Name: Kate Delaney 

Artifact Title: Saudi Arabia GO Night Examination

Completion Date: Second Quarter

Teacher: Mr. Preston, Mrs. Depriest, Mr. Marlet

JAGS Pillar: Communicate Ideas & Investigate the World

For GO night, I partnered with another JAGS student, Ava Brown, and we discussed the nation of Saudi Arabia. We focused on learning all aspects of the country's government, culture, and economic status. This was a hefty project, as we were expected to create a document with an overview of Saudi Arabia and a tri-fold board to demonstrate our work. This project helped us to investigate the world as we dove into Saudi Arabia. This was also such an interesting project as we had to connect the values and current events found in Saudi Arabia, it a completely different nation. Ava and I were paired with two students who focused on the nation of Argentina. We were able to connect our projects by communicating our ideas. Since the nations were so different (different government, culture, and economics), the only way we could connect the nations was their love for the game of soccer. Argentina during that period had just won the World Cup, and they had the best soccer player in the world: Lionel Messi. We were able to connect this with Saudi Arabia as they had just begun building stadiums to host the FIFA World Cup, and they had just begun a brand new soccer league. This project really helped me understand how connected every individual is, even if it's something as simple as the game of soccer. 

Name: Kate Delaney 

Artifact Title: League of Nations Review Sheet

Completion Date: Third Quarter

Teacher: Mr. Marlet, JAGS World History

JAGS Pillar: Communicate Ideas, Recognize Perspectives, Take Action, & Investigate the World

In my freshman year history course, we spent the majority of our year on four main topics: the Enlightenment & French Revolution, the League of Nations, World War I & II, and American history. This class was truly a highlight of my freshman year as Mr. Marlet emphasized interactive learning through games and competitions. The particular artifact I focused on was the end of the conference League of Nations review document. In this assignment, we were challenged to grade the League of Nations on its effectiveness and decision-making, why the League was hesitant to take action, and whether WWII was preventable based on prior actions. I chose this particular assignment as it was my favorite activity we completed. When learning about the league, we were given a fifty-page packet that we had to work together in tables to complete. The preface of the game was to learn about the league, the decisions they made, and their failures by role-playing as the league and guessing their decisions. I was able to connect the class overall and the League of Nations activity to all four pillars of JAGS. For communicating ideas, since we were forced to work in groups of four, communication was key to figuring out each puzzle and question. Communication was especially important during games when each person would be given a different hint or clue. It was also very important that we recognized the perspectives of each nation throughout the game in order to correctly guess their decisions and win the game. The last two pillars, taking action and investigating the world, connect as we have to investigate global history, politics, and current events to take action to maintain world peace and cooperation. Overall, the League of Nations made me a more globally minded student as I was able to learn more about world politics and history while becoming better at recognizing perspectives and working with others. 

Name: Kate Delaney 

Artifact Title: Genius Project

Completion Date: Second Quarter

Teacher: Mrs. Depriest, JAGS English 9

JAGS Pillar: Recognize Perspectives & Investigate the World

In Mrs. Depriest's freshman English class, we had the opportunity to create our projects based on something we truly enjoyed. For the project, we had to choose something we could do consistently for ten weeks and show our progress through pictures. We then had to create a presentation that showed our steps, successes and failures, and our overall reflection. For my genius project, I chose to focus on my love for baking. I tried a new way to bake muffins each week to try and create the best muffin recipe I possibly could. For the first few weeks, I would go on Pinterest and try other bakers' recipes to see what they thought the best recipe was. I then took each aspect of every recipe that I liked and used it to create the best possible recipe. However, I struggled at first with perfecting the measurements since each recipe was very different. In the end, I was able to find my favorite ingredients for banana chocolate chip muffins, and I made them for the class and my family. I connected this assignment to the pillars of recognizing perspectives and investigating the world. I recognized perspectives when I tried other recipes, and I recognized the perspectives of my family and what they thought was the best, since they were tasting my baking each week. I investigated the world through the different recipes I tried. For example, I tried a vegan recipe and different ingredients, which helped me to see what others liked and why. This assignment overall made me a better JAGS student as it forced me to take and apply feedback in my work, as before this assignment, I had difficulty accepting negative feedback on something I worked hard on.     

Name: Kate Delaney 

Artifact Title: NSE Award

Completion Date: Third Quarter

Teacher: Senora Browne, Spanish 2

JAGS Pillar: Investigate the World

During my freshman year, I took Spanish 2 with Senora Browne. I enjoyed that class because I was able to have a deeper understanding of the Spanish language and the culture of different Spanish-speaking nations. I was also able to make a lot of friends in the class, as I was in a class with a lot of upperclassmen. Through this experience, I was forced to put myself out there more and be more extroverted if I wanted to make friends, which overall made me a better JAGS student. For Spanish 2, I chose my artifact to be my honorable mention award from the National Spanish Exam. For the NSE, you have to have a complete understanding of all the lessons and chapters from the specific year you are testing. So for this test, I had to have a complete understanding of four tenses, including when to use them and their proper conjugations, and I had to be able to listen and understand Spanish off a recording. For this specific test, I received my highest honor, which was the honorable mention award, and even though it wasn't the best I could do, I am still very proud of myself. I connected my Spanish 2 class to investigating the world. I investigating the world by looking into other Spanish-speaking nations. I learned a lot about Peru and Bolivia, their culture, attractions, and geographical features. One specific example I remember is when we investigated the role Lake Titicaca played in the economy, culture, and environment of Bolivia. This class made me a better JAGS student as I was more culturally knowledgeable and able to communicate with new groups of people. It also made me more open to meeting new people and making friends with people I do not have a lot of things in common with.