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Servant Leadership In Education-Based Nonprofits, Charline Rivera '21

Independent Study

The presence of Servant Leadership within our communities is undeniable; organizations such as The Container Store, Southwest Airlines, and Starbucks dominate our everyday lives, providing services that serve various communities within their own unique ways. However, what makes organizations based on Servant Leadership distinct and successful lies in both the impact and those running the organizations. Every employee, manager, or volunteer must maintain a certain connection to values and self-awareness, and be flexible and prepared for change in any work they do. This being said, internal motivations and desires always come second to the needs of the community being served, …

Personal Reflections / 12.14.20, José M. Torres

Personal Reflections

On Saturday, December 7, 2020, I got up early at 5:00 a.m., put on a white shirt, a black jacket, and shorts, and joined a zoom call broadcasted from Alexandria, Egypt. A longtime friend, Bill, passed away at age 90 from COVID-19 complications. Bill and his wife Peg, who passed away 12 years ago, opened their home to me in 1980, when I was only 20 years old and needed a place to stay. Six months later, I found a more permanent home. While my time living with them in their home was short, this experience and our continued relationship …

Effect Of Flour Type On Sourdough Starters, Irene (Sooah) Park, Kenith Taukolo '23

Methods in Scientific Inquiry

After deciding on world hunger as our topic for our Methods in Scientific Inquiry (MSI) project, we decided to conduct an experiment about sourdough starters. In particular, we were asking how the type of flour (ie, whole wheat and all-purpose) may affect the rise of sourdough starters. The differences in height in the different types of sourdough starters using whole wheat and all-purpose flour were identified. We used paired t-tests for deciding if the heights of the starters grew overtime and a two-sample t-test to find if the mean change in height was statistically significant between the different types of …

December 2020 Newlsetter, Joanna Menendie '22, Muyiwa Arowolo '21

Black Student Union (BSU) Newsletter

As the first semester comes to an end, BSU not only wanted to thank you all for supporting us as an organization, but we also wanted to reflect on the events and projects that we have completed, are currently working on, and what we plan to accomplish next semester. Here is our semester newsletter to provide you with insight into all of our efforts.

A Change At The Park: Muscular Dystrophy-Duchenne, Pranav Manoj, Amber Bautista, Bridget Bunt

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Asthma, Rachel Hodge, Brenna Christoffel

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Lung Cancer, Ahana Narayanan, Maia Peregrino, Moorea Gay

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Addison's Disease And Parkinson's Disease, Jade Bates, Minju Oh, Megan Ptak

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Celiac Disease, Maia Peregrino, Ahana Narayanan, Moorea Gay

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Patho Graphic Novels: Epilepsy, Lily Isibue, Melissa Myint, Laila Walton

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Nervous System: Alzheimer’S Disease, Krisha Patel, Saachi Kumar, Delicia Chen

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Introduction To Analyzing And Evaluating Medical Terminology, Sowmya Anjur, N. Brennan, S. Saiyed

Open Access Books and Manuals

Illinois CTE Endorsement Area: Health Science Technology & Human Services

Teacher and Student Editions

The Five Stages Of Team Development, Caitlin Collins, Ethan Castro

Goal 3: Interpersonal Intelligence Narrative

Purpose: Provide students an introduction to existing business/psychology teachings on group dynamics and the five distinct stages of team development likely to be experienced in any group setting.

Life, Character , Action, Mansour Baalbaki, Stephanie Broy

Goal 1: Social Responsibility Narrative

Purpose: Transitioning to IMSA is a time of new choices, responsibility, and freedom. As a result, sometimes, students’ intentions are not always the best for the individual or the situation. Throughout the IMSA experience, students are caught in the middle of the new community’s values in which they live. Students internalize what they see their peers and role models doing and decide how to live their own lives. Every interaction that students have during their IMSA years affects how they see themselves and how they see others—helping students understand why character matters will allow them to value kindness, cooperation, sharing, …

Look At The Lights, Chandra Gangavarapu '21

Music Technology Center

No abstract provided.

Unit #4: Playing With Code - Remote Learning Activities, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong

Little STEAMers: Early Learning Program

No abstract provided.

Life, Character , Action, Mansour Baalbaki, Stephanie Broy

Goal 4: Intrapersonal Intelligence Narrative

Purpose: Transitioning to IMSA is a time of new choices, responsibility, and freedom. As a result, sometimes, students’ intentions are not always the best for the individual or the situation. Throughout the IMSA experience, students are caught in the middle of the new community’s values in which they live. Students internalize what they see their peers and role models doing and decide how to live their own lives. Every interaction that students have during their IMSA years affects how they see themselves and how they see others—helping students understand why character matters will allow them to value kindness, cooperation, sharing, …

Now Webzine: Self Care Program ( Asychronous), Robyn Norton, Josiah Payne

Goal 4: Intrapersonal Intelligence Narrative

Why it's so important that they can care for themselves.

Talk The Talk, Freddy-May Abisamra, Natasha White

Goal 3: Interpersonal Intelligence Narrative

To give students practice having high-stakes conversations in a safe, controlled environment.

To give students an opportunity to verbalize what things they want/don’t want in relationships.

Shattering Stigma: Menstruation, Pooja Haney, Jaimee Walker

Goal 3: Interpersonal Intelligence Narrative

Purpose: To educate IMSA students on a natural process of the human body in order to lessen stigma. This information is pertinent to healthy development, and stigma surrounding this topic can adversely affect the way people deal with menstruation.

Healthy Eating And Cooking, Kevin Lim, Kristen Feigel

Goal 2: Life Skills Narrative

Specific Lesson Outcomes: Students will be able to effectively interpret nutrition labels, understand basic kitchen measuring terminology, and prepare easy and healthy snacks/meals at home or at IMSA.

Creating And Managing A Budget, Benjamin Lepak, Luis Villafuerte

Goal 2: Life Skills Narrative

Purpose: Students will be able to plan and implement a budget over the course of a month-to-month basis.

Online Etiquette: Cancel Culture, Problematic Behavior And Social Media, Mia Pidlaoan, Rodrigo Gonzalez

Goal 1: Social Responsibility Narrative

Students will learn and partake in discussions about online etiquette, aspects of “cancel culture,” past incidents of misconduct and consequences of behavior online, real-life nuances regarding diversity, and problematic behavior.

Students are free to speak as much as they wish to. This conversation is heavily participant-based and healthy discourse is encouraged.

Productivity Talent Show, Dane Christianson, Rafael Gonzalez

Goal 1: Social Responsibility Narrative

Purpose: Students will see how their most successful peers manage themselves to achieve academic and personal success so they can incorporate these skills into their own lives.

Respect Yourself, Joannah Rivera, Ladonna Hawthorne

Goal 1: Social Responsibility Narrative

This facilitation guide was based on “The Respect Basics Handbook” by The Respect Institute, and the Center for Nonviolent Communication. The purpose of this program is to show students how respect works. They will learn the importance of respecting themselves and others in order to gain respect.

Report Of The President / November 18, 2020, José M. Torres

President's Report

LEADERSHIP MATTERS

This report provides the Board of Trustees with information regarding Academy activities and the progress that we are making toward achieving our IMSA Impact and Outcomes Statement and Priority Outcomes. I organize the Report of the President, where appropriate, around the IMSA Impact and Outcomes document:

Three pillars:

1. STEM Teaching and Learning
2. Operational Capacity
3. Stakeholder Engagement

One Strategy—Strengthen Employee Engagement

1. Advance Equity and Excellence Plan: Year One of Action
2. Beyond surviving...Resolved to thrive (IMSA employees working remotely must do more than merely survive the year; we want to thrive!)

I provide information, updates and general observations with …

Report Of The Imsa Student Council To The Imsa Board Of Trustees Meeting: 11/18/20, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Student Council Documents

No abstract provided.

Beyond The Barre: The Neurological Foundations Within Ballet's Culture Of Neurotic Perfectionism, Ariela Asllani '22

TEDxYouth@IMSA

No abstract provided.

Don’T Let Racism Stop You!, Anita White

TEDxYouth@IMSA

No abstract provided.

Scientific Research And The Effectiveness Of Presentations - The Student Inquiry And Research Program At Imsa, Sowmya Anjur, Dave Devol

Faculty Publications & Research

This presentation was selected from one of the four topics "Scientific Research and the Effectiveness of Presentation" in which we discussed IMSA's SIR program and moderated a workshop where teachers discussed how to encourage their students to do scientific research and present their work.