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Students win $50,000 prize Sixth-graders prove they’re scientists, engineers of tomorrow winners and a $100,000 prize. Stea’s class discussed some of the difficulties of creating their Kristin Stea’s School 5 stu- winning video. “We had to nardents in Oceanside won $50,000 row it down to three minutes for their school after advancing and originally our script was as national finalists in the Sam- around seven minutes,” said sung Solve for Tomorrow Sci- Daniel Maturando, a participatence/Engineering Competition. ing student. “It took a really long Out of the 10 time to narrow it national finalists, down and get the they were the only main idea down. elementary school T h e r e we r e s o students to reach many times we had this level of the to redo cer tain competition, and parts and it took so are part of the long.” Oceanside School The students District’s Project received assistance Extra program for from Oceanside gifted and talented High School to students. T heir DANIel film, edit and creproject consisted of MAtURANDo ate the video and a shoe-pedal syswill begin to pretem to assist chil- student pare their presendren who use a tation to the Samlower body prossung panel of judgthetic to be able to ride a bicycle. es in New York City. The stuThe class had already won dents will have to make their $6,500 in the first phase of the pitch to the judges without their competition and had to create a teacher. three-minute pitch video about “We have to write a pitch their invention to move on to the almost like a Shark Tank,” said final stage. Stea’s class will now Stea, referring to the popular head to New York City on April reality show. “All of us will take 25 to pitch the project to a panel part in that and then only two of judges for a chance to be kids are coming and I don’t get to named one of three national Continued on page 7
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ASSoCIAte PRINCIPAl Joelle Mazun, left, Nick Wollweber, center, and teacher Sarah Dowler assisted with the Creating Connections event.
OHS is making connections They come together in schoolwide fundraiser By KePHeRD DANIel kdaniel@liherald.com
Oceanside High School spent last Friday “Creating Connections” between students and faculty in a fundraiser for the Joseph Paul Wollweber Foundation. Nick Wollweber was a 14-year-old freshman when his brother, Joe, 24, died of a drug overdose in January 2019. As an 18-year-old high school senior, Nick has created the Joseph Paul Wollweber Foundation. “He was a great guy, he was my role model,” Nick said. “I looked up to him and we did everything together. He really pushed me to be a better person. He would lighten up a room. I
try to emulate and bring that to this foundation. It’s about being a good person and how that can change someone’s life.” Nick was inspired by John O’Shea, who runs the Ryan Patrick O’Shea Foundation. O’Shea’s son committed suicide two days before Nick’s brother overdosed and would start his foundation soon after his son died. “I met him [John] this past summer and the way he’s touching and helping people that have gone through what his son did and how he’s helping a lot of people through a bad situation,” said Wollweber. “It’s very moving to me and it’s become part of my healing process,” he added. “I struggled Continued on page 4
here were so many times we had to redo certain parts, and it took so long.