THE VAN ENEY ’09 FELLOWS PROGRAM
Through the Van Eney ’09 Fellows Program, seniors at Severn School have the opportunity to pursue a year-long passion project that reflects their growing personal and intellectual interests. Fellows are selected through an application process and work on their projects throughout their senior year. The Fellows project represents learning for learning’s sake, as students explore new ideas and interests for the purest reasons – gaining knowledge and experience. Through the process, seniors are supported by mentors from within Severn, as well as outside of the school community. They work towards key milestones, and adapting the project in response to challenges is as important to the learning as the final product. At the end of the school year, this commitment to the program is celebrated when final projects are shared with the Severn community.
Fellows projects represent a wide range of interests. Recent examples include:
› The creation of a 1/3 scale functional model airplane
› Writing a complete computer operating system from scratch
› G2News – a reliable, unbiased news source for high school students, accompanied by resources on how to navigate media in the modern age
› An hour-long documentary covering the 2022 Severn boys’ lacrosse team
› Development of a line of nutrition supplements for athletes
This article is part of the 2023-2024 Guide to Baltimore Independent Schools.
