Sixty Warwick Valley students complete senior projects
WARWICK — Sixty members of the Warwick Valley High School Class of 2013 have completed Senior Projects, a nationally recognized program in which high school seniors earn high school credit while learning about a subject or working on a project of particular interest, while working with an adult mentor.
There are four components to the Senior Project:
The actual activity.
A portfolio illustrating the experiences.
A 7 to 10-page paper on a topic related to the project.
An oral presentation to a small group of teachers and community members.
The 2012-13 Senior Projects ranged from the practical, such as creating a prom dress or losing weight; and creative, such as learning to play the saxophone or writing plays and books; to community-minded efforts, such as organizing a walk-a-thon for a children’s hospital, hosting a soccer clinic for kids with special needs or training a service dog; to finding out the answers to that critically important question: “Are You Smarter Than A Teacher?”
The projects
Here’s the list of students and their projects:
Lauren Armand: Orchestra arrangement
Erik Azevdeo: Learning to write iPad apps
Julie Balsamo: Cake decorating
Brian Barlow: Writing a novel
Georgia Bender: Starting a Junior State of America chapter at WVHS
Ciara Bramble: Community dinner to raise money for a new stage
Candice Caraballo: Girl Talk
Charlotte Caskey: “Healing Harmonies” - effect of music on Alzheimer’s Disease
Paige Cattani: Designing and constructing a prom dress
Sam Chester: Model airplane
Kayla Corkum: Nutrition for athletes
Ronald Cozart Learning how to play the saxophone
Tolimer Cullen: Invented new language
Cassidy Cunningham: “Are you smarter than a teacher?”
Andrew DeGonge: Building a computer
Hannah Dellabough: Interior design
Michael Dimartino: Building an electric guitar
Rory Dineen: Sports advertising business proposal
Michael Fox: Organizing a charity walk-a-thon for Children’s Hospital
Anna Galitzine: Stagecraft
Bianca Garcia: Filming and editing a music video
Ryan Garvey: 3-D art and animation
Emily Gerbehy: Free soccer clinic for children with disabilities - Beautiful People
Tia Gillian: Making a Sweet 16 cake
Linda Guddemi: Sensory processing disorder
Alan Held: Documentary
Chante Helmen: Wedding photography
Gabrielle Jamieson: Learning the Way of English riding
Katya Kitar: Creating an eight-page senior project newspaper
Alison Knebel: Concert for Cause
Rebecca Krieger: Creating three-foot wood sconces
Emily Kunzweiler: Created a multi-media presentation
RJ Lomnitzer: Recording and editing computer aid videos
Kelly McCormick: Series of urban fantasy short stories
Emily Meehan: Creating a Flapper dress
Elizabeth Mehling: Published a complete novel
Melissa Miller: Learned Tae Kwon Do
Victoria O’Connor: Service dog training
Katie O’Reilly: Silent auction to benefit Jay Fund
Francesca Pellella: Constructing a stained glass window
Nora Petrucci: Created two murals in school With Middle School children
Samantha Phillips: Wrote a full length play
Zoe Reese-Smith: Workshop for seventh-graders on self-esteem
Samantha Russo: Photography art show
Annie Sampogna: Foreign exchange program
Quinasha Sanford: Writing a children’s book with the genre of self-esteem
Rafeal Santiago: Body building
Derreck Schmidt: Weight loss
Elizabeth Schweitzer: Learning how to hang glide - fear of heights
Patrick Shannon: Writing a book of short stories
Nyssa Shaw-Smith Gendelman: Wrote and directed a short film
Teah Sisti: Signed a song with Middle School children for concert
Kimberly Smyth: Organizing a community dog walk
Shieda Terry: Dog training/rehabilitation
Ryan Walker: Teaching theater to children with special needs
Molly Warren: Guitar therapy
Christianna Wenmen: Writing and illustrating a children’s book
Jihad Yarber: Radio show
Emily Zarow: Therapeutic riding instruction