The Bulldog Blast February 2024

Roslyn Elementary Schools had fun celebrating the 100th day of school on
Thursday, February 8, 2024.

Height Principal Mary Wood with students

East Hills students on the 100th Day of School

Harbor Hill students on the 100th Day of School

In the evening, the Roslyn High School Asian Cultural Exchange Club (ACE) welcomed in the Year of the Dragon with an Asian buffet of food and drinks and a series of live performances.

Black History Month is a time to honor the contributions and legacy of African Americans across U.S. history and society—from activists and civil rights pioneers to leaders in business, politics, science, and culture. In collaboration with the Black History Month theme of 2024—African Americans and the Arts—East Hills Elementary School students explored the influences that African Americans have had in the fields of visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, film, music, architecture, and other forms of cultural expression.

East Hills hosted an E-Pledge closing ceremony in February. It was the culmination of a project that was initiated by Gary and Lynne Falkowitz on World Kindness Day in honor of their son Ethan. World Kindness Day is an international holiday observed annually on November 13 as a day devoted to the positive potential of large and small acts of kindness.

East Hills Elementary School students in Ms. Parmakian’s fifth-grade class enjoyed some fun Valentine's Day activities that encompassed a variety of skills from STEAM education. Working in teams, they built towers out of toothpicks and gummy hearts and experimented with solubility by placing and observing conversational hearts in water of varying temperatures. Ms. Lee’s third-grade class made valentines addressed to themselves. They wrote about their accomplishments, successes, and all of their good qualities to promote self-love and high self-esteem.

Fifth-grade students in Ms. Kelly and Ms. Hasenflue’s music classes at Harbor Hill Elementary School had fun learning about the history of halftime performances at the Super Bowl.

Fourth and fifth-grade robotics students at Harbor Hill Elementary School spent ten weeks building and coding their own robots. Working in teams, they collaborated and problem-solved to carefully construct their robots to walk, talk, and move.

To celebrate the 100th day of school, the 5th-grade student council at Harbor Hill Elementary School collected 100 reasons to love Harbor Hill from every class, then wrote them on hearts and made a poster for the main entrance.

On the 100th day of the school year, fifth-graders at Harbor Hill Elementary School celebrated their one-thousandth day of school since kindergarten.

Seventh-grade science students at Roslyn Middle School designed and constructed elaborate paper roller coasters for display in the school’s Fourth Annual Roller Coaster Carnival. Working in groups, students were tasked with creating coasters that transformed potential energy into kinetic energy. A total of seventy coasters were constructed, each with a creative theme, such as: Endless Cosmos, Get Out of My Swamp, and Love Tunnel. Students had a chance to view each other's work during a multi-day science carnival—held in the library just prior to the winter recess. Students sent marbles down each rollercoaster to test their construction, then voted for three top spots.

In partnership with the PFA, Roslyn Middle School hosted a Scholastic Book Fair on January 23, 2024. Students participated in a variety of reading activities prior to the fair, including advanced reader copies of books and a highly competitive bookmark design contest.

On Monday, February 12, 2024, speaker and author John Halligan gave a presentation called Ryan's Story to Roslyn Middle School students to educate them about bullying, cyberbullying, and teen suicide prevention.

Roslyn High School is pleased to announce that Jacob Gross has been named Valedictorian and Cole Goodman has been named Salutatorian of the Class of 2024.

At the February 15, 2024, Roslyn Board of Education meeting, President Meryl Waxman Ben-Levy gave remarks and honored several students with certificates for their highly esteemed achievements.

Recognition was given to Regeneron Semi-Finalists Cayden Shen and Shayla Zheng, who after being introduced by Dr. Allyson Weseley, Roslyn’s Coordinator of Secondary Research, gave brief presentations on their research.

Roslyn High School Principal Dr. Scott Andrews congratulated Salutatorian Cole Goodman, who gave brief remarks. Jacob Gross (Regeneron Semi-Finalist, Finalist, and Valedictorian) was unable to attend.

Six Roslyn High School students, Ethan Berkowitz, Tessla Chan, Alexandra Kanner, Cayden Shen, Aasiya Zaidi, and Shayla Zheng have advanced to the 2nd round of the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair (LISEF), to be held March 5, 2024 at Crest Hollow Country club.

On February 3, 2024, The Roslyn High School Science Olympiad Club earned 28 medals at the Nassau County West Science Olympiad Regional Final—held at Kellenberg Memorial High School. The club, made up of three teams (A, B, & C) participated in 23 events that involved concentrations ranging from biology and health sciences to physics and engineering.

On Saturday, February 3, 2024, Roslyn High School took third place in the annual Long Island High School Ethics Bowl at Hofstra University. The Roslyn team remained undefeated during the morning rounds, but ultimately lost to Bethpage High School. The team includes: Elle Kaplan (Captain), Yael Novak, Safiya Bhuiyan, and Yereem Kim.

One hundred and seventy-one Roslyn High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society on Thursday, February 8, 2024. The ceremony took place in the high school auditorium.

Roslyn High School sophomores Matthew Lin and Zachary Lee have been selected to receive the Seventh Annual NYIT Mini-Research Grant Award (MRGA) in the amount of $300.00 for their research proposal: “The Effect of Temperature and Heavy Metal Concentration on Population Growth Rate and Biosorption of Phytoplankton.”

Three Roslyn High School students advanced to the Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) finals. JSHS invites high school students to report on the results of their original research investigations in STEM and compete for scholarships and recognition at university-held regional symposia.

At the finals, held Saturday, February 24, 2024, Senior Cayden Shen took second place for his near-infrared spectrometer, and sophomore Tessla Chan placed third for her work on differentiating sub-types of leukemia. Both qualified for a trip to the national JSHS, which will be held on May 20, 2024, in Albuquerque, NM.

Nine Roslyn High School students have been named Finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship awards competition—Cole Goodman, Jacob Gross, Cayden Shen, Chloe Tseng, Lucas Weisser, Stephanie Yeh, Hanah Youn, Aasiya Zaidi, and Jacob Zwerling. All Finalists will be considered for National Merit Scholarships to be offered later this spring.

Junior Zach Davidson jumped 14 feet to become the Pole Vault Nassau County Champion on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, in the Class B County Championship meet held at St. Anthony’s High School.

On February 7, 2024, Superintendent Allison Brown and Executive Director of Covert Investigations Keith Macias gave a presentation to the Roslyn PFA to reinforce the NYS Emergency Response Protocols known as S.H.E.L.L.