About Students for Success

Hello all and welcome to the Colab 400 Phoenix Center project: Phoenix Rising. This interior design endeavor, undertaken by Syracuse University Interior Design Seniors and their professors, Jen Hamilton and Chris McCray, will aim to transform the after school program, the Phoenix Center, housed in the former Hillside school, into an environment that reflects their student’s aspirations, goals and potential. Throughout the spring 2011 semester, our team, Students for Success, will formulate a cohesive design scheme generated from a studio project completed in the fall of 2010. As a team, we will carry the project beyond schematic design, and into build-out. Through a diligent exploration of the potential of good design, we can transform the Phoenix Center into a place that enables achievement in its aspirations and goals.

History and Mission of the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection

The Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection, located in Syracuse, New York, is an after school program that encourages students to successfully complete their high school education and graduate. This program reaches out to students who exhibit two out of six risk factors:

poor attendance
over-age for grade level
failure in two or more core subjects
multiple school suspensions
low standardized test scores
living in poverty

The Hillside program approaches their goals by teaching 7th to 12th grade students career development and helping them with their homework, as well as providing mentoring and after school extra-curricular activities. Most importantly, Hillside works diligently to instill a sense of motivation, self-confidence and self-pride in their students. Their approach involves around the clock mentors who check-in with the students every morning at the students’ public high school, as well as transport them to and from their high school to the Phoenix Center, and eventually to their individual homes. Hillside is a successful and dedicated organization whose members are not just educational mentors but also act as life coaches and dependable adults these adolescents can turn to for support and stability.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Meeting Minutes 2.7.11


Dan communicated with people from the Art Store: once we figure out what we’ll need for supplies we’ll probably be able to work out cost with the Art Supply Store.
     ·      Dan can get  scraps of Matt board from the art store in various sizes donated

Chris McCray called the Phoenix Center but hasn’t heard back from them
     ·      Might do screen printing with the Phoenix Center kids on a Saturday
   o      Maybe do a smaller screen printing project with them so they can take something away from the                     experience
               T-shirts or something

Markie worked on the Logo

Jen and Sabrina worked on the models:
     ·      Thinking about a standard size and playing with the spaces for different notches
     ·      Different inserts and combinations
   o      How to store the tablets
     ·      We need to see a model to see how it works
   o      We should keep the model simple.

We will be meeting at Comart next monday at 5:15 in the printlab.
     ·      Jen and Sabrina will be taking Petra's final models and doing modifications to them in the shop.
   o      formulating a bulleted list of the possibilities associated with the module
     ·      Next class, they will show us how they will work

After that, we will be talking more with John Truex about the construction drawings


Becky provided a sample of line drawings taken from sketchup and put into illustrator for laser etching.
     ·      Decided this was appropriate format
     ·       chose 4 more line drawings for the backs of the cards.
     ·      The line drawings are: Becky's library, Markie's entry, the module itself in different configurations, the Hallway, and a modification of the outdoor space.

Jen H made a sketchup model of the different components and a small video to post on blog.

Markie provided a color palette based on the entryway.
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