On Thursday, May 12, Moravian Academy held the inaugural Comenius Project Fair on the Merle-Smith Campus. 

Students who have completed Comenius Projects, which are independent research projects guided by faculty mentors, presented their work to friends, families, faculty, and other community members at the Project Fair. 

In the coming days, video presentations of each student's project will be published. 

2022 Comenius Projects

Alizeh Ali '24 (Mrs. Weems)
Gender in Art Therapy

Alicia Gordon '24 (Mr. Gutgold)
How Enlightenment Thinkers John Locke, Carolus Linnaeus, Johann Freidrich Blumenbach, and Thomas Jefferson Viewed Race

Ginevra Toso '24 (Mr. Gutgold)
A Look into What Renaissance Art Reveals about Its Society

Joey Oltman '24 (Mr. Eckman)
A Socialist Generation

Christopher Ray '23 (Mrs. Woodruff):
A Dive into Animation

Jewel Kislin '23 (Dr. Lawlis)
How Can We Prepare for a Solar Storm?

John Bollinger '23 (Ms. Cusick)
The Polarization of American Political Discourse

Rohan Mehta '23 (Dr. McKay)
Datum: A Differentiable Programming Language

Nabeel Rifai '23 (Dr. Kish)
Periodization Programming: An Analysis and the Creation of Training Programs

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Elena Capobianco '23 (Mrs. Sheetz)
Happy Playlist: A Curated List of Songs Designed to Treat Symptoms of Depression

Michael Alchaer '23 (Dr. Crowe)
The Effects of Social Media on Mental Health

Ava Noel '24 (Dr. Crowe)
The Burden of Balance: a novel about struggles with mental health

The Comenius Independent Study Program is named for John Amos Comenius, the 17th Century Moravian educator, philosopher, and writer who is often called “the father of modern education.” The program is designed to support students who choose to pursue an area of study that goes beyond our school curriculum.