Senior Class Presents Projects at Expo
By Sydney Hoffman on May 8, 2018
Senior experiences are required for graduation from Bridgewater-Emery High School. These projects provide the seniors with a chance to learn more about a career or make a difference in something they are passionate about. Senior experiences are not limited to a certain career like their eighth-grade projects were. For seniors, they can complete any project or activity that puts the responsibility on them to plan and execute. Senior experiences are a way for the graduating class to apply hands-on skills in a project area. It is good practice for when they must apply that same initiative in the real world after high school. All their hard work throughout the year led up to their presentation of their project at the senior expo night April 23.
Libby Bailey presented at 5 p.m. on her math teacher project. She taught three lessons of algebra I to a section of the freshmen class. Lindsey Berg also presented at 5 p.m. for her bible school project. Lindsey is an active member of the Catholic St. Martin’s church in Emery and for her senior project, she planned and implemented a Vacation Bible School for the elementary that attend that church. Lucas Berg presented his cancer benefit presentation at 5:30 p.m. At this luminary cancer benefit, people could decorate a bag for someone affected by cancer and put a candle in the bag to dedicate respect for those affected people.
Cole Gassman presented at 5:30 p.m. for his ACL prevention/rehab presentation. He spoke of the awareness of ACL injury prevention to the seventh-grade class, and he taught them exercises to promote knee strength. Sharlene Glanzer presented her senior citizen program project at 6 p.m. She helped create a program of activities at the Emery Senior Citizen Center. Andrea Gorriz presented at 5 p.m. over her junior high mentoring program. This mentoring program consisted of Andrea teaching social skills to the junior high.
Kori Heezen presented at 6 p.m. for her makerspace project. This program consists of electronic projects and other projects to be available for students to work on in their free time. A room is available at both sites for these projects. Haley Hofer presented at 5 p.m. about her cheerleading camp project. Haley brought back the cheerleading program “Little Huskies” to the K-3 students. Rebecka Hoffman presented at 5:30 p.m. for her milk parlor project. Her project over dairy management includes her installing a new parlor in the milking barn.
“I chose this project because of my experience working and living on a dairy farm my whole life. This project will help me with my future plans after high school,” Rebecka Hoffman said.
Jessica Jaeger presented her art fundraiser project at 6 p.m. She organized and held two art workshops open to the public. Cassandra Kerkhove presented at 5:30 p.m. for her project over mental health. She spread the awareness of mental health throughout the Bridgewater-Emery School District. McKenzie Kirby presented at 5 p.m. over her humane society project. She volunteered at the humane society, and she designed and sold t-shirts to raise money for a donation toward the organization.
“I chose this project because I have a deep love for animals, and I wanted to help them. The expo day went very well, and the judges were more approachable than I expected,” McKenzie Kirby said.
Zack Leitheiser presented his first responders project at 5 p.m. He spread the awareness of what first responders do to the middle and high school students. Madison Mentele presented at 6 p.m. over her animal shelter project. She worked at an animal shelter and donated homemade dog toys to the organization. Mason Potter presented his car restoration project at 6 p.m. He had fixed up his Chevrolet Impala vehicle.
Matt Randall presented at 5:30 p.m. for his distraction driving presentation. He spread the awareness of distracted driving and promoted safe driving to the middle and high school students. Bradlee Schultz presented his cattle project at 6 p.m. He applied hands-on tactics by artificially inseminating his cattle. Colton Sommer presented at 6 p.m. over his truck grill guard project. He made two grill guards for his project.
Cameron Steen presented his video project at 5:30 p.m. He made a movie for his project titled, “A Day in the Life Part CLIMAX-6; SD Samurai; All’s Well That Ends Well; Fist of the Burning.” Natasha Summers presented her senior meals project at 5 p.m. She helped with meal planning at the Emery Senior Citizen Center. Connor Tuschen presented at 5 p.m. over his motorcycle project. He restored a motorcycle for his project.
Duot VanSickle presented his smoker project at 6 p.m. He built a meat smoker for his project. Eunice Vinales presented at 5:30 p.m. with her English learning language project. This is the title of a program in which Eunice taught Spanish to the elementary students twice a week throughout the entire school year. Dustin Weber presented his purebred cattle project at 5:30 p.m. He experimented with purebred and crossbred cattle breeding by artificial insemination.
The senior class then presented their projects again April 25 for a panel of unbiased judges that were not from our school or administration.
Libby Bailey presented at 5 p.m. on her math teacher project. She taught three lessons of algebra I to a section of the freshmen class. Lindsey Berg also presented at 5 p.m. for her bible school project. Lindsey is an active member of the Catholic St. Martin’s church in Emery and for her senior project, she planned and implemented a Vacation Bible School for the elementary that attend that church. Lucas Berg presented his cancer benefit presentation at 5:30 p.m. At this luminary cancer benefit, people could decorate a bag for someone affected by cancer and put a candle in the bag to dedicate respect for those affected people.
Cole Gassman presented at 5:30 p.m. for his ACL prevention/rehab presentation. He spoke of the awareness of ACL injury prevention to the seventh-grade class, and he taught them exercises to promote knee strength. Sharlene Glanzer presented her senior citizen program project at 6 p.m. She helped create a program of activities at the Emery Senior Citizen Center. Andrea Gorriz presented at 5 p.m. over her junior high mentoring program. This mentoring program consisted of Andrea teaching social skills to the junior high.
Kori Heezen presented at 6 p.m. for her makerspace project. This program consists of electronic projects and other projects to be available for students to work on in their free time. A room is available at both sites for these projects. Haley Hofer presented at 5 p.m. about her cheerleading camp project. Haley brought back the cheerleading program “Little Huskies” to the K-3 students. Rebecka Hoffman presented at 5:30 p.m. for her milk parlor project. Her project over dairy management includes her installing a new parlor in the milking barn.
“I chose this project because of my experience working and living on a dairy farm my whole life. This project will help me with my future plans after high school,” Rebecka Hoffman said.
Jessica Jaeger presented her art fundraiser project at 6 p.m. She organized and held two art workshops open to the public. Cassandra Kerkhove presented at 5:30 p.m. for her project over mental health. She spread the awareness of mental health throughout the Bridgewater-Emery School District. McKenzie Kirby presented at 5 p.m. over her humane society project. She volunteered at the humane society, and she designed and sold t-shirts to raise money for a donation toward the organization.
“I chose this project because I have a deep love for animals, and I wanted to help them. The expo day went very well, and the judges were more approachable than I expected,” McKenzie Kirby said.
Zack Leitheiser presented his first responders project at 5 p.m. He spread the awareness of what first responders do to the middle and high school students. Madison Mentele presented at 6 p.m. over her animal shelter project. She worked at an animal shelter and donated homemade dog toys to the organization. Mason Potter presented his car restoration project at 6 p.m. He had fixed up his Chevrolet Impala vehicle.
Matt Randall presented at 5:30 p.m. for his distraction driving presentation. He spread the awareness of distracted driving and promoted safe driving to the middle and high school students. Bradlee Schultz presented his cattle project at 6 p.m. He applied hands-on tactics by artificially inseminating his cattle. Colton Sommer presented at 6 p.m. over his truck grill guard project. He made two grill guards for his project.
Cameron Steen presented his video project at 5:30 p.m. He made a movie for his project titled, “A Day in the Life Part CLIMAX-6; SD Samurai; All’s Well That Ends Well; Fist of the Burning.” Natasha Summers presented her senior meals project at 5 p.m. She helped with meal planning at the Emery Senior Citizen Center. Connor Tuschen presented at 5 p.m. over his motorcycle project. He restored a motorcycle for his project.
Duot VanSickle presented his smoker project at 6 p.m. He built a meat smoker for his project. Eunice Vinales presented at 5:30 p.m. with her English learning language project. This is the title of a program in which Eunice taught Spanish to the elementary students twice a week throughout the entire school year. Dustin Weber presented his purebred cattle project at 5:30 p.m. He experimented with purebred and crossbred cattle breeding by artificial insemination.
The senior class then presented their projects again April 25 for a panel of unbiased judges that were not from our school or administration.
