Diploma Candidates
Aram Arakelyan
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLChemistry SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HL
EE: To what extent did United States' foreign policy destabilize the Middle East during the 1980s and 1990s?
TOK: How can we reconcile the opposing demands for specialization and generalization in the production of knowledge? Discuss with reference to mathematics and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: Attend a four year university and pursue a career in law.
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLChemistry SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HL
EE: To what extent did United States' foreign policy destabilize the Middle East during the 1980s and 1990s?
TOK: How can we reconcile the opposing demands for specialization and generalization in the production of knowledge? Discuss with reference to mathematics and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: Attend a four year university and pursue a career in law.
Patrick Archer
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLPhysics SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLVisual Arts HLEE: Does the development of A.I. evolve society or devolve it? TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: Go to GMU to be an author and game designer
Taylor Baldwin
English Literature HL
Spanish SL
History HL
Chemistry SL
Math Applications & Interpretations SL
Visual Arts HL
EE: How was Osamu Tezuka influential on modern manga and anime styles and artwork?
TOK: Do we need custodians of knowledge? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge. Future Plans: I plan to go to study Forensic Chemistry at VCU. I have the goal to work for the state of Virginia regarding forensics after college. I want to keep pursuing my hobbies during college and afterwards, which includes painting and digital artwork.
Azekiel Hutson
English Literature HL
Spanish SL
History HL
Chemistry SL
Math Applications & Interpretations HL
Psychology SL
EE: To What Extent is Men's Mental Health Worse than Women's
TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: Go to a 4 year university and sign up for the military
Ava, Jackson
English Literature HLFrench SLHistory HLChemistry SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HLEE: To what extent does Neglect, a type of trauma affect the development of a child’s brain differently than Physical abuse?
TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: Attending a 4-year college.
Taylor Jennings-Ward
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLBiology SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HLEE: To what extent does parental control affect children's mental health and development?
TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: I plan to go to a 4-year university.
Christopher Jimenez
English Literature HL
Spanish SL
History HL
Biology HL
Math Applications & Interpretations SL
Visual Arts SL
EE: To what extent has the art style of major Shonen anime evolved from the years 2000 to 2021?
TOK: Do we underestimate the challenges of taking knowledge out of its original context and transferring it to a different context? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.
Future Plans: To start studying for a Bachelor's Degree in Political Sciences (Criminal Justice)
Chloe McGough
English Literature HL
Spanish SL
History HL
Biology HL
Math Applications & Interpretations SL
Psychology HL
EE: Does Ultraviolet light cause an excess of melanocytic production within Musa acuminata?
TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: I will be attending a 4 year institution for pre-medical studies and biomedical engineering. As well as I will be conducting experiments to further my research on Infantile Onset Niemanns Pick Disease.
Pryde K-Mutia
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLChemistry SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HLEE: To what extent did Martin Luther King Jr’s I Have a Dream speech impact African American lives from 1963 to his death in 1968? TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge. Future Plans: I want to go to a Duke for free.
Josiah Patrick
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLPhysics SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HLEE:To what extent can phobias be biologically inherited by later generations?
TOK: Are we too quick to assume that the most recent evidence is inevitably the strongest? Discuss with reference to the natural sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: "To go to college to pursue an MBA.Own my own business."
Rylande Stewart
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLBiology HLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HLEE: To what extent was dropping the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima necessary to end the war with Japan?
TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans:I plan to attend the University of Iowa to study Biology and Environmental Policy and Planning, and eventually obtain my Masters in Wildlife Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jeremiah Stroud
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLPhysics SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HLEE: To what extent can we accurately predict the velocity of a fluid exiting an open chamber system?
TOK: Are we too quick to assume that the most recent evidence is inevitably the strongest? Discuss with reference to the natural sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: Go to college and pursue a career in the field of engineering. I'm also coupling this burden with becoming a social influencer
Gabriella Vargas
English Literature HLSpanish SLHistory HLBiology HLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HLEE: To what extent does postpartum depression affect maternal postnatal attachment?
TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: I plan to attend a 4-year institution to pursue the field of Psychology.
JaKyra Woodall
English Literature HLFrench SLHistory HLChemistry SLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HL EE: How do the poems Mother to Son, Harlem, and I,Too by Langston depict black society in the Harlem Renaissance?TOK: Do we underestimate the challenges of taking knowledge out of its original context and transferring it to a different context? Discuss with reference to two areas of knowledge.
Future Plans: To attend a out-of-state four-year HBCU to study in Criminal Justice or Criminology
Kamal Woodley
English Literature HLFrench SLHistory HLBiology HLMath Applications & Interpretations SLPsychology HLEE: To what extent did weather forecasting affect Allied warfare strategies and overall outcomes during World War II?
TOK: Nothing is more exciting than fresh ideas, so why are areas of knowledge often so slow to adopt them? Discuss with reference to the human sciences and one other area of knowledge.
Future Plans: I plan to attend a four-year college or university under the study of Environmental Sciences.