At Baylis, classes have been weaving together their Science, Social Studies, Literacy, and Math units by studying the connections between geography and weather across the United States. Each third grade meteorologist is tracking the high and low temperatures and weather patterns daily for one capital city in America. Our social scientists are inferring which geographical features impact the temperatures as well as the rain, snow, and wind. They are also acting as mathematicians to convert their weather data into picture graphs, line plots, and bar graphs while also practicing their estimation and rounding skills.

At Robbins Lane, students are learning to understand the difference between cities, states, countries, and continents. They are learning to understand where Syosset actually is on a map – and why people choose to live in certain places and not others. Students then researched different countries around the world and created informative posters to present to their classmates. After all, it’s a big world – and learning is better as a team!

Usually you get accepted to college, then figure out how to pay for it. But Senior Griffin Hon has managed to do things in reverse! Griffin has been awarded the Coolidge Scholarship by the President Calvin Coolidge Foundation – a full-ride presidential scholarship that covers a student’s tuition, room, board, and expenses for four years of undergraduate study – even though he hasn’t finished college applications yet. Griffin was selected based on his outstanding academic achievements, including his biomedical research, leadership of the HOSA (Health Occupations) and Quiz Bowl clubs, and local charity work. I first met Griffin when he served on my 5th grade Student Cabinet and he’s been impressing me ever since. Congratulations, Griffin!

The Long Island Arts Alliance is recognizing three Syosset Seniors for their amazing artistic achievements. Scout Chen (Media Arts) and Priscilla Pan (Dance) have both been named Scholar Artists, and Ruby Zhang (Visual Arts) has received an Award of Merit. These prestigious distinctions are only given to 40 student artists across Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

The goal of the LIAA Scholar-Artist Program is to showcase high school seniors who are exceptionally accomplished across five disciplines: Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Dance, and Media Arts. The artistic range of the students selected for this honor highlights the depth and breadth of Syosset’s Fine and Performing Arts program.

Congratulations Scout, Priscilla, and Ruby on this amazing accomplishment!