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Named to US Physics Team
Syosset High School physics teacher Nicole Kelly, junior Alice Huang, physics teacher Richard Slesinski. The Syosset Central School District has announced that Alice Huang, a junior at Syosset High School, has been selected as one of only 20 students nationwide to join the 2025 United States Physics Team. This honor places her among the top 0.3% of physics students in the country. Alice’s journey began with the highly competitive F=ma Exam, in which she ranked among the top 400 students nationwide. Her success continued on the even more rigorous U.S. Physics Olympiad (USAPhO) Exam, where she
stood out as the only Syosset student to qualify. Her performance has earned her a spot at the elite national training camp hosted this June at the University of Maryland. There, she will participate in intensive experimental and theoretical physics sessions with other top students from across the U.S. Five finalists will be selected to represent the country at the International Physics Olympiad. Alice is an active member of the Syosset High School Physics Club, where she has taken part in structured training
for physics competitions. Her exam submissions impressed faculty with their clarity, depth, and organization. Her AP Physics C teacher, Richard Slesinski, commented: “Alice is not only an outstanding physics student—she’s also a gifted musician. She originally began exploring physics to better understand the science of sound and improve her musical performance. Along the way, physics became a true passion of hers in its own right.”
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Plainview FD honored for response to blaze Prior to the start of the Wednesday, April 23 meeting of the Nassau County Legislature, Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) honored the men and women of the Plainview Volunteer Fire Department for their Herculean efforts to save and evacuate residents from the devastating Harmon Shepherd Hill apartment fire during the early morning hours of February 18, 2024. Deputy Minority Leader Drucker presented Nassau County Legislature Citations
to Plainview FD Chief of Department Andrew Cohen; Ex-Chief Peter Mayrose; Ex-Chief Erik Rivera; Ex-Captain Alfred Mertz and Firefighters Brandon Cohen; Lance Kozlovsky and Dylan Harris. Plainview firefighters rushed to the scene after the fire broke out in a second-story apartment at around 5 a.m. As then-Plainview First Assistant Chief Andrew Cohen banged on doors at the Harmon Shepherd Hill apartments from a blaze during the early morning hours See page 13
Fire at Mercy First damages classroom A fire broke out on Sunday, May 4th at the Syosset-based Mercy First social service agency at 4 p.m. According to Nassau County Police, officers responded to Mercy First located at 525 Convent Road. Upon arrival, officers observed a fire in a classroom on the second floor. The Syos-
set Fire Department, along with the assistance from the Hicksville Fire Department and other neighboring fire departments, responded to extinguish the fire. The Nassau County Fire Marshal and Arson Bomb Squad also responded to the scene. No injuries were reported. The fire was deemed non-suspicious.
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