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1772BrawleySchoolRoad
Mooresville,NC28117
September30,2015
DearReviewCommittee,
MynameisKelsieBeasley,IamasenioratPineLakePreparatory.IhaveattendedPineLake
sinceIwasinthe5thgrade,whichwastheyear2008.
All4yearsatPineLakeIhavereallyinvolvedmyselfintothetheatricalsideofPineLake,
helpingwithtechtheatreeveryMarchApril.Themusicalisextremelytimeconsumingand
bringsmeabout70servicehoursayear.Beingthestagemanagerfortheplayhashelpedme
understandtherealmeaningofleadership,workingfrom3to10p.mforabout2weeks.
Workingthatpositionhasattimespushedmetomybreakingpoint,butIhavebeengratefulfor
theexperience.IalsoparticipatedinScienceOlympiadandwon2firstplacemedalswhichwith
thehelpofotherparticipantsprogressedthePineLakeScienceOlympiadteamtostatesin
Raleigh.IalsoparticipateinSpiritClubhelpingmakePineLakeafunenvironmentforevery
teacherandstudent.InmyfreetimeImahugefanoftheoutdoors,spendingmostofmylife
huntingandhiking,whichhasreallytaughtmetoloveandappreciatenatureandlifearoundme.
ThroughoutmylifeIhavealwayshadahugeinterestwiththetopicofmystery,thegripping,
adrenalineinvoking,cliffhangingfeelingthatamysterynovelormoviegivesislikenoother.
MyPrideProjecttopicisForensicScienceandCriminology,whichisthecollectionofand
analysisofevidencetakenfromacrimescene.Mysteryhasalwaysbeensomethingthathaskept
meinterestedforaslongasIcanremember.AfterdoingmyresearchforthePridePaper,I
realizedthatforensicsciencewassomethingIwouldnotwanttodo,butinsteadmajorin
nursing.IhaverecentlybeenacceptedtotheUniversityofTennesseeandplantoattendthe
CollegeofArtsandSciencesandmajorinnursing.
IhavemetwithmymentorToddMarcumwhocurrentlyworksattheMooresvillePolice
Departmentasahomicidedetective.FormyproductIdecidedtofocusmoreontheforensic
sciencerole,bycreatingafakecrimescene.ForthecrimesceneIwillcreateaninteractivereal
lifesimulation,usingrealpeople,andalsocreatingalibiswiththingslikereceipts,andwitnesses.
Thesimulationwillbesetupidenticaltoarealcrimescene,onepersonwillbefoundmurdered,
thedetectiveondutywillfindreallifesuspectstointerviewandquestion.Throughoutthe
investigationeachsuspectsalibiwillbeexaminedandbytheendofthesimulation,the
detectiveshouldbeabletoruleallofthesuspectsout,exceptonewhichwillbetheconfirmed
murderer.Thisprojectwillbepresentedmuchlikewhatisexpectedonarealhomicidecase,
creatingabulletinboardofallsuspects,pinningeachandeverypartofevidencefoundonand
offthecrimescene.Iwillbetakingphotosofthecrimescene,includingthebody,themurder
weapon,andotherevidencefoundatthescene(thingslikefootprintsorDNAfoundatthe
scene).Thegoalfortheprojectistolearntheinsandoutsofwhatthejobwouldreallyentail.
Whatthegoalisforthejudgestoreallyseewhattheinsandoutsofacrimescenereallyentail.
TheactionthatiscommonlyglorifiedonpopularTVshows,istruthfullynotwhatcommonly
happensinreallife.IthinktheproductperfectlytiesinthesubjectofForensicSciencebecauseit
showswhatareallifecrimescenewouldlooklikeformycareerchoiceinthefuture.This
projectwillbeverytimeconsuming,sinceIwillbeusingrealpeopleandhavingtocreate
valuableevidenceforthescene.Mygoalisthefinishthementorhoursandproductbyearly
January.
Sincerely,