Blog 26: Senior Project Reflection

1. Positive Statement:

• I am very proud of how my independent component 2 turned out because I believe I put in a lot of work, effort, and time into it and I felt proud of my overall results.

2. Questions to Consider:

• What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation?
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• What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project?
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3. What worked for you in your senior project?

• My independent components because they helped me live through and experience all the things I had learned about my topic.

4. What didn't work?

• I would go back and maybe fundraise a bit more money for the senior class events because the more money we have, the better.

5.) How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?

• My senior project ended up helping me gain leadership skills which I believe, come a long way in life.

PROM!

At last. The big day!
Prom turned out great and I got a lot of positive comments and compliments which helped me feel accomplished and proud of all the work I had put in to the event for 4/5 months.

Prom Set Up

There was a big group of people who helped me set up for prom a day before. We were given about 3 hours and were able to finish everything on time. We encountered some problems which was causing some of us to stress out but we fixed them as a team and got through it. It was a lot of fun and was something that took a lot of work and effort.

Blog 25: Mentorship

Literal:

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApwXYtW5K75ZdFZrOWozdTJzbjNSVWFyZWw2U0Z5a0E&usp=sharing
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApwXYtW5K75ZdFFYeW9DOFhxLUtWczY0SnJlOElPQ0E&usp=sharing
• https://docs.google.com/file/d/1nOP6F1VpD5t6Sm9HABt6F9dBDVXlt5kKIiCzuO117TlXao-IHI2cj7JJ0Mn5/edit?usp=sharing

Interpretive:

What is the most important thing you gained from this experience?

• The most important thing I gained from this experience was becoming a much stronger facilitator and having better leadership skills. I was able to run over 20 committees and realize the big role a facilitator takes on.

Applied:

How has what you've done helped you to answer your EQ?

• It has given me an actual first-hand experience with answering my EQ through my own senior prom.

Blog 24: Exit Interview Questions

(1) What is your essential question?  What is the best answer to your question and why?

• EQ: What makes a prom successful?

• Best answer:  Make every dollar count and involve as many peers in the planning process as you can in an effective way.

• Why: Because I had the privilege to have a first-hand experience on what it is like to plan a prom and thanks to that I was able to see for myself how every dollar the prom committee and I spent could either help or affect our budget and our ideas.

2. What process did you take to arrive at this answer?

• I arrived at this answer through my second Independent Component, which was planning the senior class prom. I was in charge of every committee that had to do with the event. There were committees such as prom committee, mask committee, starbucks committee, so on and so forth. I noticed that each committee required the use of money and a lot of help from my peers was needed. So through every committee I was able to see the importance of making every dollar count and involving as many peers in the planning process as you can in an effective way.

3. What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?

• At first I was having trouble finding good information on my topic because everything I was finding was beginning to sound repetitive and it seemed like I was going no where with my research checks or with learning anything new about my topic for that matter. I resolved this problem by buying books that could possibly take my research in a different direction and that's where the book American Prom came up and helped me come up with my second answer and gave me a lot of insight on other peoples prom experiences.

4. What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why?

• Aaron Purther for my Independent Component 2 and the book American Prom because for both sources I was able to learn about first-hand prom experiences which can lead me to better answers because I could see for myself what works and what doesn't when planning a prom.

5. What is your product and why?

• Becoming a stronger facilitator because running so many committees on a daily basis gave me a lot of practice and gave me a much better understanding of everything a facilitator is in charge of and responsible for.

Blog 23: 2014 Interview

1. Who did you interview and what house are they in?

• Leslie Nunez. West House

2. What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

• Interior design, fashion, 15era planning.
• "Just because it sounds like something fun and interesting. Those are the topics that as of right now, draw my attention."

3. What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

• "So far I have only thought about what I would do if I were to pick 15era planning as my topic. I would go to my mom or one of her friends as a mentor because it's what they do for a living."

4. What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

• " I hope to possibly find a topic that could grab my attention to possibly use as my own for next year, in addition to getting an idea of what I have to look forward to for my senior year."

5. What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project?

• "Is your senior project really as big a deal as they make it sound?"
• Yes because it is a huge part of your grade and it is broken down into various components and assignments that you have to work with throughout the entire year.
• "Why does the presentation have to be 2 hours long?"
• It is really just a half hour presentation but you are given 30 minutes to set up, 30 minutes to talk, 30 minutes for an activity, and 30 minutes for clean up.

3 Column Chart

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmbRAFMF2oundDJJTVhKV3pQd0pKZzVBUUdoc3ZxbFE#gid=0

Blog 21: Independent Component 2

LITERAL

(a) Statement saying: “I, Ana Soto, affirm that I completed my independent component
which represents more than 30 hours of work.”

(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the
independent component
• Megan Van Deusen, Descando Gardens
• Nichole Gardner, Patina Catering
• Aaron Purther, Senior Advisor
• Many blurbs (purchasing, researching places, etc)

(c) Provide a digital spreadsheet (aka log of the 30 hours)

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1nOP6F1VpD5t6Sm9HABt6F9dBDVXlt5kKIiCzuO117TlXao-IHI2cj7JJ0Mn5/edit?usp=sharing

(d) Explanation of what you completed.

INTERPRETIVE
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it
demonstrates 30 hours of work. Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos,
etc) of the 30 hours of work.

http://anaseniorproject.blogspot.com/2013/04/senior-bowling.html
http://anaseniorproject.blogspot.com/2013/04/senior-breakfast.html
http://anaseniorproject.blogspot.com/2013/04/masks-are-almost-done.html
http://anaseniorproject.blogspot.com/2013/04/yard-sale-fundraiser.html

APPLIED
How did the component help you answer your EQ or support one or more of your
answers. Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

• It helped me by being able to have first-hand experience with planning my own prom and being able to go through the process of answering my own EQ.
• Grading Criteria
• Log on a digital spreadsheet

Senior Bowling!

I'm glad many of you enjoyed this senior activity. Our next activity will be to go roller skating so you will be hearing details about that soon!

Senior Breakfast

The breakfast committee has begun having meetings and has surprises in store!

Masks are almost done!

The mask committee has been working really hard on the masks and hopes to finish them by the end of this week so that they can be handed out to the class and they can have them in advance in case they want to add something else to the masks themselves. We hope you guys like them! 

Yard Sale Fundraiser

Our yard sale fundraiser went great! We were selling between the hours of 6 a.m to 12 pm. and fundraised $333.65

Starbucks sales continue!

We have had two more Starbucks sales and they have gone pretty good. We have had difficulties along the way but are still making sales and making profit.

Almost time!

Prom is now right around the corner and the prom committee has been meeting more often making final decisions and preparing everything for the big day. We are now getting down to the details of the event and arranging everything from decoration, food, speeches, schedule, etc. We are very excited and hope the class is as well!

Blog 20: Three Column Chart First Draft

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmbRAFMF2oundGVOX0hoMTBCU0EyRjdtTlRWdDdlZlE&usp=sharing

Starbucks Committee

The Starbucks committee was another fundraiser for the prom committee. WE SOLD OUT! We are planning to sell again some time soon.