To be honest, when we started out with the Soccer Box in October, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I’d dabbled in the world of wood and power-tools before when we did our summer project, making planters …
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Soccer Storage Box – Will Crouch ’24
Between October of ‘21 and the end of February, we worked on a storage box for our soccer team to store their equipment closer to the field upon Coach Taragan’s request. Initially, we worked on measuring and cutting wood for …
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Winter Break Book Review – Stinson Moss ’22
Over Winter Break, us EDI Fellows were tasked with reading a Science-Fiction book of our choosing. And I’ve got to admit, other than the Bible and Stealing Air by Trent Reedy, The Expanse is probably going to be my new …
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Speaker Reflection: Mr. Hegel, Apeel Sciences – Micah Baum ’23
On November 4th, the EDI Fellows welcomed Mr. Cody Hegel, senior project engineer at Apeel Sciences, as a virtual speaker. Although he had little interest in the engineering field as a child, he changed directions and obtained a degree in …
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Speaker Reflection: Mr. Hegel, Apeel Sciences – Julian Burke ’24
On November 4th the EDI Fellows met virtually with Mr. Cody Hegel to learn about his journey to the company Apeel Sciences, and their mission to create a more “sustainable way of life”. Mr. Hegel graduated from UC Santa Barbra …
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E3 School Gardening Planters Project – Lee McElligott ’23
This fall, the EDI Fellows designed and built wooden planters for the New E3 School in Norfolk. We undertook this project in order to support the E3 School’s mission of using tangible objects to promote experiential learning. Last summer, we …
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E3 School Gardening Planters Project – Ann Gray Golpira ’24
At the very first E-Bell as a new member of the EDI Fellows, I made a promise to myself to make a thorough effort in finding my place in the Fellows program this year. Accordingly, when asked for volunteers for …
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Reflection from Sean Wetmore’s Accountability Presentation – Sam Bibeau ’24
At the beginning of this school year, Mr. Wetmore addressed all of Norfolk Academy’s Fellows and spoke to us about commitment and about the effort and thought that we should strive to put into the Fellow’s Program in the coming …
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Reflection from Sean Wetmore’s Accountability Presentation – Kristin Houston ’23
Earlier this week, all of the Fellows groups gathered in Johnson Theater to gain more insight into values we should strive to achieve when working on our respective projects. During this time we discussed the different kinds of commitment levels …
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Swimming Mask Holders Project – Owen Yeung ’24
Throughout the swimming year of 2020-2021, the misplacement and dampening of masks while swimming was a major inconvenience. As a swimmer myself, I can personally attest to the fact that masks would constantly get wet, mixed up, or even lost, …
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