Tag Archives: Enrichment

Civic Engagement is a four week term at GCE where we form into groups,work together on difficult projects and use the GCE goals through out our project. My group was the gratitude group, which was convenient because I learned a lot more about gratitude. I also learned that no matter the task as long as Read More…

In my Engineering and Design class, we learned about wind turbines and how they have the power to contribute a lot of natural energy. We were lucky enough to have the CEO of Windonics come in and explain more about wind turbines, how they work and their effect in our everyday lives. Windonics is a business that designs and sells wind and Read More…

In my design and engineering class, we learned about solar panels and its contribution to a better sustainable world. For our second action project, we created our own homemade solar panels from scratch. Next we explained our process using Prezi. Prezi is a great way of formatting projects. After doing this project I learned the Read More…

In my Counter Culture class we discussed the meaning of a shout-out/invocation poem. A shout-out poem is a poem in which the poet usually calls to and appreciates a person, place or thing. Most of these poems relate to the people who go against or are not “normal”. They speak about the forgotten, unappreciated or Read More…

For the design and engineering class we created a water station that could be used around the world. We had four days and a twenty dollar budget to brainstorm and create a station that would be easy to use and simple to build. So we decided to recreate the water station we saw in the video below. Read More…

For student enterprise we got the chance to present our business plans to some employees at SandBox. Sandbox is an organization in which they create, invest and explore new business ideas. Sandbox represents a new model of business development. One that helps upuncoming entrepreneurs and is redefining the way great ideas are transformed into successul companies. Read More…

The purpose of this endurance challenge was to spend 24 hours investigating challenges in my life, using examples of my personal experiences to dive deeper into creating a better path. I was working on a mission I’m passionate about and want to continue to remember this project through out my entire life. I decided to Read More…

In the Endurance course, we are learning about an old military strategy called Kautilya. For our second Milestone Project, I created a mission plan with goals to myself and a lesson plan to teach the class about my mission. why? The purpose of my lesson plan was to teach my classmates to remember how valuable life is, as well as to realize the importance of somebody and of a moment in time. The purpose of my Read More…

For our student enterprise course, we went to Vosges. We investigated sales/ marketing at the company.   Market – Vosges market is mainly based in the United States. They market their chocolate by focusing on their concept of traveling around the world through chocolate. They supply the country with high end unique and flavorful chocolates Read More…

Our ‘Education in 8 Movements’ (Integrated English-History) class studied “Enrichment” as a post-secondary learning option. We examined how motivation, interest and personalized skills really help contribute to an individual success. While studying how we learn, our class took an edutopia.org survey that revealed I’m primarily a visual learner. I’ve enjoyed learning in this manner. My Read More…