Senior+Project+Blogs

Bryan Reducing Plastic Usage: Educating others about the impact of plastic on our environment. (Inactive)
 * 2011-2012**


 * Alejandra**
 * Dreamer: Pursuing topics of interest to high school girls; interest in renewed efforts to have a "Women's Group" on campus to discuss issues important to educated women's lives. (Active)**

Eduardo Peace Finder: Exploring passions of personal self-expression. (Inactive) Erika Embracing My Passion: Exploring he positive powers of cheerleading (Inactive) Kevin Breaking the Sound Barrier: Personal explorations in video and music (Inactive)


 * Ana**
 * Counseling: Express Yourself**
 * finding yourself through talking openly with others who can help (Active)**

Liszette Garcia Something Bigger Than Myself: Exploring women's issues with high school girls (Inactive) Cassandra Inspiration (Inactive) Lizett Gutierrez Lost in Translation: Pursuing a multi-lingual and multi-cultural education (Inactive)


 * [|Leading and Learning]**
 * Richard's Senior Seminar Blog: What is the importance of camping for young people? (Active)**

Erick Drums for Grasshoppers: Investigating the power of drumming for young learners (Inactive) Adolfo Entrepreneurship: Learning the business of doing business (Inactive)


 * Otilio**
 * Taking the next step by writing music (needs a title) (Active)**


 * Alan**
 * Trying to Help My School: Creating a student's eye view of Chinquapin in a documentary video (Active)**

Angelica The Perks of Being a Senior: Can we address childhood obesity with a softball team? (Inactive) Eric Discovering Something New: Exploring the world outside our school (Inactive)

Alejandra: [|"Making a Difference with Media"] Poverty may hold us back from getting a great education, but when there's a will there's a way.
 * 2010-2011**

Alex: [|"Alex"] (Note: first two posts are supposed to be on another blog and are not related to project) " To show that film has an impact in our lives by conveying messages through fun and education."

Brenda:[| "Painting Smiles"] (Note: Rebecca and Brenda are working together, but have individual blogs) Making children, with an illness or a troubling past, smile is important because smiling helps them be more positive and productive kids, and they also need to remember that not everything has been lost.

Cesar:[| "Institution"] I was once a kid who needed a tutor, because of my first language.

Chassidy: [|"The Dancing Poet"] Creativity is not a crime; freedom in expression is essential.

David: [|"True City"] The importance of good Architecture for a better nightlife.

Elber: [|"Reyes MMA"] Fighting causes an increase in confidence and training in any sort of martial art gives a person skills and discipline that can be used in their daily lives to make them better.

Elizabeth: [|"Imagination"]

Genesis:[| "The Zarasua Project"] My presentation is answering the questions why sculptures are important, why people use sculptures, and what do they symbolize.

James: [|"Drive: One Boy vs. The System"] Chinquapin and every other college preparatory school should have a Driver's Ed. program, because a license is part of being an adult, college prepares you for being an adult, and college preparatory schools prepare you for college.

Lucy[|:][|"Shots of Life"] Photography allows your emotions to be heard and understood without the need of words.

Lorena: [|"Lorena T Perez Fiction"] Historical background about the roots of the dramatic arts and the stories that have been made famous because of it.

Marcos: [|"Spread the Dream"] "Providing a path to citizenship for undocumented students and children will bring positive economic and moral effects in America"

Marissa:[| "My Passions Made Real..."] I want to people to search and find inspiration and give an example of my inspiration

Michelle: [|"ROWE in School"] I will be interviewing the young female victims about the physical and emotional abuse they have encountered.

Nyerere: [|"][|Life's New Perspective] [|"] Human-Motivation is what drives us to become something better, we can use that motivation to improve our life and break away from the mold of society to which we live by in our day-to-day life.

Nick: [|"Documentary"] Music is everything, it's what makes life. Without music we'd all loose our minds due to the lose of generating moods that serve as as motivational, soothing, relieving, etc. "In this word we are all construction workers, and music is our tool." - Nick Saenz

Rebecca:[| "Painting Smiles"](Note: Rebecca and Brenda are working together, but have individual blogs) he purpose of "Painting Smiles" is to paint a mural in a Children's Center and have them help us and direct the mural.

Robert: [|"Robert's Projects"] My presentation will focus on the effect of not being counseled/tutored as a young troublesome person to help portray the reason I feel there is a necessity for my program.

Shomari: [|"A Voice"]  My love of writing and my love of singing have brought me to this point in my life where one simply cannot be without the other hot on its heels so when these two collide my song shall blossom.

Sammy: "Building Blocks" Students need a comfortable space in which their minds are at ease to learn and effectively work. Blog error: Blog has been removed. Stay tuned.

Tamar: [|"Soul Singing"] Why did I stop singing? I want to tell the story of my development as a girl and how development and experiences made me into a shy person.