Grade 10s Display Passion for Learning at Exhibition

March 4, 2022

Academics

GNS

At GNS, many grades have a big project—for Grade 8, it is Gallery of Fame and for Grade 9 it is Science Fair. To celebrate reaching the end of the Middle Years Programme, the Grade 10 students get to complete the Personal Project! The Personal Project is a culmination of all the analytical, research, writing, and self-management skills that the students had learned in the Middle Years Programme. On March 3, the current group of Grade 10s was busy from lunch onward, setting up their stations and making last minute preparations for the Personal Project Exhibition. Although their peers could sense and share in each other’s frazzlement, even the most anxious Grade 10s pulled it together when the spectators came, presenting the stellar results of six months of hard work to the amazement of their audience.

For the Personal Project, each student gets to choose their own topic. Some students pursued the path of science, while others chose to cultivate their artistic passions through singing, cooking, dancing, and spoken word poetry. It was a project that allowed the Grade 10s to reinforce what they already knew or to discover something surprising about their fellow classmates.

The Grade 10s presented their projects to the student body right after lunch and to parents and teachers in the evening. Younger students, teachers and parents were all impressed by the depth of knowledge, enthusiasm and variety of the projects displayed.

Yunna Lawson ’24 looked to extend her passion for music. A talented musician, she decided to take her skills to the next level, by taking a violin piece, Ziguenerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate, and transposing it into a work for piano.

Taylor Macdonald ’24 performed in front of a live audience her spoken word poetry “Dear Gen Z”. She had been exposed to spoken word poetry in Grade 7, and has been a passionate poet ever since. She urges people to join the school Spoken Word Poetry Club, which meets in G201 on Tuesdays.

Kimi De Gea ’24 combined her passions of dance and culinary arts to produce a French-based cookbook with dishes made to help a dancer. She dove deep into the chemical properties of the foods to create the ultimate superfood for the passionate dancer.

Kate Wood ’24 used silicon to create a model of the brain. Humbly, she admits that she was not very successful with the model, but to her, the success came in the form of being able to learn so much more about the brain.

Arshia Shahab ’24 created a coding program that enabled him to control a high tech drone. The program allows him to control the drone’s flight as well as take pictures, all from the comfort of his computer.

Luka Hurschler ’24 was inspired by his passion for snowboarding and created a snowboard diagnostic box, which he uses to tune and wax his snowboard.

Sophie Davies ’24 took her crafting skills to the next level by using sustainable materials to create a handmade fanny pack. The results were stellar and rivaled those that are mass produced.

As a whole, the projects were fantastic, and for any Grade 10s reading, give yourselves a pat on the back for the exemplary effort put into successfully completing such a momentous event!