Jazlyne Camacho

October 7, 2016
Senior Project Proposal

A. ABSTRACT

The title of my paper is Pretty Hurts. I have chosen this title because it perfectly

correlates with the driving topic of my paper: animal testing, while also focusing on my subtopic

for my project. I have been interested in this topic for about three years. In the last year, I wrote a

research paper about the ethics of animal testing and was able to engage myself into this topic

and learn why animal testing is controversial. The following questions are my driving questions

that will help me move forward in the process of my senior project:

What are the laws regarding animal testing in the United States?

Why isnt there more strongly enforced legislation regarding the experimentation

of animals?

Why are people not agreeing to end animal testing even though there are known

alternatives?
 Why do people continue to use products that test on animals despite the fact that

there are many products that do not?

How can I bring more awareness about this topic in an innovative fashion?

For my project, I am going to host a cosmetics event, in order to bring a bigger

demographic to the event. The event will be called Pretty Hurts. At the event, I will have a

short presentation, with videos included, about the unnecessary means of animal testing,

informing the students about what my project is and why I chose to have the project. At this

event, I will have a guest speaker, possibly a celebrity, veterinarian, or expert on the topic,

informing all attendees about cosmetics testing on animals. It is possible to have a representative

from the body care store, LUSH, and have them talk about how their products are 100% vegan

and instead of just not using animals for their products, they actually fight against animal testing.

I will also have a display of empty soap/body care products that do test on animals, as well as

dont, in order to have an easier visual for the attendees, to see how many known products do

and do not test on animals. For the event, I hope to have several makeup artists to perform

makeover for those who wish; they will only be using makeup products that do not test on

animals. My consultant for this project is Mr. Gary Hodges, the Legal Studies Academy Honors

English 11 teacher at First Colonial High School. My project will take place at Kemps Landing

Magnet School on a weekday, where the middle school students may attend, as well as First

Colonial High School students. I will also create waivers/permission forms for the middle

schoolers as the makeovers are consisting of products that could cause irritation to the skin

should someone be allergic to certain ingredients in makeup. The permission forms are needed

just as a safety net to make sure that the middle schoolers parents approve of them attending my
project. I will have a pretest in order to evaluate how much information the attendees have

regarding my topic, go through with the event, and a pretest to see the change in results after

having learned more about my topic. The materials I will need include, but are not limited to:

Computer in order to create the pretest/posttest, powerpoint presentation with

videos, as well as keep in contact with all involved in my project

Stationary materials

Pencils/Pens

Paper

Refreshments

Venue

Large enough area for possible makeup artists

Large enough area for all attendees

Makeup materials:

Enough disposable brushes, sponges etc. for sanitation reasons

Makeup i.e. lipsticks, eyeshadows, etc.

B. LEARNING SKILLS

I will need to learn the following skills:

How to plan an event at this magnitude

Getting a venue

Meet all the components to have a successful event

 Work around my consultants schedule without compromising his other students

projects

I will need to enhance the following skills:

Public Speaking

Communicating effectively with a wide variety of students

Making sure that my point comes across clearly and effectively

Being able to relate with my audience

Organization

Professional Communication with adults

Prioritization

C. MARKETING PLAN/FACILITIES/AUDIENCE

My target audience for my project will be mostly adolescents and young adults. I chose

this demographic specifically because they are at a general age to choose what products they use,

but they also dont generally take into consideration the harmful effects that some products may

have on animals. My audience will benefit from my project by being informed about what it

takes to make the products that they use on a daily basis, as well as the alternatives for such. To

ensure that I have the proper demographic, I will be hosting my event at a middle school with

adolescent students, as well as have high school student attendees. For marketing, I will have to

raise enough money in order to buy all of the makeup products, venue pricing, and donating to

an organization advocating against the vivisection of animals. I also plan to have an admission
fee of three dollars, in order to donate to the National Anti Vivisection Society, an organization

that is trying to find more alternatives to animal use in research.

D. PROJECT STEPS

The following chart will describe each of the steps needed in order to complete my senior

project.

Step Explanation Time Required

Preliminary Contacting professional personnel needed in order to 9 hours

Steps determine who is able to go and help, i.e. makeup artists,
veterinarians, celebrities, professors, etc. Contact personnel
regarding booking a venue. Come up with ideas for
refreshments, and how to set up powerpoint presentation.
Create rough draft of waiver/permission form for project.

Midway Meet with Mr. Hodges to discuss an appropriate date and 8 hours
Steps time to hold project in order for him to attend. Confirm with
makeup artists a time and date. Also meet with possible
veterinarian/biology professor. Create rough draft of speech
given at the event. Confirm venue with principal of the
middle school. Visit school to meet students and hand out
waivers/permission forms.

Final Steps Set up venue: provide refreshments at events, provide 5 hours

enough seats, decorations. Set up powerpoint, check with all
technology to ensure it is functioning properly. Set up check
in desk, and collect fee as they come in to attend. Distribute
pretests, give speech and powerpoint, have all
experts/possible celebrity/veterinarian talk about the topic at
their expertise, distribute posttest, begin makeovers and
refreshments, and end with a graph displaying the
differences in the results from the pretest and posttest. Take
photos as necessary with given permission, thank audience
and everyone who helped.

Follow Up Clean up venue, thank you cards to everyone involved/who 4 hours

attended, post pictures on weebly, give money received to
makeup artists for their time, and the rest to NAVS
(National Anti Vivisection Society)/animal shelter.
 Total Time 26 hours

E. PROJECT DOCUMENTATION

In order to document all of my progress with my project over the course of the school

year, I will do all of the following, including but not limited to:

Use a journal to write about all I did everyday that pertains to the project

Photos while Im working for things in respect to the project

Video/Photos while at the event

Print all emails in regards to the project

Timesheet included in journal

F. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION

I strongly believe that my project is important as well as a quality project because I am

stretching myself out and getting extremely out of my comfort zone in order to educate the

young people that attend my event. Although Ive worked with this topic before, I only took it

from the ethical standpoint rather than the legal standpoint. This project will require me to dig

deeper into this topic and find more information. I know this project will be complex to pull off

and balancing all of my other classes with just the project is going to be extremely tough on my

part because the amount of prioritization that is going to be put in from me to create this project,

is going to be stressful. Aside from all of the stress and difficulty I know I will experience from

this project, it has a legal standing because it pertains to animals rights as well as the laws that
the United States has in regards to animal testing. This project means a lot to me because it is

about something that I love to talk about and am able to educate others on as well. I think it will

provide a great change for the attendees lives in the matter that they can make a small change in

their lives, which will provide a big ripple effect.

G. PROJECT-PAPER CONNECTION

Within my legal research paper, I will be researching animal testing as a general topic,

but for the project I am focusing on cosmetics because it is something that everyone uses

everyday, i.e. soaps, other body care items, and makeup. The project will clearly pinpoint a

subtopic within the spectrum of animal testing. I was originally going to research cosmetic

testing on animals, however, I was unable to find sufficient laws regarding such. The United

States generally only has laws regarding the general testing of animals, and my project will

educate those who attend of alternative products, as well as ways of producing goods that are

generally tested on animals. Although it is an obscure legal issue, I have a lot to work with

regarding the laws surrounding my topic as well as my project itself.

H. ACADEMIC HONESTY

Having academic honesty is something that every student should uphold during the entire

educational career; students are expected to do their own work and the students should honor that

agreement. Being academically honest means to strictly avoid using others work as well as be

honorable when doing your work. Students, or anyone for that matter, should not plagiarize

anyone elses work, and always cite where they received their information from in regards to
academics. My understanding of the policies entailed in the honor code is that doing your own

work is beneficial to the student because they learn more from doing the work themselves. Of

course, this does not mean that the student is not able to ask for help, but students these days

misunderstand that asking for help on an assignment is completely different than asking someone

to give them the answers and/or do the work for them. Not following the policies means more

than a typical student may think: In-school suspension may not seem like a big deal, however, all

decisions students make now, will have an effect on their future whether it is positive or

negative; the consequences are not worth it for cheating, plagiarism, etc.

I understand that any academic dishonesty by me on any part of the project will result in failure

of the Senior Project and forfeiture of the Legal Studies Seal on my High School diploma.