gain exposure and opportunity for the cheerleading team so that a legacy can be left and the team can thrive without the seniors who are moving on. My goal was to show people the world of competitive cheer and help them realize the significance of the sport. My capstone started in the summertime with small performances, interviews on the news and attending a cheerleading camp that featured teams from all over the country. It lead up until college sign in day where we performed and gained global recognition from the media. In doing all of this with my team I learned the importance of collaboration. Through being on the team together we bonded and I am extremely lucky to have them because they helped me so much in my process. My process included finding events for us to perform at such as our performance at the annual Halloween Fashion Show SLA has, coming up with dances and cheers for the team to perform with, having an abundance of practices and fundraising to get us new uniforms and materials we needed for competitions.

This was our cheerleading competition for States in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

This was our cheerleading competition for the Philadelphia Districts competition where we took home 2nd place.

This was The National College Sign in Day after we performed.

Cheerleading Competition where we performed choreography the three of us influenced

The seniors who worked very hard this year to set the bar for next season

“Being a Cheerleader - Is Cheerleading a Sport?” The Official Site - Varsity.Com - We Are Cheerleading, www.varsity.com/event/1262/being-a-cheerleader-sport.

With this source I looked into the age old question that typically comes when hearing about cheerleading. Is cheerleading a sport or not? This article spoke about what it truly means to be a cheerleader and what cheerleaders go through on a day to day basis. It gave a lot of detail about the definition of the word sport and how there is no solid definition for an official sport. According to the article what makes a sport an official sport is it involving some form of physical activity, competing against opponents and acknowledgement of the competition that has a primary purpose such as the super bowl or the world series.

Pennington, Bill. “As Cheerleaders Soar Higher, So Does the Danger.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 Mar. 2007, www.nytimes.com/2007/03/31/sports/31cheerleader.html

This source helped me highlight the importance of staying safe in cheerleading. Many people believe that cheer is all dance and chants but it is far more complex. We are lifting up girls that are our weight or more so in order to avoid danger we have to take special precaution. This article also talks about how sports like football have armor and cheerleaders do just as much if not more than they do without an armor at all. It is a lot more dangerous for cheerleaders than it is for those of other sports for these reasons. I believe this is why cheerleading is the most dangerous sport.

Mather, Victor. “Great Moments in Cheerleading: Could the Olympics Be Next?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Dec. 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/sports/great-moments-in-cheerleading-could-the-olympics-be-next.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FCheerleaders&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection.

This source helped me see more of the evolution of cheer. I got to dive into where cheerleading came from and how it has changed over the years. I think this source is important because it represents like an old school way of thinking about cheer. I feel like a lot of people see cheer as more of a hobby just because of how it was represented in the past. I want people to see that cheer is a constant growing and complex sport. I feel as though this source is more of a timeline of the cheerleading spectrum. It really helped me in getting into the history of cheerleading.

Almasy, Steve. “Cheerleaders prep for hours in search of 2½ minutes of perfection.” CNN, Cable News Network, 15 July 2011, www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/15/sports.sweep.allstar.cheerleading/index.html.

This source helped give a more detail explanation of what cheerleaders go through. Practice is very intense and everything that follows it as well. It goes into detail about training and goals in order to succeed in the sport. I feel like it helps explain what cheerleaders strive so hard for. A title and a trophy just like every other sport. It also speaks on the risk in the sports such as injuries that I believe people don’t know enough about. Cheerleaders work just as hard as other athletes if not harder because they compete for a certain amount of time and have to give there all in a 2 to 3 minute window. That one performance is all they have and there is no coming back from it.

BetterBraces.com. “Cheerleading: The Most Dangerous Sport.” ACTIVEkids, Active.com, 2 Mar. 2016, www.activekids.com/cheerleading/articles/cheerleading-the-most-dangerous-sport.

This source goes to further explain the difficulty of the cheerleading as a sport. It speaks more on the stats of injuries for cheer. It helped me see and explain cheerleading and everything that comes with it. It talks about what practices and coaching looks and sounds like. It gives the percentages of injuries as well. It also brings up the good point that when typically thinking about injuries in sports people immediately think of sports like football and basketball. I feel like this source helps me prove the point that cheer is a very complex sport being that they called in the most dangerous in the world.

Morgan, Richard. “Cheerleading has evolved into a billion-Dollar business.” New York Post, New York Post, 24 Apr. 2017, nypost.com/2017/04/24/cheerleading-has-evolved-into-a-billion-dollar-business/.

This article speaks more on the cost of cheerleading and the number of people involved in it. Apparently it is in the midst of becoming an Olympic sport. I find that extremely interesting because the sport is heavily doubted and it is a very difficult sport. I believe that it does become apart of the Olympics it will finally get the recognition it deserves. This source helped me bring up my point that many people are involved in the sport men and women of all different ages. I pulled a lot of quotes about the involvement of people in cheer and some background on where the sport came from.

Cinetic. “American Cheerleader - Official Trailer.” YouTube, YouTube, 9 July 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=caBZRrJT_vw.

This documentary was a very big help in showing and explaining the world of cheerleading. It captures 2 teams preparing to go up against each other for a title. The documentary shows what the sport is all about while also representing all the work that goes into it. I found this source extremely helpful in showing the positives in the sport and accurately portraying what cheerleaders look like. It shows and represents competitive cheerleading and what it’s like to be apart of that and to be in that environment. I think that in my documentary I can incorporate a lot of their ideas about the importance of cheer and how strict everything gets when a competition is involved.

“Cheer Squad.” Netflix, 14 Mar. 2017, www.netflix.com/title/80170845.

This show is another that helped accurately represents the competitive cheer world. The show follows a team in Canada that is known for continuously winning and it follows their journey to multiple competitions. This source helped me alot with really understanding how an all star team works and how much work goes into being on a professional team. From this source I got a lot of ideas on how I want to film my own video. I like the way they set up the show being a lot of videos of interviews and then showing clips of them practicing and competing.

“Bring it on.” Netflix, 1 Jan. 2018, www.netflix.com/title/60001366.

The movie Bring it on is a very good source to me because it captures exactly the opposite of what I am trying to portray in my documentary. It shows the difficulty of the sport and highlights the competition but it still represents a very stereotypical type of cheerleader. I want my documentary to capture the different aspects of not just cheer but also cheerleaders. This source is kind of what I want to base mhy documentary off I just plan to tell the story of cheer in a better way then the director of this film. I want to show the diversity in the sport.

“Being a Cheerleader - History of Cheerleading.” The Official Site - Varsity.Com - We Are Cheerleading, www.varsity.com/event/1261/being-a-cheerleader-history.

This source really helped me find more information on the history of cheerleading. I got to see where exactly it came from and how it came to be. They spoke on how UCA ( Universal Cheer Association ) and how it started. I think that it really helped me/ figure out where cheer came from and why it’s important. I took a lot of my information from the years everything was established. I hope to use a lot of the dates in my documentary when I’m speaking on the history of cheerleading. I feel like in adding this it will put historical significance in my video.

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