WHO AM I?

The Freestyle Reflections Unit served as a new way to see ourselves through various projects in each individual class.

For Digital Media, we created personal mandalas in both black & white and color using Adobe Illustrator.

For Film Production, we created a two minute self-reflective video essay that conveyed timeless relatability that was edited in Adobe Premiere.

For English IV, we focused on gathering inspiration for a personal essay that could be used in our college application process. The initial stage of discovering an idea for the Personal Essay was to find “Essence Objects” that could be used to define or perspective or personality. Each object list was unique to each student.

MY ESSENCE OBJECTS

  • A battered fencing bag
  • A sketchbook, barely held together
  •  A biology textbook highlighted start to finish
  •  A small Bluetooth speaker 
  •  A keychain from Seoul Incheon Airport
  •  A pair of penguin earrings 
  •  My 3 Polanica Camp shirts 
  •  A PS4 controller
  •  My dirty, worn down fencing shoes 
  •  An oil diffuser
  •  A wall of fencing medals
  •  A Paris Marathon Fleuret Poster 
  • AirPods 
  •  A silver chain from my grandfather 
  •  Photo album with family / friends 
  •  Numerous coffee cups 
  •  A wall of photos with just my brother and I 
  •  Old gymnastics leotards 
  •  One ballerina shoe 
  •  Just one camera