Helping 2013

I had two interviews, the first is Jesse Murillo. I interviewed him tuesday 2/24 in Melogno's room at lunch.

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

Jesse: For my senior poject I plan on doing the Solar Cup because I feel like it is a good way to get noticed by colleges. 

Me: Solar Cup would be interesting for him to do but he needs to have everything set like service learning and start thinking about what things he could do for independent components.

2. What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning which is due prior to senior year starting? 

Jesse: I am actually not sure what to do for service learning. 

Me: that he can probably find a solar panel professional and work with them for service learning since the Solar Cup is about solar panels and stuff. 

3. What do you expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

Jesse: I would like to see interesting things and learn about new things that I don't know about. I also want to see some culinary art ones, I like cooking and I was thinking about doing that as my senior project.

Me: You should keep an open mind when walking in to them and notice everything. Start getting an idea of what your two hour can look like. 

4. What questions do you have about the senior prjoect?

Jesse: I don't have too many questions, Melogno has filled me in on most things. The only thing that I really have a question about the different components.

Me: The major components are basically the interviews, your service learning, your two independent components, science fair (you can probably do something with solar panels) and your research.

My second interview was with Roxana Castaneda, I also interviewed her in Melogno's during lunch on Tuesday 4/24. 

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

Roxana: I don't really know what I want to do for my senior project.

Me: You should think about things you like, or things that interest you. Things that you would like to learn more about or things that you know you can do.

2. What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning which is due prior to senior year starting? 

Roxana: My mom works at a nursing home and my sister works at a hospital so I might be able to do some work there. Maybe I should do my senior project on something medical like that.

Me: Make sure you do something that you can do, but do something that you actually want to do.

3. What do you expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

Roxana: I haven't really heard about any of the projects that the seniors are doing, I just hope that they aren't boring.

Me: You should keep an open mind when walking in to them and notice everything. Start getting an idea of what your two hour can look like. 

4. What questions do you have about the senior prjoect?

Roxana: The only question that I have is about the essential question. Like, do you make it up?

Me: You make up your own essential question, and you go where you want with it. Like my senior project is child abuse. I could have gone with the prevention of it, but I went with the treatment of it. And your whole senior project is basically based around your essential question.