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Bowne wins big at Ridgewood Olympiad
The Grover Cleveland High School Olympiad Team.
Rayamajj, Kenny Lin, Shafi qur Khan
and Pranesh Ojha.
The team constructed duct vehicles
that traveled a signifi cant distance.
“We tried our best and the fun part
of the competition was getting to know
our teammates, working with them, and
of course, participating in the Science
Olympiad,” said Dishan Rayamajhi, a
senior in the Grover Cleveland Science
Olympiad Team.
Krishna Mahabir, head coach of the
Grover Cleveland Science Olympiad
Team, said the “competition brings
students from diverse backgrounds,
converging into one common goal of
(photo courtesy of Lloyd Kiefer)
excellence in STEM.”
Stuyvesant High School took fi rst
place overall, followed by Staten Island
Tech and Townsend Harris High School.
The top eight teams will advance to
the New York State Science Olympiad
March 15 and 16 at Lemoyne College in
Syracuse, NY.
Assemblyman Mike Miller concluded his 10th Annual Valentines’ for Veterans drive on Feb. 8 by bringing much
needed supplies to the Veterans that reside at the New York State Veterans’ Home at St. Albans.
“Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s drive,” said Miller. “I especially would like to thank Manny
Edenhofer, President of Chapter 32 Vietnam Veterans and the Chapter 32 Vietnam Veterans, Glendale Post 104
American Legion and from Beacon of Peace Deokie Jagdeo, Motieram Kaloo, Natalia Khan and Sasha Khan for joining
us at the Veterans’ Home. They brought the donations to St. Albans and helped distribute items to veterans who are
currently living in the nursing home.”
Photo courtesy of Assemblyman Mike Miller
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BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
CMOHAMED@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@QNS
Three STEM Students from John
Bowne High School in Flushing
took home fi rst place medals last
week at the New York City Regional
Science Olympiad held at Grover
Cleveland High School in Ridgewood.
On Feb. 2, 71 teams from 42 high
schools across the five boroughs
competed in 25 different STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics) events at Grover
Cleveland High School, located at 2127
Himrod St.
Students participated in events
such as Boomilever, Mission Possible,
Mousetrap Vehicle, Sounds of Music
and Wright Stuff . Medals were won by
the top 10 fi nishers in each event.
Students from John Bowne — located
at 63-25 Main St. — won fi rst place
competing against Stuyvesant and
Bronx High School of Science in the
Experimental Design Event, where
they are required to design and
execute an experiment to best answer
the inquiry given in a timed session.
This year’s surprise theme was
“Peripheral Vision.” Teams were given
an allotted time to create a problem, test
a hypothesis and analyze the data related
to testing one’s peripheral vision.
Kai Jie Lin, a sophomore in the
STEM program at John Bowne, placed
seventh in the competition titled
Mission Possible. Lin built a device
that was set in motion by the dropping
of a ping-pong ball that landed on a
lever causing a series of additional
actions that ended with the raising of
a platform.
“The students worked with teachers
who served as coaches aft er school
almost daily preparing for the
competition. Part of their success was
due to their commitment before the
day of the competition, the rest was
due to knowledge and creativity,” said
Felicia Bifulco, assistant principal of
STEM at John Bowne.
“Being on the team has been an
experience I can apply to real life. It
encouraged me to face challenges and
the true meaning of teamwork,” said
Phoebe-Anna Ocasio, a senior in the
STEM Program and Science Olympiad
Team. “I’m privileged to be at Bowne and
get this opportunity. It has also helped
build important values like integrity.”
Meanwhile, Grover Cleveland
students Emily Liu, Rania Taib, and
Nicole Potaczala, clinched the highest
third in the city in Dynamic Planet and
Geologic Mapping.
The Cleveland Tigers won 10th and
ninth place citywide in the Duct Tape
Challenge thanks to students Bishan
Showing some love for local veterans
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