Siemens Science Day at MGV

On Friday, June 6, 2008, Staff Members from Siemans USA, Parent Volunteers,  and Ten Students from Mr. Jaeger's AP Biology Class Coached the Fifth Grade Students at MGV in Performing Three Science/Engineering Activities.  Students Were Asked to Build a Tower from Spaghetti and DOTS, to Create a Device to Protect an Egg from Breaking, and to Build an Electric Motor.  Thank You to Mr. Glenn Schmid and the MGV Site-Based Team for Sponsoring the Event.

Little Doctors

On June 3, 2008, MGV, Parliament Place, Woods Road, and Belmont Elementary Schools All Participated in the Second Annual Little Doctors Programs.  All Fourth Grade Students in These Schools Were Taught About the Components of Blood and the Necessity to Donate Blood in the Classrooms by  Professionals from Long Island Blood Services.  All Students in Each of the Buildings Were Then Asked to Solicit Volunteers for the Blood Drive.  49 Pints of Blood Were Collected by These Schools to Help Meet the Summer Demand on Long Island.  The Event Was Coordinated Through the Schools' Site Based Teams.  Next Year's Blood Drive Will Take Place on June 2, 2009.

North Babylon First Graders Celebrate Arbor Day

Thanks to Suffolk Legislator Wayne Horsley and the Babylon Rotary, The Students of North Babylon Were Once Again Given Tree Saplings to Plant at Their Homes in Recognition of Arbor Day.  Pictured Below are Legislator Horsley and School Superintendent Dr. Aloise Addressing  Students from Mr. Jackson's First Grade Class at the Parliament Place School.

Town of Babylon Earth Day Contest

On Saturday, May 3, 2008, the Town of Babylon Hosted Their First Annual Earth Day Celebration.  In Conjunction With This Event, Covanta Energy Sponsored a Science Fair Contest with Monetary Awards for the Winners.  North Babylon Submitted 4 Projects and Cameron Billings was Awarded an Honorable Mention and a $100 Prize.  Congratulations to All Who Participated.

Brookhaven Elementary Science Fair Winner

On May 3, 2008, 15 North Babylon Students Submitted their Projects to be Judged for the Brookhaven Elementary Science Fair.  Out of 20,000 entrants, Andrew Becvar Received an Honorable Mention for His Second Grade Project Entitled: The Wii Video Game Exercise Experiment.  Congratulations to All the Participants!!!!

Protein Challenge

Pictured Below is the North Babylon High School Team that Participated in Long Island's First Annual Protein Challenge Sponsored by the Center for BioMolecular Modeling and Stony Brook University

Long Island Science Congress

Three Students From Ms. Renner's Science Research Class Displayed Their Independent Research Projects, Along With 300 Research Science Students From Across Long Island, on Wednesday, April 9th at SUNY Farmingdale.

                                         Allison Nguyen                                                        Cameron Billings

                                 Kevin Schmid

Chemagination 2008

On Saturday, March 29, the New York Section of the American Chemical Society held the 2008 Chemagination Competition at St. John’s University.  Fifty teams competed in the competition.  Under the direction of Mr. & Mrs.  Jaeger, North Babylon entered five submissions and took the silver prize in three out of the four categories.  These students were directed to design and write a 2000 word article describing their scientific invention that would impact our world.  The tricky part is that the whole competition is based in the year 2033.  Congratulations to those students who participated in this event!

                 In the Environment category:                    In the Medicine/Health category:

                  2^nd Place                                               2^nd Place

                    “Life Without WERDS”                       “The Global Burden of Malaria”

                     Kaylyn Cross & Taryn Pena                      Allison Nguyen, Cristell Fortune, &

                                                                                                     Morgan Smyth

                                                      In the Alternate Energy Source:                   

                                        2^nd Place                                 

                                                             "Fueling the Future"

                                                      Shannelle Riccio, Heba Hasan, and      

                                                                 Anna Luig (not shown)

The 18th Annual Science Olympiad Was Held At North Babylon High School on Saturday, March 1, 2008

On a cold and rainy Saturday morning, over 160 students arrived at North Babylon High School, at 8:30AM, to participate in the 18th annual Science Olympiad.  Students competed in 10 events and the winners are as follows:

First Place:  Ashley Breuer, Michael DeClara, Shannon Lange, and Pamela Lopez

Second Place: Brian Berkowitz, Ashleigh Brady, Faith Mobley, and Tausif Noor

Third Place: Peter Baietto, Paul Hilding, Jonathan Roman, and Kamil Wiecko

                                  Chemistry Hunt                                                             Map Reading/Road Rally

                                           Egg Toss                                                             Biology, Biology, Biology

                             That Sinking Feeling                                                               Science Smarts

Science Bowl Finals with Mr. Murphy