Capstone Project Highlight Series: Daniel Sorokin ’23
After joining the Beekeeping Club in ninth grade, Daniel Sorokin ’23 wanted to ensure that the bees were cared for and that the program continued successfully following each beekeeper’s graduation from MFS. The club members, while interested in bees and maintaining a hive on campus, didn’t have the knowledge or the time within their schedules to dedicate to mastering beekeeping. To mitigate this issue, Daniel took on the creation and instruction of a minor course on Beekeeping as his Capstone Project. Beginning with pedagogy, he studied the skills and thought process needed for creating and teaching a course. He then crafted a syllabus and class schedule, determined the resources needed for students to successfully complete the class, and tested his initial course design on a sampling of students. The project was approved and the course, offered to Upper School students this year, balances interactive and passive learning in order to help students learn and retain all of the needed information to care for their own beehive. As a result of his project, Daniel noted “the goal of ensuring that our school honey bee colony lasts seems more possible than ever.”
Read more, see the class plans, and watch videos on beekeeping on his Capstone page.
Each year, a number of junior and senior class members choose to participate in the MFS Capstone Program. Designed to challenge students who wish to pursue advanced study in a particular field, the program asks participants to produce scholarly work by engaging in independent research and/or creative development under the guidance of an MFS faculty member. Enjoy a sampling of recently completed projects from the Class of 2023.