Capstone spring action begins
March 1, 2017
Ranging from business, mental, political, or even current topics and problems, GSA Capstone is a class for students to engage in community events, problems, and interact and assist in service events while being involved in a year-long project. At Clements, Capstone is a class only available for students in the Global Studies Academy, and this year there have been many projects that students are excited to share with the community and district. Capstone assists students in starting their careers and involving themselves in their interests. Additionally, it allows the seniors to interact with others to examine and discuss opportunities and challenges in the world.
After year-long research and development of a topic, information, and organizing an event to effectively host a event and raise proper funds, activities, and involvement from the community, students in Capstone have started their Spring Action Projects. Currently, during the second semester, all students are required to host and acquire participants in their events. From the International Law Clinic, Kindness Matters, and the various other projects that have recently just took place, many students have successfully informed students, parents, teachers, and people of the community about their topics and the impact to help change and participate in in these areas of interest. For example, in the Capstone event of Kindness Matters, not only did they do a survey of the audience about how they view people with mental illnesses, but they also had participants bring shirts to donate. Some events with an accompanying fee, donate all proceeds to an organization that complements the area of research.
Various Capstone events, relating to the topic and subject, are advertised and intensified by offering extra credit for various classes, points for Student Council and National Honors Society, and volunteering is even available at some events.Some events do require that students bring an item, permission slip, or complete an accompanying assignment along with attending.
Not only are these students ready to finish off their year-long projects, but they cannot wait for people to learn, enjoy, and participate in the topics that they enjoy most. Students in Fort Bend and at Clements can attend some of the upcoming events below, some of which are for extra credit and points for organizations:
March 1: Disease Treatment Innovation
ULH 3:15-5
Varsha Varghese & Lucia Zhang
March 2: Medical Advances
CHS AP Biology Classes
Eric Wang & Tony Yang
March 2: Contemporary Issues in East Asia
ULH 3:15-5
Jessica Liu & Jina Shi
March 3: Fleet Management
CHS Business, Finance, & Marketing Classes
Mike Shao
March 4: Music and the Brain
Children’s Museum
Shroothi Ramesh
March 4: Art Education Gallery
HMNS-Sugar Land 2:00-4:00
Andy Wei & Anton Zhou
March 6: Hindustani Classical Music
ULH 3:30-5
Bhavi Pandya
March 7: Dystopian Literature
Library 3:15-5
Aaron Mendoza
March 7: Music: Eras & Innovation
Performed @ the CHS Percussion Concert
Rena Sun
March 8: Statins
CHS Principles of Health Science Class
Felicia Invest
March 9: Game Theory for Economic Development
AP Human Geography Classes
Hamza Ansari
March 9: Global Empathy
Travis HS (C119) 2:55-4:55
Divya Gupta & Priyanka Kaur
March 9: Gender Equality through Women’s Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Library 3-5
Danielle Nwosa
March 9: Military/ Veteran Health
ULH 3:15-5
Claire Chen & Aisha Rao
March 10: Marketing/ Customization
CHS Business, Finance, & Marketing Classes
Catherine Huang & Bianca Tan
March 10: Coral Reef Conservation
AP Environmental Science Classes
Karla Torres
March 10: Understanding the Electoral College
Austin Parkway Elementary – 5th Graders 2:30-3:30
Marco Venegas
March 10: Understanding ISIS
CHS AP World History Classes
Weston Shores
March 21: Sustainable Development in Latin America
CHS Library 3-5
Sue Chu, Aniket Dave, Madison Lam, & Archit Oswal
March 22: Reality Fair (Understanding Finance)
Library 3-5
Saad Khawaja, Tommy Le, & Quynh Le
March 23: Earth Fair
CHS Commons with Clements Earth
Chelsea Feng & Ross Trivisonno
March 24: Facial Recognition Technology
CHS Com Sci 5th
Zhongqi Ning
March 24: Escalation
Understanding Dating Violence
DLH 3-5
Sara Rufael
March 25: Art Expo
Sugar Land Art Gallery & Center
Nina Vielmas
March 25-26: Inventathon
HCC
Kevin Chen, Ashwin Hareesh,
Dhruva Karkada, Saarang Panchavai,
Varun Rajaram, Saideep Volalla, & Michael Yu
March 29: Police Brutality
CHS Library 3-5
Hannah Al-Natoor
March 30: Education Success
ULH 3:15-5
Hui Song
March 31: Misogyny
Girl Up Meeting: 1131 3-4
Zoë Marshal
April 1: Autism Play Day
CHS Commons 11-2
With Arc of Fort Bend & CHS Best Buddies
Pooja Kumar & Shruti Misra