A Blind Brook High School Student Publication
Issue #2 January 2024
Blind Brook Is On A Roll By Carly Hodes
Blind Brook was named to the 2023 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Roll! For those who do not know, the AP Honor Roll is a recognition program that shows significant achievements for AP programs. The AP School Honor Roll offers four placements: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Blind Brook offers many AP classes, which helps expand opportunities for college credits. Many students here find themselves immersed in different forms of hands-on learning, which is at their disposal through these Advanced Placement courses. Blind Brook High School had the privilege of being named on the AP Honor Roll this year, an achievement that represents our rigorous course offerings. There are strict requirements to be placed on an Honor Roll, which shows Blind Brook students’ educational ardor. For a school to be placed on the Honor Roll, students must receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all of their taken AP exams or a 3 or higher on four or more of their AP Exams, thus showing its difficulty to achieve. Blind Brook had at least
83% of seniors who took at least one AP exam in high school, 71% of seniors who scored a 3 or higher on at least one AP exam, and 2% of seniors at Blind Brook who took 5 or more AP exams. These statistics represent the enduring effort made by our students, which is nurtured by our encouraging environment.
Only a handful of eligible schools received the bronze AP Honor Roll recognition this year, and the recipients of the award held great variety. Schools can be private, public, this year, and the recipients of the award held great variety. Schools can be private, public, or charter schools.
The range of grade size goes from 30 students per grade to thousands of students per grade. Schools can be in rural or urban areas, be specialized schools, or have general programs. The Honor Roll each school placed on the Honor Roll is committed to expanding the opportunities for their students. By offering AP classes in high school, the readiness rate of students going to college has heavily increased. A high school superintendent, Dr. Monifa B. McKnight, expresses, “This is a wonderful recognition of staff in all of our high schools working hard to prioritize rigorous learning, including in Advanced Placement and other challenging courses available to our students.” Dr. Mckinight explains that the idea of the AP Honor Roll is effective in recognizing students for their well-earned academic accomplishments. Blind Brook is honored to be placed on the AP Honor Roll and will continue to offer AP classes.
Student-led non-profit organization, Strongheroes goes to the 8th World Congress By Alex Maniscalo
Strong Heroes is a nonprofit organization run by an intelligent group of Blind Brook High School kids looking to make a difference in the world. They have donated over 80,000 toys, books, and resources to children’s hospitals. Additionally, they have over 500 donors and volunteers and have put in over 1000 hours of volunteer time to fight health disparity to maximize health outcomes across all populations. Their commitment lies in
enhancing health fairness through a comprehensive strategy. They work to merge education, research, policy, and community involvement to create solutions that channel resources, establish programs, and foster support systems. These efforts aim to eliminate barriers hindering optimal health for everyone. Striving for a future where health disparities vanish, health inequities diminish, and every population achieves the best possi-
ble health outcomes is our goal. Jonah Bassuk is the founder and chief executive officer of Strongheroes and alongside him is Charlotte Zelin, chief operating officer, Emily Tian, research director, Emilia Boccini, news director, Richa Munjal, events director, Kabir Joshi, director of financial planning, Charlie Kaminsky, director of financial analytics and Noah leader director financial management. From August 27th to Sep-
tember 1st many of the leadership members traveled to Washington DC to attend a six-day World Congress. The vision for this conference was to improve the global standard for pediatric and congenital help. Continued on Page 2
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