POUDRE HIGH SCHOOL
Personal Project Showcase
March, 2023
Topic: Understanding how menstruators are impacted by the lack of accessible period products in public facilities and how that can be fixed.
Product: Period Product dispensers placed in all of the single-use restrooms at Poudre High School.
- Lucille Aberle, Class of 2025
Topic: Deeply researching different diets and understand how they can benefit or affect the human body
Product:A meal plan
- Sean Alcazar-Chavez, Class of 2025
Topic: Expanding my baking business and its client base while understanding the importance of connecting with my customers professionally and on a personal level.
Product: A holiday oriented business model.
- Pele’ Allen, Class of 2025
Topic: Create a cost-free program that encourages literacy in elementary school children from a variety of backgrounds.
Product: A program where elementary students get free books in exchange for a written review of the book which will be displayed at the local independent bookstore.
- Zoë Anderson, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding how three different music genres affect the human brain and emotions.
Product: Three different playlists based on the emotions of anger, sadness and joy, published on Spotify for the public to utilize.
- Betsy Bain, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning new cake decorating designs and techniques to become a better cake decorator.
Product: A few different cakes where I practiced the certain technique I was trying to learn.
- Beau Barrett, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding how to train a therapy animal and the work that goes into it.
Product: Bringing my goat to a neighbor's house, which is a decent walk aways, to meet their two and four year old kids.
- Emily Barrett, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning how to scuba dive
Product: Getting certified to scuba dive
- Landon Blanco, Class of 2025
Topic: Understand different aspects of leading group games and apply what I’ve learned on the Eco-week trip.
Product: A Google slide presentation, providing tips and tricks to leading successful group games.
- Lucille Bolton, Class of 2025
Topic: Establish a base-level understanding of the Spanish language with the hope to one day be fluent.
Product: A written report in Spanish reflecting on my journey including why, when, and how I decided to learn.
- Maya Caputo, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding the effects of therapy dogs in elementary schools
Product: A video of a trained therapy dog brought into a kindergarten classroom and the reactions of the children
- Savannah Carlson, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding physical and mental changes that come when implementing a new sport.
Product: My awareness of the changes that come with implementing another sport into my life.
- Adison Carmer, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning to crochet something complex.
Product: A stuffed crochet turtle.
- Savannah Casady, Class of 2025
Topic: Writing and recording an album on the piano
Product: A recorded album of at least 3 songs that have composed, recorded, and edited.
- Leo Cheng, Class of 2025
Topic: Learn ASL (common phrases)
Product: A video and/or pictures of me using ASL to communicate with a class.
- Marlie Clark, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding how to translate a song into American sign language to understand and learn a diverse and helpful way of communicating with others.
Product: Translating “When I was your man” by Bruno Mars with a deeper meaning behind what I am signing
- Amaria Coleman, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding the science of light and proving further that light performs as a wave.
Product: Creating a replica of the double slit experiment by Thomas Young.
- Enid Croak, Class of 2025
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Topic: Learning about how fiction and storytelling can be used to explore universal truths while learning about the process of writing a book
Product: A 50-page draft of a manuscript
-Gwennyn Davis, Class of 2025
Topic: Better understanding how animals think through teaching my dog to do agility.
Product: A video of me performing at least three jumps with my dog and demonstrating some other basic training elements.
- Kiernan Doty, Class of 2025
Topic: Learn about the hardships my peers faced within Poudre high school and document the similarities between each.
Product: Origami representation of each person’s “story”.
-Lily Ellis, Class of 2025
Topic: Teaching myself to animate through the 12 principles of animation.
Product: A short animated video.
- Robin Ford, Class of 2025
Topic: Teaching myself how to crochet, while learning the benefits of activating the artistic parts of the brain through creation/creativity.
Product: Individually handmade crochet stuffed animals
- Jaque Forrest, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning how to code in Java to code using the website Codecademy.
Product: Create two working programs involving concepts that I learned throughout the lessons.
- Lucas Foster, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning how to code in Python with no prior knowledge or experience
Product: Various working programs in Codecademy throughout my learning.
- Sebastian Fuentes, Class of 2025
Topic: Learn and figure out how to make a lot of the different family recipes.
Product: Create a cookbook with my family recipes.
- Aspen Gatteau, Class of 2025
Topic: Cooking foods from different countries to better understand culture and how to cook.
Product: Cookbook
Topic: Develop a better understanding of how to play basic chords and songs on a guitar
Product: I can play several different chords, as well as put them together to play two different songs
- Grady Glassman, Class of 2025
Topic: Carving and Selling Pendants to Raise money for Wildlife Conservation
Product: Seven hand carved pendants, and I’ll be selling them to donate the money to wildlife charities
-Gabriel Gonzalez, Class of 2025
Topic: Monochrome painting
Product: I will create a large monochrome painting to promote environmentalism
- Caleb Guerrero, Class of 2025
Topic: Organizing a clothing drive for Irish Elementary, while also learning more about how to advertise and educational service.
Product: A winter clothing drive for Irish Elementary with at least 50 articles of clothing donated.
- Pia Hall, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning about how to build a bike and the proper maintenance for it.
Product: A complete bike made from parts I had
Topic: Gaining experience and learning how to build a personalized bike.
Product: A personalized town bike built from recycled parts under $500
Topic: Nature photography learning new techniques and skills
Product: Slideshow
- Asa Hicks, Class of 2025
Topic: Baking/cooking different foods from each continent to understand the culture of food in different countries
Product: Six different foods with notes and pictures about each
- Iris Hicks, Class of 2025
Topic: Making a way for people to have a snowboard at half the price of a normal base and just as good.
Product: A blueprint with instructions on how to make a reliable and cheap snowboard.
Topic: Building relationships and boosting participation in city and team sports
Product: A kids’ basketball camp
- Benjamin Himlie, Class of 2025
Topic: Cooking healthy and delicious meals
Product: A cookbook with recipes and stories about the foods’ background/culture.
- Jasper Hoffman, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning to bake/cook with a gluten allergy.
Product: A cookbook with recipes and tips to gluten free baking/cooking.
- Teagan Hunt, Class of 2025
Topic: Maintaining my physical wellness through running
Product: Consistently running and completing a half marathon faster than before training
- Riley Jane, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding how nutrition correlates with physical activity and daily life.
Product: One week of meal planning along with daily workouts accompanying regular activities.
- Spencer Kitchens, Class of 2025
Topic: Cultural deep dive
Product: A Google slides presentation that represents the knowledge I have acquired on the history and culture of Huaraz, Peru
- Bodhi Klein-Ames, Class of 2025
Topic: Using recycled paints in order to learn how to paint and create a sense of belonging.
Product: A painted mural on my garage
- Andrew Kovacs, Class of 2025
Topic: Learn how running posture affects speed and efficiency.
Product: Create an informative pamphlet about running posture.
- Linden Kurtz, Class of 2025
Topic: Reworking the negative view around decomposers in nature by portraying them in stained glass.
Product: Various stained glass portraits based on nature’s decomposers.
- Skylar Lamoreaux, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning how to construct and sew handmade garments from scratch
Product: A complete formal dress with zipper, waistband, pockets, hem, and pleats
- Carter Larsen, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning how to snowboard, and throughout the process comparing the similarities and differences between skiing and snowboarding.
Product: Being able to snowboard down a green run
- Olivia Leibow, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning and understanding pediatric heart transplant, and the process behind it.
Product: A children's book made for families and kids undergoing a heart transplant.
Topic: Learning how to produce a video game from the ground up (programming, art, music).
Product: A completed video game tutorial on Godot Game Engine.
- Andrew Lewis, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding more about computer science and the basics of coding in Java Script language.
Product: I coded a choose your own adventure app on code.org to learn how to write basic code.
- Lauren Lindsey, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning how to operate filming mediums and use editing software
Product: A documentary-style short film on the teenage experience.
- Nina Low, Class of 2025
Topic: Playing piano and singing learned completely from sheet music
Product: A video of City of Stars from La La Land played and sung.
- Merrick MacKinney, Class of 2025
Topic: Human-Powered Transportation
Product: A reliable fixed-gear bike that can be used for commuting and everyday riding
- Liam Massing-Vincent, Class of 2025
Topic: Scuba Diving Certification
Product: Receiving my PADI certification card.
- Paloma McCurnin, Class of 2025
Topic: Cooking with common dietary restrictions while comparing the adjusted recipes to the original recipes.
Product: Making healthy, tasty meals without common allergens.
- Leah McDonald, Class of 2025
Topic: Cooking meals from different countries and better understanding the cultures.
Product: A cookbook
- Lilliana McMorrow, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding how stock charts work and their properties
Product: A stock portfolio of a few stocks with markings/ indications of what is going to happen with the stock
Topic: Better learn how to effectively and efficiently tie flies for fly fishing.
Product: A large assortment of different types of flies, made efficiently and effectively to catch a certain type of fish in a certain season.
- Kylar Moinester, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding what goes into a song and how a song can make someone feel a certain way.
Product: One to three instrumental songs that are made by me, consisting of a happy song, a sad song, or a song with no emotion in mind. I will have a survey that asks people how they feel before and after their music.
My final song audio
My first ever song
Topic: Educational Art (to learn and understand the world's main cultures and their off- branches)
Product: Cultural Coloring Book
- Karen Newman, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning how to tie flies.
Product: A collection of self-made fishing lures and the knowledge of how to build them.
- Keagan Oakes, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning the concepts of song design and rhythms, through studying of multi-instrumental and rhythmic songs
Product: Write a song of my own, representing my creative skill and research in advanced instrumental music.
- Paul Olson, Class of 2025
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Topic: Understanding and learning how dogs are mistreated at puppy mills and other negative effects of them
Product: A short video presenting my information and findings intended to spread awareness
- Rory Pantano-Fryar, Class of 2025
Topic: Learn how to fix and install parts on a bike
Product: A functioning bike
- Owen Parker, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning the concepts of coaching young kids soccer and improving their understanding of the game and being aware on the field.
Product: A training program with drills produced online.
Topic: Understanding how ADHD affects the brain, its symptoms, and how it can be treated.
Product: A website to publish my findings.
Topic: Understanding the process of how to plan and cook meals over a week that meet cost restrictions as well as creating an informative website.
Product: A 3 week 15 dinner meal plan I made with reviews displayed on an informative website with a description of how to meal plan.
Topic: Learn to execute and analyze boxing techniques
Product: Slideshow of techniques used in a pro boxing fight
- Leo Puckett, Class of 2025
Topic: Exploring mechanical engineering while fixing up a 1963 IH Scout 80eh
Product: Improving the car and getting it to run
- Oliver Roloff, Class of 2025
Topic:Understanding how anxiety affects the way young children (3-7) live.
Product: A storyboard about a character handling anxiety for kids.
- Jenna Sandifer, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding the history of my family’s cookie recipes
Product: Making cookies and sharing them with family and friends
- Sarah Seitz, Class of 2025
Topic: Dress making and to understand how to make an outfit by hand and the time and the measurements that are involved in the making.
Product: A dress and pattern of my own design.
- Emily Sherpa, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding how a camera works and how lighting is utilized in photography.
Product: Photo album of my photographs
- Harper Skjerseth, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning and understanding the levels of managing a business
Product: Hosting afterhours for students at Cups Community Coffee once a week
- Summer Snider, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding how different cake ingredients react with each other to create a delicious confection
Product: Three different types of cakes and a documentation on the reactions and research done to understand it all
- Miguel Solis, Class of 2025
Topic: Learning about any gender roles present in elementary schools and if they have an impact on students participation in certain subjects.
Product: A Google Slides presentation of all my data and other findings.
- Willow St. Germain, Class of 2025
Topic: Fly Tying
Product: Become more skilled at fly tying and learn new techniques to expand my knowledge of fly fishing
- Jackson Thole, Class of 2025
Topic: Discovering new strategies and activities to help athletes handle anxiety
Product: Calendar of a month and journal entries for each game day reviewing different strategies and activities
- Kavi Voglund, Class of 2025
Topic: Using a new art form and its principles to improve my own art.
Product: A storyboard of a rubber hose style animation.
- May Westcott, Class of 2025
Topic: Understanding how ingredients affect the final outcome, and how to write a recipe
Product: A digital cookbook
- Grace Wheeler, Class of 2025
Topic: To get a better understanding of the art of Interior Design.
Product: A fully furnished and functional living space for my family.
- Cedar Yujuico, Class of 2025
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