50 The Queens Courier • kids & education • june 30, 2016 for breaking news visit www.qns.com ▶ kid▶s & education Sponsored by There’s more in store for you when you have a 5Star Credit Card. 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Bank is not responsible for typographical errors. © New York Community Bank- Member FDIC Equal Opportunity Lender Martin Van Buren High School inducts 40 new ARISTA members Martin Van Buren High School recently held its ARISTA Induction Ceremony. Forty new inductees were added to the original 44 members. ARISTA is the New York City name for the nationwide National Honors Society. Requirements to be admitted to the Van Buren Chapter are an overall 85 average, scholarship, leadership, service and character. The chapter president is Alpi Amin, vice president is Sabila Rana, treasurer is Mesha Patel and secretary is Stacy Bharrat. Pamela Fried is the adviser and Sam Sochet is the principal. The photo shows students taking part in the ceremony. (Photo by Brian Greenspan) Multicultural students of Pan American International High School Shown are students on the Pan American International High School, Elmhurst, soccer team. Soccer is a big sport because this small school (fewer than 400 students) has many Hispanic students who have been in this country fewer than four years. The mission of the school is to integrate the students into United States culture, help them obtain a high school diploma and prepare for college or a career while helping them maintain their original culture. The principal of the Pan American International High School is George Badia. (School Photo) Honors students rewarded with extravagant field trip Shown are students from the Math, Science, Research & Technology High School (MAST) in the Campus Magnet Complex, Cambria Heights, on a field trip to Washington, D.C. The photo shows students at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Students who were on the school’s honor roll were given this trip as a reward for their academic achievement. Trips like this are but one way the school motivates students to keep studying hard. The school’s motto is “COLLABORATION * HIGH EXPECTATIONS * STUDENT SUCCESS.” (Photo by Principal Jose Cruz) Martin Van Buren High School goes to FIRST Robotics Competition Shown is the Martin Van Buren High School (MVB H.S.) robotics team called the Stingers and their robot #3053 which participated in the 2016 robot. The MVB H.S. team FIRST (For Inspiration spent almost two months and Recognition of building a robot which was Science & Technology) required to cross a simulated Robotics Competition moat with obstacles and held in the Jacobs K. then throw a bolder (rubber Javits Convention Center ball) into an opening. It in Manhattan. Teams all did all these requirements. over the United States MVB H.S. has been participating each received two boxes of in this competition identical parts to build the for eight years. The current team placed first in their district and were 12th in a field of 66 teams overall. Advising the students were Yea Kang, Sanjay Patel and Antonio Montalvo. The MVB H.S. assistant principal/foreign language is Marie Micheline Jean. The principal is Sam Sochet. (Photo by Mehreen Shah)
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