For my capstone, I decided to learn how to cook. Over the course of several weeks, I was able to make many different meals. I spent a long time planning out each meal and researching some different recipes. My main focus was on lunch and dinner meals although I includes both breakfast and dessert recipes in my final product. For my final product, I made a website with all the recipes I complied. As part of my process, I journaled after each meal I made and took pictures to go along with the recipes.

https://cooking-with-an-amateur.weebly.com/

Over our childhood years, Society has imprinted on our brain that a princess only consists of a white cisgender woman. Thinking of princesses African Americans or black women has always been the last to be imagined in people’s minds or at least everyone but my own. My Capstone was to re-imagine the classic storybook tales that we all read as kids and a black perspective to give black women the acknowledgment that they have always deserved.

Links

Bibliography-https://docs.google.com/document/d/14mVCFx-MPAe5OBuvCTBeVoYLTDEs9V8MMnz1NbQ5pds/edit?usp=sharing

Book-https://my.visme.co/view/mxy1j0mn-e0654k8q0rvy2np9

My inquiry question is “should the media keep portraying the videos of black people being discriminated against?” And I will be explaining why it should. For this project, I read articles, interviewed people, had discussions, and spread awareness. I learned that it takes a question to start a conversation. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X1mC_ZIBYw_cqVwLX1_raUHfgodjKt8CE4OzSWmt5BU/edit?usp=sharing

For my capstone, I decided to visualize myself creating my own school. Not just an ordinary school but a school that specifically focused on mental health. I want to make my school a place of learning but also learn the importance of life and what’s ahead of it. Mental health plays a big role in people in general, don’t matter what age you are but adolescents struggle with it the most. Some schools only care about the importance of attendance and the grade more than the understanding or how you feel. School plays a big role in your life as well but sometimes you need to put yourself first. I didn’t just search up schools that have that, I searched up different proposals due to the simple fact that every school is different. All of the sources I used definitely answer all the questions about how much will it cost, why it’s important, and where will it be located. They talked about every grade and age especially young teens and young adults because once you get into high school it’s a different environment, and different work depending on where you go. As we know depending on what district you are in it is very important to follow the rules as how many days we have off, the early dismissals, time that school starts and ends. The funding is very much important because without funds the school will definitely fail or eventually get shut down if we aren’t doing our jobs as a founder, principal, or anybody with a higher position.

Bibliography

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mTJwy8VPhylBRq22kQGbPI5XupnzkGFXsVaf5lfnqFo/edit

The SLA AnyWay 5k was started in 2020-2021 by Ethan Chen, a former SLA Students Run member. In hosting the second annual race, my hope was to establish the AnyWay 5k as a yearly event. To build off of last year’s race, I held an in person race in addition to the virtual event. I kept participation free in order to foster an inclusive and accessible race and, like last year, gave every runner who completed the race a medal. Money raised from shirts and donations went to the SLA Home and School Association, who will use it for freshman mini-courses next year. See the numbers below:

The main challenge with planning this race was reigning in its scope. With the help of my mentor, I was able to eliminate expectations of needing chip timing, or large event permits. After creating a more realistic plan for my race, I started by pursuing funding from Braskem for shirts, medals, a timing system, as well as for food and water at the event. After receiving full funding, I began advertising the race on RunSignup and Instagram. My goal was to reach new participants, as well as participants from last year’s race. I also put up posters around the school with scannable QR codes. Leading up to the race, I held three group runs, open to all race participants. For the in person race, I marked a course from Lloyd Hall to about 2.5 km out. Runners would turn around at this halfway point and cross the finish line where they started, receiving their medal, a bottle of water, and a soft pretzel.

   ^^^Poster^^^ 

I designed this poster during my capstone marketing campaign. These were put up during report card conferences with the hope that parents would see them and sign their kids up for the race. I used a QR code to make it easy for people to access registration, and placed the poster strategically in the stairwells and hallways.

   ^^^RunSignup, Instagram, Shirts, and Medals^^^

Runsignup is the website that Ethan and I used for race registration, as it allows the user to integrate virtual racing into a 5k event. The race was mainly advertised on the Anyway 5k Instagram, which features photos from group runs, and the in person race. The shirts were ordered from custom ink, and feature the race logo on the front, and Braskem logo on the back. The medals were ordered from Crown Awards, using the same design as last year, with no date printed on them. This is so that uncollected medals can be reused across years.

   ^^^Braskem Pitch^^^

This is the original Braskem funding pitch. It features 3 separate funding levels, based on participation, for shirts, medals, food, water, and a timing system. This setup was based on Ethan’s pitch, allowing me to compare and contrast this year’s funding to last year’s during my pitch presentation. This also allows Braskem to get a better understanding of how their funding will be used based on how many participants show for the race.

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Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qrVcleoJv_7z8cCWqntOgdCPD4zMi47XoW_dKcD2kWE/edit?usp=sharing

RunSignup Page: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Philadelphia/SLAAnyWay5k

Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/slaanyway5k/