Junior Projects
During their junior year, students complete a month-long independent study of their own design, away from campus. Students use this opportunity to gain insight into a particular career path, while others spend the time pursuing an interest that intrigues them, developing new skills, or do humanitarian work in this country or overseas. The Junior Project is often a life-changing experience for GFS students, and many go on to pursue careers in related fields.
Junior Projects List
| Adoption-Foster Team Internship at PAWS | Internship in Women in Energy (WONY) |
| Advanced Studies in Music Production at Uniform Recording and Headroom Studios | Into the Woods: A Month at the Wissahickon Environmental Center |
| Algae Documentation at the Academy of Natural Sciences | Jefferson Torresdale Hospital |
| App Development at News42 | Kidney Transplantation at Einstein Medical Center |
| Applications of Data and AI at Splunk | Marketing Internship with BalletX |
| Architecture and Design with The Charles Moore Foundation | Melanoma Research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital |
| Art History at Arcadia University | Migration in Peru at the World Leadership School |
| Audio Production, Engineering, and More at After5 Studios | Monoclonal Antibodies Data Analysis at the University of Delaware |
| Bioimaging and Biomarkers of the Pediatric Spinal Cord | Mount Airy Art Garage |
| Building a Quilt Website | Neuroscience in Israel at COGNTIV |
| Building Community: Repairing Homes in Neighborhoods Across Philadelphia | Pancreatic Cancer Research at the UPenn Perelman School of Medicine |
| Canine Training and Research at Penn Vet Working Dog Center | Paradigm Studio Documentary, Part 2 Pictures Documentary, and HBO Philadelphia School Documentary |
| Center for Family Empowerment Internship | Pathpresenter Learning Tool Creation for Hematopathology Residents at CHOP |
| Charité University Hospital, Institute of Allergology | Penn Trauma Team at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center |
| Chiropractic and Sports Medicine | Perusing Peru |
| CHOP Sports Medicine Research | Philadelphia Zoo Internship |
| Concussion Research at CHOP | Physical Fitness and Therapy at D.A.M. Good Bodies Elite Personal Training |
| Congressional Internship for Congresswoman Mary Scanlon | Physical Therapy at UPenn |
| Costume and Set Design at People's Light Theater | Poetry Workshop at Blue Stoop |
| Costume Fashion Internships at UArts and Timberlake Studios | Preserving, Honoring, and Writing the Stories of the Local Elderly Community |
| Doctor for the Month at PCOM | Project with HIAS HQ and HIAS Panama |
| Documentary Comparing the Lives of Eleventh-Grade Students at a Private and Public Education Institution | Publishing Internship at Tursulowe Press |
| Ecology Dynamics of the Gut Microbiome Lab at UPenn | Radio Kismet |
| Epigenetics Internship at the Coriell Science Center | Redline Athletics Montgomeryville |
| Experiencing Cardiac Surgery at Einstein Medical Center | Researching Fluid Mechanics and "Point of Care" Rheology |
| Exploring Child Development Through Teaching at Big Backyard Cooperative Preschool | Rittenhouse Realty Advisors |
| Exploring Culinary Business through Philadelphia with Small World Seafood | Rosenbach Library Project |
| Exploring Neurosurgery at Jefferson University Hospital | Shadowing at the Philadelphia Union |
| Exploring the World of Literacy | Shadowing an Undergraduate Engineering Major at Drexel's ExCITe Center |
| Exploring The World of Theatre Management with 101 Productions | Tailwinds Flight School: Learning about Aircraft and Airport Operations |
| Film Studio Internship at Creative Outfit | Technical Internship with the Brandtech Group |
| Garces Foundation Dental, Service, and Journalism Project | Technical Theater with Penn Live Arts |
| Getting a Private Pilot's License | Textile Design at Galbraith and Paul |
| GFS Early Childhood Program | The Business Behind Non-Profits: Cradles to Crayons and MANNA |
| Ghost Robotics | The Many Ways To Care For Animals at PAWS |
| Greenhouse Work with Pennsylvania Horticultural Society | The Psychology Behind Human Agency |
| Helen Gym’s Quest for Mayor | Understanding Small Businesses: Booked and Pomelo |
| Hospitality at Aramark | Video Production Internship at Creative Outfit |
| Inborn Errors in Metabolism (IEMs) Research and Data Analysis at CHOP | Volunteering with Monastery Stables |
| Independent Bioengineering Research Project | Volunteering as an Emergency Medical Technician |
| Independent Songwriting Project | Volunteering at the SPOT Period Hub |
| Interior Design Project at Tallulah & Bird Design | Working at After5 Studios |
| Internship at Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers | Working as a Children's Librarian at Wissahickon Charter |
| Internship at the Athletics External Relations Department at LaSalle University | Working for the Federal Community Defenders of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
| Internship with a Sports Medicine Physician | Working with Animals at PAWS (Gray's Ferry Clinic) |
| Internship at Pennsylvania School for the Deaf | Writing a Horror Screenplay |
| Internship at Trill Systems | Writing and Recording a Song |
| Internship in Video Production and Post-Production at Creative Outfit |