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Senior Project

Senior Project

Senior Project offers students the opportunity to engage in year-long rigorous study centered around a question or topic that is of special interest to them. The course has both a scholarly and a creative, or applied, component and students are given college-level expectations of independence, time management, and advanced analytical and creative problem solving.

Every student writes a research paper exploring the field or fields at the intersection of their project, documents their process with regular unit plans and reflections, works both with their Senior Project teacher and on- or off-campus mentors, and (when applicable) applies for funding for special workshops, internships, lessons or materials necessary for the enhancement of their learning. Ultimately each student channels their knowledge, skills and passion into creating an original work that is shared with the community on Mayfair Weekend. In its inaugural year, the value of a capstone course like Senior Project shows itself not only in the end products the students create but in the journeys they have taken in the process.

Class of '23 Senior Project Spotlights!

Abbie Switzer

Abbie's project is to research how stigma around mental health, and specifically mental health in sports, affects athletes not only in their performance but also in their daily lives.

 

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Cole Smith

Cole's project involves teaching English to a student in Ukraine and writing a work of creative nonfiction about the experience.

 

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Daisy Ober

Daisy's project is a study in choreographing words and writing to move involving performance poetry and memoir.

 

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First page of the PDF file: Dan

Dan's Project focuses on art therapy and the impacts of a drawing practice on mental health.

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Elijah DeJesus

Elijah's project involves exploring the creative process through poetry and visual media and building an online presence.

 

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Ella Yang

Ella's project involves creating a 3D model of a building on the Dublin Campus with stylistic enhancements using the program Blender.

 

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Joe Hradecky

Joe's project involves raising money for a scholarship for the Johnny Mack Soldiers Fund through Crowdfunding methods and internship opportunities. 

 

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Maria Fallon

Maria's project involves creating a film/documentary from my research on intersectional feminism and what it means to be female-identifying.

 

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Mia Walker

Mia's project involves exploring the art of sculpting, creating a large scale dragon sculpture out of clay and investigating the various cultural symbolisms assigned to dragons.

 

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Oliver Keller

Oliver's project involves creating a 2D animation to support a worldbuilding vision, using the program Blender.

 

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Olivia Jadlocki

Olivia's project involves understanding resilience and developing a resource for teens to process emotions and pursue self-reflection and self-care.

 

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Recent Senior Projects 
Explore your Passion!

  • Bike Making
  • Piloting Helicopters
  • Cooking and Baking
  • Amharic and Reclaiming Language
  • Anime Costume Making
  • Video Production
  • Antisemitism
  • Songwriting and Music Production
  • The Glass Ceiling
  • Woodworking
  • Diplomacy
  • Modern Dance
  • Theater production
  • Populism
  • Dadism
  • Teaching Math in the Flipped Classroom
  • Fashion Design
  • Making an Electric Bicycle
  • Dog Training
  • Sexuality Education
  • Homemade Go-Cart Building
 

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  • Designing and Writing Graphic Novels
  • Music Production
  • Educational Testing and Predicting Success
  • Cognitive Science and Whistled Languages
  • The Radicalization of Japan Pre-WWII
  • Virtual Reality/Programming
  • Performing Arts/French Theater Forms
  • Makers Culture
  • Teaching Socialism
  • Performing Arts/Theater History
  • 3D Modeling/Environment Design
  • Performing Arts/Theater History
  • Choral Score Arranging/Conducting
  • Japanese Language/Translation
  • Marine Biology/Robotics
  • 3D Animation/Story Design
  • “The Solely Feelin’s Project: Shoes for Expression”/Visual Arts
  • Music Recording and Production
  • 3D Animation/Directing
  • Computer Science/Programming
  • Fundraising
  • Creative Writing