001[Music] Okay, we're going to get started. Good evening everybody. Welcome and thank you for joining us at this special board meeting in this special place where we will unveil the new and exciting senior cafe, the Nordic Nook, uh, and where we will celebrate the academic and athletic achievements of our great students. So, with that, if you would please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Music] Okay, thank you. It's an extremely exciting night. So, we're going to start with the ribbon cutting of our Nordic nook and then we'll proceed and we'll do athletic recognitions and then we have a real true gift
002in having some of our students present some of the research that they've done. We're really super excited about that. We keep talking about project-based learning and now you're going to see it in action and the work that our students have done is truly remarkable and I can't wait to hear from them. So before we begin um before we go over to do the actual ribbon cutting, I'd just like to say that the Nordic Nook is a true example of when you have a vision and then it becomes a reality. So Mr. Cassell was doing a walkthrough in the building and there was this space over here that used to be a very very old, not very old but recently old faculty cafeteria that had just become a place that stored old equipment. the ice machine
003was in there, but it really wasn't being used to its capacity. And Mr. Castell said, "I think that that can be something really special." And in a very convincing way, he partnered with Michel, who you know, nothing ever gets off the ground when she's involved. So, um, so they partnered together and they say, "We want to take you to go see a space." And I said, "The minute that happened." And then they presented this idea of doing a junior senior special place where kids can go and and get refreshments during the day. Also kind of keeping kids here instead of at Starbucks. And uh it's just been tremendous success. It's open to faculty all day long and then um all students after school and I think before school. So really truly blessed to have a
004group of people that are so committed to our community and to our students to try to keep doing things so that the high school is better and better and better. So thank you to that. I also have to give a huge thank you to Mr. Costa because Mr. Costa just doesn't say to us, "No, there is no way I'm going to do that." He says, "Of course, we'll do it." And uh and then brings me all the samples of uh how to pick out counters and tiles and everything else. And Mabel and Mr. Cass and I go through the the um efforts of of trying to make it as pretty as possible. So with that, I also have to give a shout out to Aramark because we wouldn't be able to do this without the
005partnership of our food service company. So Arthur has just been phenomenal since he's I consider us joining our team. Uh he's been a real partner in making sure that the products that we bring forth for our students are are really wonderful across the board in all of our schools. And then Grace is here today. She's the district manager for Aramark and Chris is going to be also running the cafe and he's in the back and of course our own Rosa and Georgian are also here tonight to give samples and hopefully every had a chance to sample the coffee. It's absolutely fantastic. So with that, I'd like to bring everybody that's participated there. So Aramark, Mr. Costa, Miss Nabel, Mr. Vante, Miss Judson, let's go do some ribbon cutting. [Applause] [Music] a lot. It's okay. [Music]
006trying to get rid of her [Music] All right. [Music] One, two, three. [Applause] away. Okay. Okay. So, um I was told by Mr. Cassau that I should push you a sample. So, there are sample cookies and pizza and goodies over there. So, at the end of the student recognitions or in between, if you guys want to get up and get a cookie, please be comfortable doing that. And of course, I want to mention that everything that we're going to be seeing tonight would not be possible if it weren't for the support of the board of education. We have an incredibly supportive uh group of individuals from the community here that are always looking to do better things for our students and for our schools and making them truly places that emote secret pride. So, thank
007you board of education. Happy to do it. Okay, so now we're going to start with athletic recognition. So, I'm going to invite Mr. Whit to the microphone. Uh we'll start with the bowling team and then our national championship cheerleaders. Good evening everybody. Um, Coach Nastasio, please come forward. You've been summoned. [Applause] [Music] coach told me he wanted to stand out tonight, so he wore blue instead of the traditional green. I said it was, you know, bold but bizarre. Um, so Coach Nastasio is has completed his fourth year as the bowling coach here and he's had nothing but tremendous success. Um, coach Nastasio is super knowledgeable. um in all facets of bowling. Uh his strategy is really impressive. He teaches the kids all sorts of techniques. I kind of just thought bowling was you stand up
008there and you roll a ball, but not when you talk to him. Um there's oil patterns that he could tell you about. There's grips, there's stance, there's you name it. Uh it's really really deep. It's really thorough. And this guy knows so much about bowling. It's it's unbelievable. What really separates him from, you know, a lot of even good coaches is his relationships. Um, every kid on his team, whether they bowl 300 and we we do have a three 300 bowler. Um, I think he is he here, Andrew? He's pitching. He's he's throwing he's he's different motion, but um he bowled a 300. And we have unbelievable bowlers here, both boys and girls. Uh, and we have some, you know, new to the sport and coach Nastasio, it doesn't matter who you are, he's going
009to get you better at bowling because he cares so much. So, big credit there. And he's a really good motivator and he makes everything so much fun and entertaining. This the boys and the girls. A lot of us, even myself included, at times we get confused. Is it is it a boys team? Is it a girls team? Is it co-ed? What is it? I said, "It's really there's a boys team and a girls team, but they do everything in sync. They're always practicing together. They're bowling on game days together in different lanes, and they go to states together. They have all-star tournaments together. And they're just such a tight-knit group that support one another, you know, when the others aren't bowling in a county championship. And that starts from the top. And I I couldn't
010be more proud of this coach and this team. You guys are a collection of great kids who really made make Seafford really really proud. So, just starting with the girls and I'm going to pass the uh the mic over to coach in a second, but just this school season, they were conference champs. This is the girls team. They were the county champions. They went up to the states and they finished in fifth place there. They started a new um a new tradition in section 8 Nassau County for bowling and there's an allstar team. So the all-star team is comprised of anybody in the county um with a with a qualifying bowling average. And of the six individuals on this countywide team, Seafford girls had five of them. So that's, you know, remarkable right there. Many
011of the starters have been bowling for years. Um, it's a really senior heavy um, group and you guys are going to be really dearly missed. I think what we'll do just to speed things up is I'm going to we're going to stay with that tight-knit family. We're going to go through the boys a little bit and maybe we'll take a photo all together and then maybe separately boys and girls. What do we think? Okay. Um, good. I'm glad you agreed. So, um, now moving to the boys. All right, the boys had a very similar season. Um, conference champs, county champs, five of six allstars, like we mentioned for the girls. And I know it's a little heartbreaking and I know they might be a little upset by this, but the best finish we've ever had
012um at the States, we finished in second place at the States by three pins. it. You really can't get any closer than that at all. I said it. Sorry. But I I mean that from a really good place because finishing in second is unbelievable feat and and again you guys were right there. We were tracking you all the way and rooting for you. So it was a really really special season. Um Seaffort Bowling has been in existence since 2016. the first year was kind of just getting off the ground and running. And then since then, there's been 16 opportunities for boys and girls to win a county championship and we've won it 13 times. And if you're doing your math, you're probably thinking something's not right there, but there was one season where there was
013CO and there was no postseason. So, Mr. O'Reilly, don't try to, you know, catch me. All right. Um, yeah. So, every time they go to the States, it's basically we we call it the secret field trip, right? All right. Is that what it is? And coach, he always has a good laugh at this because the bowling coordinator says, "This is a this is a section 8 decision and we're going to leave at a certain time and we're going to check in at a hotel." And he goes, "No, no, no, no, no. This is not a section 8." He goes, "This is Seafford." And she goes, "No, no, no, no, no." And they go back and forth and it's hysterical because I see Scott's point of view because it's always the boys and girls from Seafford
014that are going on this section A trip. But needless to say, I'm so proud of you. I'm so proud of all the athletes in here. And I'm going to pass the mic over to coach. [Applause] I hope all you can hear me because I only speak into the mics. I probably mumble even more. So, to get it started, we we I do got to uh I had a great team. I had a great girls team for four years. I got them all as ninth graders, most of them. And as ninth graders, they came in with a uh knowing how to bowl. They were good. They were, you know, beginners. And each year they excelled to where they are today. And if you think bowling is like, "Oh, I never bowl." And they came out, I
015never bowled. Some of these girls average 190, 180, 175. So that's for high school. That's ridiculous. So that's Give them a hand on that one. That was For the girls, the only thing that's really stinks for the girls of all the four years we had them is all my girls are graduating. So, usually you lose three, four, five, 10. You know, you got 25 girls over there, you'll lose seven or eight. I'm losing all eight. So, we have to recruit big time for bowling. So, if anyone knows any younger kids that don't play sports, there's a free spot on bowling team. The boys are just as good. My boys excel as a as as a line. They're in stepping stones 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th. They started as a seventh graders and still bowling on
016the team now as 9th and 10th graders. So, but my girls stay together, move together where my boys graduate and we step up the line just like you guys do over there. Uh, of the two teams, if we have a 132 point system and you divide that by times that by four, so you come out to like 520 per team. if they lost 60 points in four years each of them. So they must have lost maybe 20 games out of 110 matches. So they crushed it on that end both of them. Going to the states when you in when you're in the states and the boys and the girls team just like the competition in the cheerleading. You're going against the best of the best. But when I bowl in my league and I see
017guys are good here and guys are good there. When you go up to the states and everyone in the house is like, "Wow, these kids are good." And you just see strikes on the boys. Like, how are we going to even compete next to these teams? They compete some sometimes we break down a little bit, but this year the boys stepped up. They averaged 215 point I think five. The team that beat us a 215.6. So, we lost by a half a point again. And it's bad because these guys crushed it. They were you asked them to do something and they you just sat there going, "Wow, we have a chance to win this." And we were leaning going into the sixth game and we unfortunately lost by three games, too. Yeah. Three three games.
018But other than that, I'm going to miss my girls. I'm going to miss my three graduating boys. Uh this was a team like Kevin says, whatever the boys do, the girls do. If they go out to dinner, they go out to lunch, they go out to trips, they're all together. You know, they're still trying to get me to do a party. I don't know. We'll see about that one again. I told them where to stage both of them. So, maybe I got lucky on that one. Other than that, Kevin awards. We'll bring you guys up here. Thank you. [Applause] Ava Caruso. Megan, Taylor, Joanna Bella, Bella, Kayie Craft, Kelly Craft, Madison Gays, Emily Emily Richardson, Danielle Brock. Now we're going to go with the boys. Boys now. Do the girls picture first or you want
019to put together? Andrew [Applause] Ceruo, Matthew Mey, Jack McKenna, Brian Carman, Daniel Walsh, Brendan Denny, Ryan Javali and Ryan Balta. We'll just invite invite the board members to come up and take a picture with our fantastic county championship teams over here. And um just as superintendent, I just wanted to say that when I first came into the district, I think it was the first year that they were doing bowling here. And every year it's just been such an incredible group of children and they've been so incredibly successful. So having the two together is something very special. We were not joking. [Applause] So, as Miss Schneable is giving out cookies, I I just wanted I just wanted to mention that um our our cheerleading team has just done such an amazing job this year and it's
020the first time in Nassau County that we've had the national championship. So, um, an honor that is long in coming because you've just been so incredibly successful over the years. So, I want to congratulate the entire team and all of the coaches. So, and I do want to point out that there is going to be a parade on u May 15th in in their honor and May 15th, right? 17th, sorry, in their honor. And that's that's hosted by the Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. So, we thank him for that and we thank him for the celebration. So, I do want to say unfortunately that day I am actually going to be at a graduation in Lyola, but we I did want to do something special to recognize that it's the first time in Nassau County
021history and in our history that we've had a national championship team. So, we do have special mugs for you. So, when you come up to get your certificate, we'll also hand you a mug that says see for cheerleading national champions. Thank you, Dr. Pakora. All right. the C for cheer team. What an unbelievable 2425 season. For those of you who don't know, um cheer is a two season sport. It's game day cheer, which is in the fall season, and then your traditional cheer, which most people are used to during the winter season. Um, so just starting with this year game day during the fall, the girls were Nassau County champions and New York State [Applause] champions. So like Dr. Pakora said, in between those two seasons, there's the nationals, right? So, the girls came out
022on top defeating 96 teams, I believe it was, which is insane that this is the first team ever in NASA history that has won, you know, a national championship. So, so impressive. They've been very very close uh in the years past to so to finally you know get to that mountaintop and it's just been a grind and it's years and years worth of hard work and dedication and commitment from top to bottom. I see you practicing and it's really really intense. We know that. So the fact that you were able to do it is really just so impressive and we're just so proud of all of you. Um, so that was the national championships and then they rolled into the traditional cheer season like we talked about and what did they do? They won the
023Nassau County Championships again and they finished in second place in the New York State Championships. So again, round of applause. Unbelievable. [Applause] So, I'm just going to point out some of the highlights because I I could go on and on and on and on. So, at one point during the season, there was the athletic directors get score sheets. And just to sum it up, during the six competitions during the traditional season, there were 44 teams that were cheering. And of the 44 teams, Seafford had the top score every single competition and they absolutely slaughtered like the second place team overall. Oh, we don't say that. I'm sorry. You know, demolished. Sorry. Sorry. Um, so really, really, really impressive. Um, she's probably not going to be thrilled that I'm going to say this, but I'm going
024to say it. Uh, Coach Ferrari is she's retiring. Coach Lisa Ferrari, give us a little wave over there. All right. Um, coach has [Applause] Yeah. So, I do want I do want to do this publicly. Um, she's she's 16 years as as 17 years as a cheer coach and and here's her resume. Here's her accolades. Again, it it we all know that it's it's the cheerleaders, but it's again the the work that you put forward and the leadership. So, here it is. Nine traditional county championships. Two I'm going to say hold the applause cuz this is a long one. Nine traditional county championships, game day championships. Only just started two years ago. So, she has two for two there. So, two game day, county championships, four New York State championships, two in traditional cheer, two
025in game day, 13 regional championships, one national championship. She was Nassau County coach of the year three times, and she was Newsuesday coach of the year twice. That's a lot of That's a lot of words right there. So, really special. So just just to kind of wrap it up, coach is um she's a role model and a mentor to the young ladies here. I know it's like mama bear and I see the close relationship that they all have. And it's it it's not just coach Ferrari. She has an unbelievable team, Brenda Martin, Brianna Mahoney, and Sam Fetto who again worked tirelessly alongside with all them to get you to the mountain now. Oh yes, happy birthday, Coach Brendan Morton. We would sing, but I know we we've been up here for a little while. So,
026let's end with that. But, Coach Ferrari, again, we wish you the best of luck. Understand there's uh the door will always be open if you have a a change of heart. And uh again, an unbelievable year, career, girls. An unbelievable year. And I know most of you have been cheering for many years. So unbelievable careers from top to bottom, all of you. And you're all going to be super missed for, you know, all the seniors. Coaches, great job. We're going to call I'll have the coaches come up first and we'll uh read out some of the names and coach Ferrari may want to say a few things or or not. I'm not sure. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] You're laughing. He's laughing because he's putting me on the spot. And Scott, you really did help. So, um
027really there's nothing um more to say for the two of us than how proud we really are of all of you guys for your accomplishments through the season. Uh the seasons are tough. As you know, Mr. said we go um fall to winter, but we don't really ever stop. They don't ever really stop. You know, their preseason really extends for a full year. So, it's really a true testament to them, to their dedication. Um I wouldn't be who I was if it wasn't for the athletes and the coaches that I have around me. So, yes, I'm retiring, but they're not. Um so, I expect fantastic things from them, from everybody else, and I just am so proud that for 17 years I've been able to do this. So, [Applause] [Music] Eva [Applause] Marotti, Megan Bloom,
028Julie Ana Canada, Giana Cerule, Grace Dorbecker, Kaylee Elias, Valentina Kisher, Cody Kasparian, Hie Kern, Paulais, Gabriella Kufo, Jenna Mando, Kayla Martell, Alexandra Monopoly, Giana Pasquali, Marissa Patsis, Melissa Feifer, Maria Panita, Llaya Pasparales, Briana Sedote, Victoria Stener, It's fine. [Music] Happy birthday. [Music] I'm going to have to get down. One, two, got it. [Applause] No, I had one already, girl. [Music] Okay. Hey, I'm about to introduce Miss Nabel because she will be introducing all the students that are presenting tonight. Thank you so much. If it's okay with you, Dr. Cor, I think some of our students might have some other athletic and academic commitments. So, anyone who was recognized already, they can be excused if that's okay with you. Thank you so much to our students. Congratulations. Thank you for your family. You're welcome to stay
029and celebrate your friends, teammates, but if you want to grab a cookie or sample on the way out, that is welcome. We don't want to uh deny you of that. Um, thank you everyone and congratulations. Okay. So, moving forward as I begin, I'm just going to ask if anyone who's presenting, if you can come line up over here in the order of presentations, that would be fabulous. We are going to be presenting uh with some several representatives of some of our most special programs will be um presenting this evening. just brief previews, a little taste of what some of our special programs at Seafford High School offer our students. Um, we uh, Miss Judson, Mr. Many and I can all tell you that these students are so incredibly intelligent. We are lucky if we understand
030what they're saying sometimes. I know Carmen and I were chatting earlier that they're we learn a lot at these meetings and being in the classrooms because it is so impressive the work that they're working on. But I just want to start by saying thank you so much for all the opportunities that we are able to offer these students. I know that you know we're we spend most of our time here in Seafford and most people probably don't realize that the opportunities that we offer our Seafford students blow many other districts away. Two times in recent history have students said to us when they've come back. One was Kaylee Oera who's currently studying at University of Michigan at her uh science research program at college. She told us when she came back to visit, no one
031does it like Seafir does it. So we should be so proud that all of these opportunities that are offered to our students are available thanks to the hard work and dedication of the whole team and also our students who really impress us every day. And the second was a student who's at FIT studying art and she said that she is so many light years ahead of all of her competition coming in from other high schools. So I just want everyone to really know that all of these opportunities that are offered to you, they are not offered in other schools. We're so happy to be able to offer them to our students. And we might be a little town, but we have incredible opportunities that we offer to our students that really set them apart and
032give them cutting edge opportunities. So thank you. This is going to be a little taste of each of those. We're going to start with each of our teachers presenting a very quick glimpse into their course and then we'll have a couple students present for each course. So, Miss Foley will begin presenting the steel biiteracy program. Hi, good evening. Um, first I want to thank everybody for this support. Um we wouldn't have the seal of bi literacy if it weren't for the board of education if it weren't for the support of central administration. Um my other half Dr. Leone um building administration this has been our fourth year that we have the seal by literacy um but we started 5 years ago to really kind of build the groundwork with a conversation started with Dr. Pakora.
033Um and and here we are. Um so year four in the books we have 18 students that are sealed by literacy recipients. Out of those 18 students we actually have four students that are seal of triiliteracy recipients that I do want to acknowledge. Some of them are in this room. Um I know I have Megan Rder who there you are. She has attained the seal of triliteracy in German. Um I also have Umera Shahid who is not here but she has the seal of triliteracy in Bengali. Um Anastasia Pledges has it for Greek. Um and Mia Gabeti is here tonight. Um she actually is enrolled in AP Spanish and AP French and she is a seal of triiteracy recipient for both languages. Um so that's a round of applause for you Guys, I know we
034do another ceremony um on academic awards night, but I feel that there is recognition to that cuz this is hard um to be able to research a topic um in a a different language and then be able to present that and then defend that. Um I also have in the audience Madame Yianesco who's our AP French teacher. Um her and I work hand in hand and she has been a a world of support for the AP French students as well. Um, and so tonight we have two students here. We have Eva Cruso who is representing AP French. Um, and we have Olvan Abila who is here representing AP Spanish. So I'm going to pass it over to Eva Cruso. She's going to present um a little synopsis of what she did for for her seal
035presentation. [Applause] [Music] Thanks. Good evening. I'm Ava Cruso and I'm here to share a brief overview of my seal of bi literacy project and it was a comparison of nuclear energy in France and the United States. The rest of the presentation will be in French. important mineral radioactive. Fore the Anium security petrol. [Music] the person ala. Yes. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Good evening everyone. I'm Oan. Most people know me by Stephen. And today I'll be presenting about the system of hospitals between Honduras and the United States of America. Okay. [Music] Transport. Okay. foresto. [Music] Okay. pick up. Transport Pick medic areas. [Music] Thank you so much. [Applause] Good evening everyone. I'm going to be presenting on the seal of civic readiness. So the seal of civic readiness is a distinction that students can earn on their
036high school diplomas and it encourages students to be more active, informed and engaged citizens. Um, students have a variety of ways that they could earn points towards a seal of civic readiness, including completing certain elective courses, doing community service, work-based learning opportunities, and projects. Our students are earning points as early as 7th grade. I know Mr. Hayden's here and he's one of the teachers that had students completing projects at the middle school level which I had the opportunity to see this year and was really impressed by their ability to speak on these really um important topics. Um at the high school our students completed projects in US history, economics and government to earn points towards a seal. So the group that we have presenting tonight worked on a project in Miss Cobin's economics class where
037they researched an economics issue and proposed a solution. So I'm happy to present um Mia Gabet, Joseph Tits, and Elena Reed who will tell you about their amazing work towards earning the seal of civic readiness. Um so the topic that we chose to research was access to health care. A significant problem in healthcare is access to services. Many individuals face barriers in obtaining necessary care due to costs and lack of insurance. In our research, we found that the Affordable Healthcare Act is an act that allows funding for people to purchase health insurance regardless of prior health status and economic status. uh government is involved at different levels such as federal uh state and local. The federal government gets involved in healthcare mainly through programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. Um state governments deal with things
038like insurance and funding for local health programs. And local governments can focus on community needs. So, how does this relate to civics? Uh, education on healthcare access is an important component of civics because it educates citizens on their rights and responsibilities within the healthcare system. By learning how policies affect access to care, individuals can make informed decisions and advocate for equity and services and can make an uh a it could make an important role in during the elections in casting a poll. So, thank you. [Applause] Hello, good evening. I am Tanya Centino. Um, and this is Mr. Michael Sheety. Um, and we are the very proud um, teachers of the AP research program here at Seward High School that I am um, happy to say has grown exponentially in the seven years since its inception.
039Um, this year we have 51 researchers who are about to upload um, their papers in the room tonight. There have been a whole bunch of capstonians, as I like to call them, um that have successfully gotten through and have actually helped out our current group by way of edits and whatnot recently. So, the course really quickly um is an amazing opportunity for students to um partake in it, a year-long study of their choosing. Um they do real professional level research and then they get to design their own study, implement that study, get results um and form conclusions and add to the conversation in the fields of study. It's a really truly college ready experience. Um we have you know um individuals who have worked with us and comment on how the kinds of work they're
040doing they see college students and grad students doing. So it's really amazing. It's so impressive year after year and I'm um super excited that we have two of them today. So I will introduce Mr. Shady now who has been the co- teacher this year um because as I said the program has grown so much um and he will tell you a little bit about the two students tonight. Hi everyone. Um, so as a newcomer to this course, as it's growing and and we need to expand how many teachers we have teaching this course, um, I I was blown away by the the amount of the the depth that the students go into these projects for over the course of an entire school year, as well as the variety in their topics, too. um the these
041students are so interested in so many different niche things that they're able to really dive into and I think that's what makes this course so special is that these students are doing something that they're passionate about. Uh so for our our two students today uh one of them is Michael Spanella. He's uh going to be doing a he did a whole uh presentation and paper research project on uh AI and its uh influence that it has on students which I know hits close to home to him a little bit as the son of two teachers and someone who's you know in the school system and sees the the impact that AI has on students. Uh we have Autumn Fightzinger as well who's going to uh introduce her project that she did on a concept that
042was new to me in Miss Torino. she she introduced us to a new concept uh this term known as glass children, but she kind of did her own uh study and and used some new terminology that was really news to us. So, it was really fascinating to see what these students are are able to do with something that they're passionate about and something that they really can like Miss Cino said contribute to a field of study uh which we hope and are sure that they will do in their future as well. So without further ado, Miss Pit Singer. Hello, my name is Odin Fitzer and this year I had the opportunity to take AP research. My project was on the personality and mental health in people who have a sibling with a disability. My research
043question was, what personality types are common among among siblings of all ages of individuals with disabilities compared to people from a non-disabled household? And how does the mental health of a sibling of an individual with a disability compared to a sibling of a non-disabled person? After conducting my study, I found that people who have a disability who have a sibling with a disability have a common personality types and they tend to have a more degraded or worse mental health compared to people who don't have a sibling with disability. Um, both of these results were what I hypothesized I would find at the beginning of my study. Um, I was able to find this out by conducting a survey. I had a 105 responses and 55 of them did have a sibling with a disability which
044is a lot more than I thought I was going to get. Um throughout this year I've learned a lot of important skills and I would recommend this experience to future students. And this is Mike. Hello everyone. My name is Michael Spanella and I'm a proud member of the AP research class. This year my topic was artificial intelligence affecting high school students and my research question was how can artificial intelligent apps and websites impact the high school students grades and how students learn what the there. Uh, so I conducted a survey and I got 125 responses. I thought that I would learn that AI would not impact students grades and AI was just a helpful resource that students would always use. But what I ended up learning was that students who use AI at home were
045able to increase their grade point average and have a better understanding of certain subjects. The most surprising part of this project was the difference between AI use and AI use at school and AI use at home shown in this graph right here. Um, this is because most students need a refresher of what they learned at school. And by using AI, they can relearn and use active recall strategies with what they were taught that day in class. I recommend this experience because you get to choose what you're passionate about and what interests you the most to research about. Thank you. Thank you so much. [Applause] Hi everyone. Uh my name is Lilia Limo. I'm the science research teacher here at Seafford. Um and I'm so excited for you guys to see some of our student work
046tonight. For those of you who don't know what science research is, it's a really great class. Students get to actually choose a topic that they're interested in and then they create and design their own experiment and they work on that throughout the year and then they get to go to competitions and present their work. Competitions such as South Asian-American Women's Alliance Science Fair, Long Island Science Congress and a few others just to name them. I have two groups presenting today. We have Michelle Evangelista representing Science Research 2 and I have Morgan Dilva and Luciana Sako. They're representing Science Research 1. They've had some great projects and they've been working really, really hard this year. Any free period they've had, they've been in 219, the science research room, just working so hard on their projects and
047I'm so proud of all the effort they put in. And without further ado, I'd love to hand this over to Michelle to talk about her project. Thank you very much. Hi, my name is Michelle Evangelista and in my study I tested the effect of viro acoustic therapy or VAT and nicotinomide monucleotide or NMN in mitigating yeast cell proliferation using saccharomyces cervisci as the model organism. Vibr acoustic therapy is a non-farmacological form of music therapy that is used to treat pain and stress by inducing low frequency sound waves and vibrations. NN is a precursor of nicotinomide additine ducleotide or NAD+ which plays a key role in repairing DNA and cells while also promoting a healthy aging process. The model orism I chose to use for my experiment was was ye cells specifically sacroyis cervci with a
048sir 2 gene deletion which mimic cancer-like instability and how the cells proliferate unchecked. The question that got in my research was how does enma and vat affect cell proliferation yeast cells. I hypothesized that when the two treatments are administered separately and combined, the proliferation rates will decrease will decrease. To start my experiment, I began by growing the yeast in a sterile environment. Then I administered the two treatments to the yeast strains along with letting the yeast grow with no treatment. Finally, I performed various statistical tests to analyze my data. The combination of the two treatments had the largest impact in lowering cell proliferation or cancer-like growth. Overall, my hypothesis was supported that the treatments decreased these cell proliferation rates that represented cancer cells, meaning this is a possible treatment for cancer. Thank you. [Applause] Sorry
049guys. One second. Why is it going to update? Didn't update. Yeah. No, it didn't update. We like edited it. That's what we had as this morning. So, okay. Um so for our research project um in science research we tested the effect that different tempos of music have on the productivity and focus of high school students because a lot of our friends including ourselves are listening to music while trying to get work done. So we were trying to see if it was helping us or holding us back. Um for our first research question we did listening to different tempos of music affect focus affect reaction time of high school students and then for our second one we did listening to music affect reaction time of high school students. So um for our first um research question,
050we just tested tempo. So we said that out of the three tempos we chose three tempos that we chose to test, 60 beats per minute would have been the best. That was the slowest tempo we had. And then for our second research question, we did um we tested a no music group versus a music group. And we said that the group that was listening to music versus the group that wasn't would be better. And yeah, based on our research questions, we conducted an experiment with 30 high school students. They listened to music at different tempos or beats per minute while taking a reaction time test. Based on the experiment, 60 beats per minute improved focus and decrease reaction time. Also shown by the experiment, listening to music compared to performing the test in silence will
051improve will improve focus and decrease reaction time, but that was not statistically supported. Overall, it was a very good experience to be able to perform an experiment on live participants and test something that affects students daily. Thank you. Great job, guys. Grab a cookie on your way. Yeah, have a cookie. We're just Mr. Mante is going to introduce our AP art program. I will just very quickly introduce uh two of our AP art students, Danielle Housefeld and Paige Holt. Um, we are continually blown away by how talented our students are. Um, especially in the arts here. The AP art students are asked to come up with a question and then answer it through their artwork. So, these guys are going to take it away and explain their process here. Here's Danielle [Applause] first. Hi, I'm
052Danielle. Like Mr. Mandday said at the beginning of the year we all kind of brainstorm something that we want to either investigate like an issue in that and we had to make an inquiry question. My inquiry question was how fast moving technology affects people now and in the future and I wanted to focus more on like feelings, emotions but also like real life problems. For example, like this one you see here is almost like how right now like more now teenagers are so connected to their phones and it takes over them because half of the day, 7 hours a day, we're all on our phones. We're all guilty of it and it's definitely it's harmful, but also sometimes it's good. And then the other one is a metaphor of like how sometimes technology can silence
053you in a way because it can make you think that what you say isn't important. or it can make you think that what you're saying is wrong and that and I was definitely through AP art I definitely found out more of my style in art through all these pieces he Mr. trip gave us the supplies we needed and didn't just let us do our own thing and didn't really hold our hand as much as usual and that so it definitely helped me this year find out the kind of artist I am and then these other two pieces the first one is more of a reference to the future of how like communication can be with the wavelengths which are actually made out of yarn and then everything all the paint is more acrylic and oil
054which definitely is my strong suit. And then the other one is a signification of like almost how we're all caged sometimes by technology or like what's the word? Shackle. Yeah. And then that was maybe a color pencil, but through APR it's definitely a really cool thing because I mean Paige could agree with me too. That class is it could be so much fun at the same time. We all have a great time and but we also all find what we love to do and that that's pretty much [Applause] it. Hi everyone. Um I 100% agree with what Danielle said. AP Art is an amazing class that I think anybody interested in art should absolutely take. Everyone was able to find their own style, creation, question, everything with the help of Mr. Trip. He is a
055fantastic and wonderful teacher. So if you know him, you know that already. But uh so pretty much in AP art we come up with a sustained investigation which is the core theme or question we develop through our art. Uh my sustained investigation was how can I depict fear of change through facial expressions. One second. So this was my first piece which I did more towards the beginning of the year. took about nine and a half hours. Um, did the entire thing with just printing paper, a big pen, and gel pen. Um, just kind of grasping the feel of adding different textures into one art piece and filling the entire space, which Trip really highlighted like throughout us throughout the year was filling the entire space, adding texture, stepping out of your comfort zone. If you
056had told me I spent an entire eight hours using just pen, I would have told you you were crazy. But Trip pushed me to do it and I think it turned out pretty good. Uh this is my second piece. This is actually on a giant canvas about that big. Um the entire thing is pencil. Uh besides the marker which just kind of hints towards that fear of change that we see in technology. a lot of things are changing very rapidly, very fast, faster as the years goes on. So I just added a hint of technology in it. Um, and yeah, so I will turn back the mic to [Applause] Mel. Thank you so much. As you can see, uh, so many of these projects that we shared tonight, I mean, in Michelle's presentation, the only
057word I understood was Michelle. So, I'm sure many of us can agree that these students are beyond brilliant and we're so proud of them. Um, I just wanted to take a moment just to reflect for for a second on the Nordic Nook. Obviously, the reason that the board meeting is here um today is is to um to recognize this new establishment at Cer High School. I'm I'm really proud of all the work that was done. I'm really appreciative and uh you know, so many hands had a role in this. Um, some of the hands that also have role in it is our um our CDP program that they have a a business class that runs um it's the Viking Cove Cafe that they run from our school store that operates um in the front in
058the Renaissance entrance and they've been operating what has become a really successful business operation this school year and they have made a lot of us gain a lot of weight um second period when they're selling their their treats around the building and keeping everyone on um caffeinated, but um they're going to be shifting operations now because now that we have the Nordic Nook open, they're going to be shifting what they sell in order to help promote a new product that will also be able to be facilitated through the Nordic Nook. So, one of the items um that they have helped us to create part of the business plan of this business course, if we could have our board and our central office maybe demonstrate what's in these bags um in front of them. This is
059something that's really going to be one of the foundations of this business program. Um because again, we just give countless opportunities to the kids is going to be these awesome mugs that our students will be selling. And yeah, so they're going to sell these mugs and then the um the Nook is going to give a discount to anyone who's using their refillable mug instead of using a reusable cup or one of their their cups. So you're welcome. We just wanted to share that again opportunities abound for our students whether they're in a science research program or a business course. We're finding ways to connect all these opportunities for everyone. And is Paige still here? We received some news recently. I thought it would be a nice surprise to share that Paige was just noted as
060an outstanding senior by the Science Teachers Association of New York State organization. So, Paige is going to be recognized for this. And that's just a quick example of how she just represented the APR program, but she's also an incredible science student who's very active in our science research program. So, I just wanted to thank everyone, thank everyone who's who's had a role in all of these uh endeavors throughout the the the school, all of our students, our teachers who are here on their own time to um to dedicate time to their um students. And we do have a little gift for our students that presented and that's another type of cup that the kids will be able to use at the Nook. And um if if you presented tonight, you can come up and grab
061one of these tumblers. So please come grab one. And we have basically a whole pizza for everyone to go home with tonight. So if everyone wouldn't mind doing that, that'd be great. So student presenter, just come up and grab a cup and then I promise I'll make an IP. You're welcome. You're probably not getting to sit down with that picture. Come take a picture, guys. Come on board. Come in. Take a picture with these shining stars here. Come stand right over here. You know what the student sector is? I guess they missed that one. You already know. You're be speeding up. Great job, guys. Got it. Thank you guys. Take a plate. Good job. Thank you so much to the students for their incredibly impressive presentations. Um, and to their teachers who I know give
062them a world of support. It's the parents who have come here to support your children and the school district. Uh just just an immense job. We have such an amazing student body. So well-rounded, kind, um and really truly impressive. So thank you to everybody. Um okay. That's right. Absolutely. All right. So we're going to move on to some quick business. Um I Need a motion for agenda item 4, one, and two. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. This is the resident comments section. Would anybody like to speak? All correspondence has been responded to. I need a motion for agenda item 7A1 which is to approve the Boseies vote um for which we will be casting our votes for Fran. Yes. We have well we have one and two is two not is is that
063a walk? Okay. So is that Okay. So, should I amend one? Okay. Yes. Thank you. Okay. So, I need a motion to amend agenda item four uh one to adopt the revised instructional personnel action report. Please move it. Second. Um, thank you. It just has been really good. Any discussion? All in favor? I. All right, we're good. Okay, very good. Yes. Thank you for that. Oh my goodness. Okay, so um I need a motion for agenda item 7 A1, which is to approve uh the Boseies board vote for Fran Langner, Douglas Pascarella, and Robert Showing. Move it. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. I need a motion for agenda item 7 A2. Move it. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. We'll do the next few together if that's all right. Need a motion
064for agenda item 7 B through C1. Move it. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I any miscellaneous discussion items from the board? No. Great job. Yes. Closing comments. I think we've said it all. Great job. And anything else for you, Adele? Okay. I need a motion to adjurnn. Please move it. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Thank you everybody. Thank you. Just because you're here. [Music] Yep.