Students eat cake, learn about emergencies in final of J-Terms
02.17.10
TVHS students completed their J-Term presentations on Friday, January 12 with wildly divergent lessons for their peers.
The students spoke about everything from preparing a large cake - one large enough to feed more than 300 people - to what it takes to be an emergency medical technician (EMT).
The 10- to 20-minute presentations to parents, students and educators followed the students' in-depth research during their January "J-Term" projects.
J-Terms are designed to enable individual interaction between students and area professionals that help students gain a realistic understanding of an industry or field of study that is practiced in our region. The projects take between a week and three weeks for students to complete and involve dozens of area professionals. The work culminates with presentations by the students to their peers at TVHS in early February.
Other students presented their findings and lessons to peers earlier this month.
On Friday, Junior James Hazzard's lesson spoke about his work with a professional baker and the lessons he learned on how to prepare a massive cake. He then shared his creative work, which was a four-foot-long cake that interpreted downtown Albany. The interpretation included an edible representation of "The Egg" and the Corning Tower.
Fellow Junior Garth Geritz spoke about his week-long ride-along with the EMTs and paramedics on Mohawk Ambulance.
Geritz, who aspires to be a physician, said he answered at least two calls each day with the ambulance squad and the most difficult emergency he answered was one that involved an infant.
Other students spoke about their research into careers in technology or the sciences.
