By Lara Sokoloff She sat down and removed a plastic bag from her backpack. She unzipped the bag and placed five glass eyes of various sizes across the table. "You can tell by the size that this is one...

By Judd Liebman John Lee ’12 stared in confusion at the Bunsen burner flame. He said the task was easy for most of his fellow Chemistry Honors classmates: all they had to do was record the color...

By Saj Sri-Kumar and Megan Ward Up until ninth grade, Michelle Choi ’12 didn’t have trouble with her vision. However, she soon realized that she needed help. "I figured out [that I...

By Arielle Maxner  While many look upon the years of the Roman Empire just in reference to its military might, Erin Landau ’11 worked with history teacher John Johnson to research a...

By Lara Sokoloff  "I love writing English essays," Mary Rose Fissinger ’11 said, and that love is what inspired her to do an independent study. Fissinger has worked with English teacher...

By Nika Madyoon  While the American Civil War represents only a small fragment of all of the history that students are required to learn in their junior year, for Sam Ruddy ’11, it...

By Eli Haims  "As students get older, it seems they become less and less supportive of the Honor Board," Austin Block ’11, who did a Senior Independent Study on the condition of ethics...

By Megan Kawasaki  When Charlie Stigler ’11 proposed his independent study topic, he intended to further his knowledge of computer science, but his project goes beyond that. Stigler...

By Evan Brown Laura Silverman ’11 designed and wrote a magazine called "Portrait of Women of Los Angeles 2010" with "approximately 20 profiles on different women who have worked or lived in...

By Mariel Brunman, Jamie Chang and Gabrielle Franchina When Jackson Foster ’11 spent a semester at the High Mountain Institute in Colorado during his junior year, he was exposed to and inspired...

By Rebecca Nussbaum "Writing songs was the easiest part of any of it," Kathryn Gallagher ’11 said. During the first semester, Gallagher studied the music of Bob Dylan, Elton John, Carole King...

By Allison Hamburger For the past 10 years, about 50 parents have had an annual tradition of joining President Thomas C. Hudnut to discuss literature. They each read a book that Hudnut has selected and...