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Mary Sauve Shakespeare’s Ovidian Inspiration
Shelby Crants The Impact of Technology on Pediatric Obesity “Shelby worked closely with the Pediatric Weight Management Clinic at the Vanderbilt Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital under the supervision of Dr. Shari Barkin and Dr. Lindy Fenlason to complete her Capstone. The updates I received from her Vanderbilt mentors referring to her as a member of their team and treating her as a colleague instead of a high school student intern are a testament to her maturity and respect within the scientific community. I too have enjoyed working with Shelby and am very proud of her Capstone work. I cannot wait to see all that she accomplishes as she moves forward from Ensworth.” – Dr, Crystal Miller Science
Bobby Bethke Harry Potter and Latin Composition “Bobby’s diverse achievements at Ensworth include earning National Latin Exam awards, competing on the tennis team, and serving as student body president. Bobby strives to think outside the box, so it is fitting that he chose a unique Capstone project: translating excerpts from the Harry Potter series into Latin. This type of translation is not normally attempted by high school students because it not only involves translation but also requires inventing a consistent dictionary which addresses modern idioms and dialogue. Bobby has stepped up to the challenge and attempted to do something incredible, and I believe he has not only succeeded but also deepened his understanding of Latin.” - Jennifer Ishee Latin
“Mary is an exceptional student who loves learning for the sake of learning. She has demonstrated her excellence in Latin by earning National Latin Exam awards and Cum Laude in the Ensworth Foreign Language Department for three years. Her capstone is a unique showcase for combining two of her greatest areas of interest: Latin and Shakespeare. She participated in the Shakespeare in Italy summer program at the University of Dallas last summer in preparation for her Capstone project. This very intensive course gave her the opportunity to dive further into Shakespeare while visiting many of the famous sites in Rome that she had read about in Latin class. Her project focused on making connections between Ovid’s Latin poetry and Shakespeare’s plays.” – Jennifer Ishee Latin
Elizabeth Cox Jovenes en Camino “Children on the way” “If, as esteemed Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges once said, Kaeley Scott “Paradise will be a Happenstance — The kind of library," then Beauty of Coincidence Elizabeth Cox has brought a little piece “Kaeley has spent this of “paradise” to an semester studying orphanage in Honduras. historically significant For her capstone female photographers project, Elizabeth like Sally Mann, Diane chose to translate into Arbus, and Barbra Spanish seven stories Morgan, while creating by children’s author her own photographic Max Lucado. Over body of work inspired spring break, she took by their legacy. Her these books to the approach has been orphanage where she experimental in every has volunteered several way. By mixing modern times through her technology with church. From copyright traditional darkroom permissions to finished practices and alternaSpanish editions, tive cameras, Kaeley Elizabeth worked hard has composed a body to achieve her goal of work that is visually and spread her joy of diverse, but united reading. The children through conceptual undoubtedly benefitted approach.” from her generous – Audry Deal-McEver contribution of time Art and resources. In preparing the finished project, Elizabeth wrestled with the Congratulations power of words and the layers of cultural to our 2014 significance in both the Capstone Scholars! Spanish and English languages.” - Rob Herring Foreign Language Department Chair Spanish
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