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# Author Archives: Ellen Nodelman

## The Buzz at Rondout Valley High School

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Ellen Nodelman

Rondout Valley High School’s 2017 WISE presentations were as varied and interesting as usual. WISE community coordinator Andy Lutz was able to attend the presentations of two particularly intriguing projects, one on bees and beekeeping, the other on stereotypes and … Continue reading →

## Ithaca WISE Students Master the Arts

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Ellen Nodelman

Ithaca High School offers the casual reader a crash course on WISE – all you need to do is go onto its excellent website with its dedicated IHS WISE Program section and start reading the blogs posted under Projects. You’ll … Continue reading →

## WISE Rookie, Clarkstown North High School, Shows Us How It’s Done!

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Ellen Nodelman

Clarkstown North began its first year of WISE presentations on May 23rd, presentations that set the bar high for all those to follow. Two WISE students, Jadyn K and Kathleen S, used WISE to explore the professions they anticipate … Continue reading →

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## Saugerties WISE student takes to tattoos!

There’s no telling where WISE interests may lead you. Saugerties High School Junior Krystal J has long been fascinated by tattoo artistry, something she launched onto back when she was all of 13 years old. This year, her last at Saugerties since she is graduating early, Krystal decided to use WISE to pursue this fascination. Her project: Career Choice: Tattoo Artistry.

Krystal pulled together many different aspects of the WISE process to complete her project: research, interviewing, balancing WISE obligations with the demands of completing her high school career by the end of her junior year, and an internship at Inksane Asylum, a tattoo studio in Lake Katrine.

It was everything she had hoped it would be, a chance to explore a tantalizing career and really understand how tattoo artists worked in today’s world. The tattoo artistry industry, she discovered is in the ‘mixed market’ of the US economy and is subject to many different forces, including startup costs, government regulations and the need to train younger artists to keep the industry moving ahead. Her own internship, which she plans to continue as she moves ahead after her WISE project, was instrumental in doing just that, inculcating her with the skills she needed for success in the tattoo artist industry.

During her presentation, Krystal clearly conveyed the excitement accrued from her time on the job and her contact with five different tattoo artists and the resulting knowledge and conviction that she amassed through all of this. While she focused mostly on skills germane to the tattoo artistry industry, she also picked up strategic time management skills as she juggled all the competing demands on her time. She shared pictures of her own art with her audience and spoke about exciting process of taking one particular picture, then converting it into a tattoo to be placed directly onto a person’s body. She is looking forward to continuing her apprenticeship long after the WISE season is over.

Among the six evaluators for Krystal project were WISE co-coordinators, Denyse Ortlieb (far left) and Alison Brennan (far right), pictured here with Krystal (centre left) and Krystal’s mentor, Amanda Tuccillo (centre right).

## Another Model Presentation — from Hunter-Tannersville

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Ellen Nodelman

It was exactly one year ago that Jordan J was inspired by someone else’s WISE project. Kylie M, a WISE graduate from the class of 2016, had done her WISE project on equine veterinary medicine, something that truly resonated with … Continue reading →

## ITHACA HIGH SCHOOL’S WISE PROJECTS

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Ellen Nodelman

Ithaca High School has long had an outstanding WISE program, and its online blog, https://sites.google.com/site/ihswiseprogram/services, is an ongoing source of inspiration to those who love to read about WISE projects as they develop and mature. For those of you who … Continue reading →

## RONDOUT SENIOR GIVES A MODEL ‘MODEL PRESENTATION’

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Ellen Nodelman

It was back in the spring of 2015 that Rondout Valley High School student Samantha Z, then only a sophomore, was invited to collaborate in the production of another WISE presentation, a rock opera. The experience proved invaluable and inspirational, … Continue reading →

## Clarkstown North May Be New To WISE BUT…

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Ellen Nodelman

They’re beginning with a bang! On April 17th the majority of Clarkstown High School North‘s fifteen WISE students shared their projects with their WISE coordinator, Joe Harley, WISE English teacher Susan Phalen, Assistant Principal Angie Watt, other students, some of … Continue reading →

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