Friday, March 30, 2018 The Garden City News
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Garden City Middle School recognizes outstanding students
Congratulations to Garden City Middle School students for being recognized for the month of February in the school’s “Student of the Month” and “Kindness Counts” programs. For the Kindness Counts awards, any middle school student “caught” in an act of kindness can be nominated by any staff member. Students are then recognized at the end of each month for their kindnesses. Similarly, each academic team can
nominate one student for their outstanding work, dedication, and achievement. “This award is for students who stand out amongst their peers,” explained assistant principal Dr. Daniel Fasano. “Students may be nominated for academic achievements, showing great improvement, hard work, or helping a peer.” Below are the outstanding middle school students receiving awards for the month of February, 2018:
GCHS Science Research students earn three top awards
Garden City High School students with Science Research teacher Dr. Steven Gordon (fifth from right) holding their award certificates and wearing the medals they earned at the conclusion of the competition. BY DR. ELENA CASCIO, SCIENCE COORDINATOR
Pictured here with Garden City Middle School Principal Dr. Peter Osroff (left) and social worker Mr. Keegan Baker (right) receiving “Kindness Counts’ awards for the month of February are: Kevin Dealy, Kimberly Leon, Maria Panas, and Matthew Ragusa.
On Friday March 9th, 11 Garden City High School students from Dr. Steven Gordon’s Science Research classes presented their chemistry-inspired projects at the annual Chemagination Competition held at St. John’s University. The students were challenged to find solutions to problems that could be implemented 25 years in the future in the areas of Medicine and Health, Alternative Energy Sources, Environment, Protein Engineering, and New Materials. All students submitted research articles modeled after an article in the ChemMatters Magazine, published by the American Chemical Society. There were two phases of judging: Paper Upload and Poster Presentation. After several rounds of judging by chemistry faculty from across the region, three Garden City projects were awarded top trophies and medals. The
sophomore team of Scott Henneberger, Alexander Menoudakos, and Anthony Rubio won second place in New Materials for their presentation called the Tri-Key. Freshman Ian Bailey, who presented on his own, shared a project done in partnership with freshman Micah Bozkurtian. That project won first place in New Materials category for the use of Graphene in a range of applications. Sophomores Emma Ruckh and Kylie McNeill also presented their work completed in partnership with Alexandra Kuchich. Their project won first place Fuel of the Future category. They researched the use of the energy from charged streams of ions to power cars. All students had a great time, and the first place winners are eligible to move onto the next round of competition at the Mid-Atlantic meeting of the American Chemical Association to be held at Lehigh University on Saturday, June 3rd.
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Pictured here receiving “Student of the Month” recognition for the month of February are with Garden City Middle School Principal Dr. Peter Osroff (left) and social worker Mr. Keegan Baker (right) are (in alpha order): Emily Bradley, Eva Brandewiede, Madison Connor, Emmet Duffy, Elizabeth Ferencik, Ava Gormley, Matthew Heaney, Benjamin Kaiserman, Lia Labate, Arabella Pompay, Nicholas Remick, and Thomas Sequeira (absent from photo).