Class of 2020
Senior Projects
Senior Projects are meant to challenge the student to learn new skills and perform significant research in a specific area of interest. Students work with a mentor throughout their senior year and present their findings to the school community in the spring.
Senior Profiles
Eric
When did you start at EWS? I started at EWS in nursery.
Senior Project: developed plans and prototypes for his own clothing business and online retail shop
College Commitment: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Anticipated College Major: Business
What accomplishment are you most proud of? My proudest accomplishment is being named all conference in soccer this season.
dharvi
When did you start at EWS? I have been at EWS for 12 years.
Senior Project: My senior project was a culmination of everything I have learned as a writer and journalist. I created a portfolio of work and submitted pieces to newspapers and news sites as I explored freelance journalism.
College Commitment: I will take a gap year and attend Emerson College in the fall of 2021
Anticipated College Major: Journalism
What accomplishment are you most proud of? I am most proud of my junior internship at the INDY newspaper, the opportunity to attend the New York Times Summer Academy, and my freelance journalism senior project. Each of those opportunities was made possible by my experience at EWS and the many mentors the school has given me. I would not have the same experience, skill, and confidence in my work without my Waldorf education.
Ohrie
When did you start at EWS? I started at EWS in 7th grade.
Senior Project: I learned to play the oboe, a challenging double-reeded wind instrument.
College Commitment: McGill University
Anticipated College Major: Cognitive Science
What accomplishment are you most proud of? I'm proud of starting the EWS middle and high school volleyball team.
Phoebe
When did you start at EWS? I started at EWS in nursery.
Senior Project: worked on cutting-edge vaping research and teen education in conjunction with a lab at UNC
College Commitment: Haverford College
Anticipated College Major: undecided
What accomplishment are you most proud of? I am probably most proud of my senior project. The Waldorf school has provided me with so many amazing opportunities and experiences. I am also proud of the fact that I was able to go on an exchange to Germany.
Ananya
When did you start at EWS? I started at EWS in 10th grade.
Senior Project: I created a political blog geared more towards educating first time voters on the primaries process, elections and voter ID laws.
College Commitment: Appalachian State University
Anticipated College Major: political science/pre-law
What accomplishment are you most proud of? The accomplishment that I am most proud of is starting a volunteer club with my fellow classmate Ohrie.
Chloe
When did you start at EWS? I started at EWS in kindergarten.
Senior Project: I incorporated singing, song writing, photography and videography into a couple different platforms.
College Commitment: Queens University of Charlotte
Anticipated College Major: undecided, but interested in forensic science and art
What accomplishment are you most proud of? I don’t think I can name one thing I’m most proud of accomplishing, but my 11th grade internship and college acceptances are definitely high in my list.
Ellie
When did you start at EWS? I started at EWS as a high school freshman.
Senior Project: developed concept art and storyboards for an original graphic novel
College Commitment: Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Anticipated College Major: undecided
What accomplishment are you most proud of? I’m most proud of the friends I’ve made while at EWS.
Isabella
When did you start at EWS? I started at EWS in 7th grade.
Senior Project: created her own clothing pieces and developed a photo portfolio to highlight her skills as a designer and stylist
College Commitment: Guilford College
Anticipated College Major: Theater or Costume Design
What accomplishment at EWS are you most proud of? My greatest accomplishment at EWS really took form during senior year. I initiated a "pilot program" for myself and future students with the intention to add dimension to my school life. Through this program, I did an additional internship senior year which was linked to my senior project, as well as, went on a photojournalism road trip to New Bern NC, where I documented stories told by the locals and used their characters to inspire my clothing designs for my senior project.
Sydney
When did you start at EWS? I started at Emerson when I was three, in Nursery.
Senior Project: study of photography with a focus on film development. I worked with digital cameras and BW and color film cameras, and I learned how to develop my own film. I also collaborated with classmates and friends for some of my photoshoots.
College Commitment: Davidson College
Anticipated College Major: undecided
What accomplishment are you most proud of? I am most proud of organizing my exchange to Germany, interning at a behavioral health hospital, and being named player of the year as a senior in our basketball conference. I am also proud of my 8th grade project; I created a stained glass window that permanently hangs in the 1st grade classroom.
Izzy
When did you start at EWS? I started at EWS in kindergarten.
Senior Project: researched and learned shorthand stenography
College Commitment: NC State University
Anticipated College Major: undecided
What accomplishment are you most proud of? I’m most proud of setting up and participating in an exchange to France.
Piano Piece: I took piano lessons for a year in second grade. After that, I stopped playing until high school when I picked it up again on my own for fun. I chose to start learning Liebestraum No. 3 (by Franz Liszt) because it's beautiful and Un Sospiro was too hard. So far I've learned about 3 pages. Liebestraum is still a bit above my skill level, so you can hear me struggle with tempo sometimes, but we'll just call that rubato.
A Self Portrait by Izzy Shade
Mia
When did you start at EWS? I started in my second year of kindergarten.
Senior Project: I drafted a 50,000 word novel in 30 days during November's National Novel Writing challenge. My project was focused on expanding my identity and skill as an author.
College Commitment: King’s College London
Anticipated College Major: Culture, Media, and Creative Industries
What accomplishment are you most proud of? I'm proud of the ability to independently study that I've developed here— and the projects, internship, tests, etc. that I was able to complete solely due to that skill. I'm also proud of the relationships I've been able to form with my teachers along the way.
