College Essay Final Drafts due MONDAY!

College Essay Final Drafts due to Ms. Gunn 
by Monday, Nov 3 at 3:45pm. 

Printed out. 
You can print in Mouse office 
before school, at lunch or after school.
Give to Ms. Gunn or put in my mailbox. 

This is counting toward Cycle 1 grade.
In order for me to read them all on time, I must have them by Monday.

Big Ideas in the Field: Mamadou!

Mamadou teaches mechanical engineering at an elementary class in Brooklyn!

Super cool!

BIP Defense Evaluation Protocol

Welcome to Week 17!

During mentoring periods this week you will be offering a defense of your Big Idea.  Your teachers and classmates will be evaluating you both on your formal defense but your responses to reflection questions as well.

To submit an evaluation, go to the link below and choose the name of the person to be evaluated and click "Submit Form to [Student Name]"
Evaluation Link 


To view your evaluations, go to your drive and search for the file entitled [Last Name, First Name] BIP Defense Evaluations.

Big Ideas in the Field: Fashion!

Arijan and Vinny at Fashion Industries observing a sewing class. 

Arijan and Vinny at Fashion Industries observing a sewing class.

Senior Awards & Project Symposium June 12!

Remembering Poet Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou has passed away. She was a very important poet and activist. You may remember, we read this poem last year. This is a video of her reading it. Enjoy. (CNN) -- A literary voice revered globally for her poetic command and her commitment to civil rights has fallen silent. Maya Angelou died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Wednesday, said her literary agent, Helen Brann. Angelou had been "frail" and suffering from heart problems, the agent said. The words Maya Angelou left behind Angelou's legacy is twofold. She leaves behind a body of important artistic work that influenced several generations. But the 86-year-old was praised by those who knew her as a good person, a woman who pushed for justice and education and equality. In her full life, she wrote staggeringly beautiful poetry. She also wrote a cookbook and was nominated for a Tony. She delivered a poem at a presidential inauguration. In 2010, President Barack Obama named her a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. She was friends with Malcolm X and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and inspired young adults and world celebrities.

Big Idea Progress Video!

Check out your BEAUTIFUL work! We are so proud!

Big Idea in Progress!

Jade checks out the Big Idea Progress movie.

Big Ideas: Joanna's Cooking Class!

Photos by Ms. Groebner 

Joanna hosts a cooking class demonstration. 

Eddie and Ethan taste the cooking class food. 

Jade works with the cooking class food. 

Joanna demonstrates microwave cooking!

Joanna and Eddie at Joanna's cooking class. 

Ethan tests out the cooking class food! 

Big Ideas in Progress!

Gary learning about animation!

Elijah tries out questions for his documentary.

Big Ideas in the Field (On the Field!)

Check out Jose, filming an instructional video for his Soccer Trick web site, The Soccer Kid!

Big Ideas: Gary's World of Gaming

Check out Gary's YouTube gaming channel!
https://www.youtube.com/user/garyworldsofgaming

Big Ideas - Bruce & Kemal

Check out Bruce & Kemal's Big Idea Project blog, The Literature Effect!

Big Ideas in Progress!

PHOTOS BY RUTH GROEBNER

 Dillan and Mel work on lyrics and beats. Mel's video shoot is this weekend. Dillan is helping him.

More Big Ideas in the Field!

PHOTOS BY MS. ANGELILLO

Denise Salcedo and Nichole Urena take to the street for their Big Idea Projects!

Nichole Urena shows off her work on the origins of homelessness in NYC.

Denise Salcedo checks out the nursing program at Rivington House.

Big Idea Projects In Motion!

Big Idea Projects in motion!

Photos by Ms. Groebner

Tyler working on his digital drawing.

Sean working on recording his original music. 

Jose is working on his soccer instruction web site!

Salma working on her Big Idea Project!

Hudson Big Ideas Being Tested

Ahmed Sayed and Omar Salazar tested out the new radar gun by tossing stuffed animal Sherman. The gun works! It clocked in pitches at 39 and 43 mph! Thanks, Ms. Amling, for providing the gun so these baseball guys can get testing their theory!

Big Idea Project in the Field

BY RUTH GROEBNER
Jasiah Daniels volunteering with Schools We Can, a not-for-profit organization where he is interning for his Big Idea Project.

Big Ideas in Progress!

Terique Jones works on designing a jet for his Big Idea Project.

Muhammet Nimoni and Ms. Angelillo work on Health together.

Blake McGill works on editing photos for his Big Idea Project. 

Big Ideas in Progress!

BY JENNIFER GUNN
Marques Donovan helps Gary Almonte with his Big Idea Project, building a computer from scratch!
Elijah Penn and Salma Shams check out the awesomeness.

Big Ideas in the Classroom!

Arijan Dautaj learns to sew for his fashion line project. Jenniffer Garcia graciously helps out Arijan with mastering the sewing machine. Super cool!

Big Ideas in the Field!

BY JENNIFER GUNN
Seniors Raul Sisalima and Alexis Vazquez took an independent field trip to the Bronx Zoo to support their impressive Big Idea Project work! See below for beautiful images of going outside the lines of traditional learning! You can't get giraffes inside a classroom!

Checkpoint 7: Work Log

Field Trip Sign Ups for Thursday May 8th.

Big Ideas in Action: Surveying!

More Hudson Seniors took their Big Idea Projects into the real world! On their Friday Independent field trips, Maria Rangel asked people, both at Hudson and on the streets of New York, questions about whether mood affects the way we dress and whether being fashionable depends on brand choices. Rosailyn Rodriguez took pictures of sights and people that she hopes will inspire her work when she starts drawing her fashion designs! Good work, girls!

Big Ideas in the Field: Volunteering!

Hudson 12th graders joined their peer Nichole Urena as she arranged a volunteer day at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen in Chelsea as part of her Big Idea Project about poverty.  
     Solangel, Mamadou, Maggie and Eddie worked nonstop for two hours helping to serve nearly 1000 meals. If you see these five amazing students, please ask them about their experience. 
     If you are interested in learning about future volunteer opportunities with this site, please let me know.

#schoolofawesome @hudsonbigidea

We're Famous!

The 12th Grade Big Idea Project is famous! 

Check out this awesome article about our work! #schoolofawesome

http://www.studentachievement.org/the-big-idea-project-fostering-college-readiness/

Project Time! Week 1 — April 28 -May 2

Today's To-Do List (Fill Out Every Day) Link

Action Plan Calendar (must be printed) Here

PROJECT APPROVALS

• Your project must be approved by your Mentor before you begin. 
• Your Proposal Paper & Action Plan Calendars must be approved in order to begin our project work. 
• Once you have approval, you can begin. 

Welcome Back! Wednesday April 23!

Big Idea Project: Meet the Experts!

Mayar Shoaeib, Santa Aquino and Joanna Arias went to visit the test kitchens at Good Housekeeping Magazine on Friday, April 11. This was an independent field trip for their Big Idea Projects. They met with super-awesome editor, Erin Phraner — learning about food, cooking and the magazine industry. Good Housekeeping is located in the beautiful and modern Hearst Magazines building on 50th and 8th. The girls learned a lot, and plan to use this experience to help their Big Idea Projects! 

Now, where can you go? Let's make it happen!

The girls meet with Good Housekeeping editor, Erin Phraner.

Joanna, Mayar and Santa at the Hearst Building. 

 Mayar and Santa at the Hearst Building entry fountain.

Joanna and Santa at the Hearst Building entry fountain.

The Hearst building entry fountain!

The Good Housekeeping Magazine Test Kitchens!