The five qualities of DRSS are attributes we try to demonstrate and use to learn and grow
as better individuals at this school.
Collaboration
Collaboration is working together with others to achieve a shared goal. This year, in
Precalculus, we had to make a model of a Ferris wheel. We had to work together to achieve this. I made the flyer
for advertising, Izzy was the project manager, Kaya was the architect, and Sarah Bragg
was the mathematical engineer. We had to work together to design it. I also had to ask for the speed,
the graphs, tables, and more to complete my flyer and make it accurate. We also had to come up with
things like theme, colors, and special features together.
Persistence
Persistence is shown when you try over and over again to reach a goal even if you fail multiple times and keep goind on, unhindered
by challenges. In the image above it shows a periodic table we had to make out of grocery store products. It took a lot of work to find pictures that looked good with the text and
to figure out how to arrange them in something that could be shown as a trend or scale. I also had to find more items to fill some of the spaces on the table which was difficult
because Groceryland appears to not be very organized. But, in the end, we did it and got an A!
Inquiry
Inquiry is the ability to stop and ask a question when you need to know something instead of pressing forward aimlessly. I do ask
a lot of questions to make sure I know what I'm doing. I had to ask the Taiji teacher lots of questions to better understand how to do it.
I even realized one of the main issues was the shoes I was wearing when I practiced! I better learned how to balance and demonstrate the moves.
I demonstrated the effect of inquiry at Exhibition night when I did Taiji well and effectively.
of inquiry.
Communication
Communication is talking to someone else to help achieve the goal of collaboration with that person. The picture above is of Sarah Orlando (the girl in the
red hoodie) Cora Dunekacke (the girl in the plaid) and I (in the tan sweatshirt) as a team working together to try
and beat the silver semifinals. We all helped each other on the different operating systems and communicated when we couldn't figure our waht to do next.
We were the only team at our school that made it to the finals in 2023. I think that perfectly demonstrates the strength of a team when you use effective communication to work together
and coordinate as a team.
Creativity
Creativity is making up ideas that are original and new and are generally (but don't have to be) shown artistically. Above is an image
of the "Personal Project" we had to do first quarter of 10th grade in Programming. It had to be original to get full points. I always loved colors so I wanted it to be colorful
and it had to have a random component. I also liked flowers. So I made lines in the shape of a flower be drawn randomly on the screen. The program was
written in KTurtle, a software where a turtle draws on the screen, following different commands you input.
