Nery Leon The importance of Self Defence

Claim: I will learn to defend myself in typical situations and understand why it is important to know self-defence techniques.

Reason: Large cities in the Bay area, like San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond, have high rates of violent crimes. I feel that it is important not to let oneself fall victim of these dangerous societies but instead to feel the liberty of walking down the street without concern for personal safety.

Evidence: I am taking a self defence class on Mondays and Wednesdays. I keep a journal for daily logs and sometimes take video of our quizzes. Here is a picture from a video of our first quiz. Our teacher wore a redman suit and attacked my classmate then she had to defend herself and get the teacher away from her with any of the techniques that the teacher has taught us.

Ramirez, Victoria

Claim: I am going to paint three canvases with three distinguishably different styles. One will be abstract, which is going to be difficult; the other from a feminist point of view, showing the innocence and strength of a women; the last, an art-deco type of piece that is only tri-colored and two dimensional of a random person.

Reason: I want to challenge myself into doing different types of painting because it might be something that will help me get away from everyday life into a "different world" - relaxing. If I turn out to like it a lot, I might just go study in Paris to be an artist. I would also like to research artists, since I am not yet fully knowledgable about them or their techniques. This might open up a new door for me.

Evidence: I will log the hours I spend painting, and with Ms. Mosen and my mentor. To show my whole project I shall do a quick video and bring my paintings. I will make it artistic and as if it were coming from an actual artist.

Value: Like I stated before, this might open new doors for me and may lead me to figure out what I want to do. Or if it's not something I want a career in, it can be a hobby for the rest of my life.

Huizar, Daisy

Claim
My project is to shadow the Athletic Trainer at Contra Costa College. I will be his intern and help him with the athletes that have injuries, as well as learn the different ways to help with all types of injuries.
Reason
I want to shadow an athletic trainer because I am still unsure of what I want to major in. That is why I want to get experience, to figure out if that is the career path that I want to be headed towards.
Evidence
I am going to internship with Brian Powelson for 20 hours and present my findings with a powerpoint presentation on being an athletic trainer and all the aspects of becoming one.
Value
I want to do this because being an athletic trainer is all I have ever thought of being that is related to what i want to do and I want to be sure that I am headed in the right direction. It is more to help me decide what i want to become, since i have been undecided for years and have finally taken interest in a certain career.

Martin Ocampo

Claim: For my senior project I will be coaching elementary students on how to play soccer. The school that I am coaching is Lake Elementary through a program called Soccer Scores. I go Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 and to the games on Saturdays.

Reason: Kids tha live in Richmond usually spend time on the streets as they grow up but if these kids play soccer they will stay of the streets becuase thet would have to attend soccer practice and games.

Evidence: Robert Hill (415)-810-6811
Head of the wccusd sports.

Value: I want kids from impoverishded ares to have a hobby to keep them off the streets and ways from trouble. Soccer has done this for me so I am sure it will work for those kids.

Andrew Lawrence, Timothy Balmorez

Claim: For our senior project, we are going to create an instructional workout video. This video will include instructions on how to work our your body completely. We will also be informing the audience about the practice of running marathons. After seeing our video, people will be super-fit and muscular.

Reason: Since obesity is a growing problem in America, we want to educate the public on how to live a healthier lifestyle while getting into top shape. We will inform by presenting a video and explaining the dangers of obesity.

Evidence: Workout Video: A ten minute video showing a sample workout.

Workout Chart: A list that presents our progress throughout our project.

Value: The values of our project is the message we can give people about health. We want to share our ambition to be fit with everyone. We are doing our project to inspire people; that is why our project has so much value.

Florence Lau: Racial and Generation Psychology

Claim: My senior project will be on the psychology of how people classify themselves and other people based on race and gender and the reason behind it. I will interview experts, other people, and put my personal experiences in it to form a chart of data and present it to the class as (hopefully) a power point.

Reason: I am doing this because I was always interested in it. This was inspired by personal experiences and everyone values their origins. Many people are very ignorant about other people's origins and are unaware of the diversity in the world.

Evidence: My mentor is a graduate student at UC Berkeley who is majoring in Psychology. I will be attending his classes, taking notes, and interviewing him about the topic. I have read many professional essays about this topic including those written by my mentor to get a better understanding of the topic in a more educational way.

Value: I hope my project will let other people know how diverse the world is and be more aware of how people classify themselves in terms of race and age. I also hope that this project will let other people notice things they normally would not notice.

Flores, Sheyla and Cortes, Adrian: Parent-Teen Communication Skills

Improving Parent-Teenager Communication Skills


CLAIM:
My senior project includes starting a youth group at the Latina Center in Richmond and improving the communication between parents and teenagers. Adrian and I will make a survey to both teenagers and parents about what they think their biggest barrier for communication between each other happens. After we have all the surveys in the participants will read the survey aloud to the camera, and we will make a documentary video on it.

REASON:
The reason for this project is because there are many teenagers who feel unloved, or that they can’t have good communication with their parents. This is what leads teens to drugs and gang affiliations. The reason for doing the project is so that of the 100 teenagers surveyed at least 80 of those will improve their communication with their parents and stay out gangs and drugs.

EVIDENCE:
I have started reading various books on the reasons for teenage activities in gangs and drugs. All evidence proves that teens join gangs because of the lack for love in their homes. I have my own theory however, I think that it is not lack of love teens suffer, rather lack of communication and that is exactly what will be learned during this project. In my research paper I will make sure to provide enough evidence to support my claim.

VALUE:
I want to become a juvenile counselor for teenagers who need rehabilitation in the court system. This project is of great value to me because of it. I want to achieve my goal of helping teenagers succeed in life. That is the main reason for my project and the value itself. I want to prove teens that their parents do love them and to parents that the children need them more than they think. The value of my project is to better the communication of parents and their children so that the effect of drugs and gangs will not be so great here in Northern California, because after all, every little bit of it helps.