Senior Passion Project Presentations 2025
THANK YOU to all participants!
Many thanks to the SSFS community, who joined participating seniors and their mentors on
May 28, 2025 from 6:30-8:45 PM
for the virtual presentation about the seniors' chosen topics.
The video recording of the event is available below.
2025 Senior Passion Project Presentation Recording
OVERVIEW:
Grounded in experiential and project-based learning, and with inquiry, reflection, and action at the core of its mission, Senior Passion Projects is a selective, elective, independent, learner-centered and self-directed program that affords qualified and approved participants the opportunity to let their lives speak beyond the traditional high school environment by sampling a potential career, serving the community, or exploring a deep personal interest that culminates in a formal and reflective presentation to a panel of faculty, staff, alumni and Trustees on the expectations, challenges, lessons and rewards of said experience.
2025 SSFS SENIOR PASSION PROJECT TITLES & PARTICIPANTS
(Click titles to find out more about each topic)
- SSFS Weather-’Beests: A Student-Sponsored and Operated Meteorological Station by Kieran Liftik
- Midnight Forests: A Social History of Progressive Era Conservationism by Alexios Eleftheriou
- X Marx the Thought: Finding the I in Philosophy by Chloe Jonasdottir
- Power of Positivity Path: A Trail of Uplifting Ceramic Mosaics by Kellye McCullough
- Constructing Community: Designing and Building an SSFS Sukkah by Alex Lasensky
- Fleece to Fashion: Weaving Abstract Mathematics into Eco-Friendly Style by Uma Riggins, Hurley Hurley & Avery Claus
- Gifts from the Lived: A Documentary About the Music We Inherit, the Grief We Carry, and the Healing We Face by Jalynn Smith & Jiya Taylor
Schedule
| 6:30 PM | Gathering in Silence |
|---|---|
| 6:35 PM | Opening Remarks |
| 6:45 PM | SSFS Weather-’Beests: A Student-Sponsored and Operated Meteorological Station By Kieran Liftik |
| 7:00 PM |
Midnight Forests: A Social History of Progressive Era Conservationism |
| 7:15 PM | X Marx the Thought: Finding the I in Philosophy By Chloe Jonasdottir |
| 7:30 PM | Power of Positivity Path: A Trail of Uplifting Ceramic Mosaics By Kellye McCullough |
| 7:45 PM | Constructing Community: Designing and Building an SSFS Sukkah By Alex Lasensky |
| 8:00 PM | Fleece to Fashion: Weaving Abstract Mathematics into Eco-Friendly Style By Uma Riggins, Hurley Hurley & Avery Claus |
| 8:15 PM | Gifts from the Lived: A Documentary About the Music We Inherit, the Grief We Carry, and the Healing We Face By Jalynn Smith & Jiya Taylor |
| 8:30 PM | Acknowledgements & Closing Remarks |
Video Recording of 2024 Senior Passion Project Presentations
Note: As part of the Senior Passion Presentations on May 29, Sam Deichman-Caswell debuted the trailer to his film project, Frames of Mind: A Cinematic Short, which is now available for viewing in its entirety via his Website: https://www.