By: Abby Ryu \u201826<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wyoming Seminary Academic Concentrations program is an opportunity for students to challenge themselves in conducting independent research, engaging with the community, and exploring passions outside of the classroom. Students work throughout their high school careers to develop their portfolio with key learning experiences and build towards completing a capstone project during their senior year. Over the first two weeks back from spring break, a total of 12 seniors split between the three concentrations presented their work. Most presentations took place after school and brought together faculty, students, friends and family to listen. Aiden Benetos, Maya Gross, Emily Marino, Eshaal Ahmad, Hannah Salesky, and Alex Chen represented the STEM\/STEAM concentration. Abby Ryu and Doron Glynn represented the Humanities and Global Studies (HGS) concentration. Emma Rathburn, Grace Rushmer, Caleb Smeraldi and Addie Priebe represented the Climate Science and Sustainability (CSS) concentration.\u00a0
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While the work presented reflected a wide variety of interests \u2013 from puppetry to environmental education to defining humanity \u2013, one thing that remained constant throughout all presentations was the intensity of work put in by the presenters. Every senior who presented had been developing their project, at least, throughout their entire high school career and it certainly showed. When asked about how it felt to finally wrap up such a monumental chapter of her high school experience, CSS concentration\u2019s member Emma Rathburn \u201826 said \u201cIt felt very rewarding and satisfying to see all of the work we\u2019ve done put together into one final presentation and I\u2019m so proud of everyone and myself for finishing off strong!\u201d
And yet in some ways, these capstone concentrations don\u2019t just represent an end but also a larger beginning. Most seniors noted in their presentations that they were excited to expand upon their interests in college. Additionally, when asked about the biggest thing she has learned through her concentration experiences, STEM concentration\u2019s member Emily Marino \u201826 importantly noted \u201cMy experience in the concentrations has really prepared me for college in that I now feel more confident that I can do a big, long, independent project like this.\u201d Whatever the future may hold for these seniors, their capstones clearly mark both a rewarding culmination of years of dedication as well as an exciting launching point for future exploration!
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