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ESSAYS The seniors in the IB Extended Essay program were honored for their achievement in Morning Meeting on Wednesday, April 15 and Friday, April 17. Two copies of each essay will be published — one for the student and one for the school to keep on display for posterity. The Extended Essay is a component of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. In no fewer than 4,000 words, students complete an independent, self-directed piece of research, akin to a college-level thesis.
“The Extended Essay is such a unique learning opportunity — one that is open to all Trinity students,” said Head of School Rob Short. “By doing original, independent research and sharing their published findings with the world, students learn to think and write creatively and critically. It is a rich process that prepares them so well for college and beyond.”
The Ultimate Escape: How the Suicides of the Five Lisbon Sisters Lead to the Isolation and Spiritual Death of their Neighborhood in Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides
Evaluating the Extent to Which the Polluting Industries in Hopewell, Virginia, Outweigh the Potential Benefits of Transitioning to a More Environmentally Focused Economy
Jillian Jones Allen
Dylan Singh Dhindsa
The Sears Bankruptcy: An Investigation of Efficiency and Profitability in 21st Century Business
The Impact of Solar Panels Affect the Sahel’s Albedo
Andrew Joseph Edward Arnold
The Effect of Age on False Memory Emma Cooper Ashley
An Analysis of the Involvement of China, Russia, and the United States in the Current Venezuelan Crisis Sophie Macrae Bruns
Analyzing the Acoustical Quality of My School Theatre Atesh Ben Camurdan
The Effect of Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccination Rates on the Number of Measles Cases Reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lauren Jane Crick Coffey
The Effectiveness of Colorimetry for Detecting a Simulated Poison in Common Beverages Caitlynn Lee Collins
Marina Nicole Eichenberger
The Ethics of Using Ketamine to Treat Severe Depression Through a Lens of Robert Veatch’s 1972 Patient Physician Models Nicholas Brian Failon
The Effect of Water Temperature on the Filtration Rate of Eastern Oysters Claire Marie Gibbons
To What Extent do Economic Benefits of Tourism in the Yellowstone National Park Outweigh the Dangers of the Natural Hazards? Lola Rose Goodpasture
A Breath at a Time: The Effects of Weekly Exercise on Carbon Dioxide Production Julianna Elise Goradia
Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: The Causes and Management of the Defiant Disease Claire Marie Gorey
“A People Without A History”: the Role of the Internal Weakness of the Abyssinian Empire on the Expansion of the Oromo
An Analysis of How Chinua Achebe Reveals Gender Equality in Things Fall Apart
Lela Backes Creamer
Chloe Marie Jepson
Kiribati Republic’s Fate: Sea Wall Or Migration
American Football: An Examination into the NFL and Their Use of Monopoly Power through Governmental Regulation and Subsidies
Catherine Lee Henriques DeSouza
John Alline Kenzakowski
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Her Place at Home: The Impact of World War II-Era Propaganda on Women in the United States Labor Force Caroline Margaret Kiefer
Charlotte Brontë’s Use of Fairy Tale Archetypes and Tropes in Jane Eyre and Their Effects Grace Isabelle MacDougall
The Effect of Perfectionism on Competition Anxiety in College Level Athletes Lauren YooRim Park
The Effect of SPF on Protection from Sun McCall Elizabeth Phillips
The Influence of Wernher von Braun on Rocket Development in the United States in the Period After World War 2 Jay Andrew Sabharwal
The Environmental, Political, and Economic Impacts of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Catalysts of the American Civil War Randolph Andrew Sullivan
“I do not think that I will ever love anyone like that again”: How James Baldwin’s Impacted the Gay Community Through Giovanni’s Room Lilly Kathleen Sutton
Taking Advantage of a Broken System: The Privatization of Prisons in America Lauran Brooke Turner
The Extent To Which the Amount of Sleep Correlates with a Female High School Senior’s Anxiety Ainsley Ford Voeks
Okonkwo’s Self-Destruction and the Fall of Igbo Culture in Things Fall Apart Frances Jane Watt
Venezuela’s Self-Destruction: The Rise of Populism And the Demise of Democracy Sydney Claire Whiting
Genetic and Environmental Factors Causing Anxiety Disorders
The Uighur Genocide: How and Why the Chinese Government is Covering Up One of the Most Destructive Genocides in History
Caroline Grace Schuster
Sofia Grace Wolfe
A Study of Richmond, Virginia’s Development Due to the Urban Heat Island Effect
The Effect of High Fat Diet on the Brain Reward Thresholds in Comparison to the Reward Thresholds While Taking Morphine
Madeline Grace Schleicher
Bryn Shannon
L’influence de Coco Chanel sur la mode et la culture des femmes françaises au début du XXe siècle Lucie Stanton Speck
The Historical Context of the Emergence and Evolution of Epicureanism Christian Compton Sprinkle
Emily Olivia Woomer