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Semifinalists and Regional Finalists Announced in the Siemens Competition

by NYC Private Schools on October 23, 2009

The Siemens Foundation announced today the Semifinalists and Regional Finalists of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, revealing the brightest high school minds in contention for the nation’s most coveted teen science prize.

The Siemens Competition is the nation’s leading original research competition in math, science and technology for high school students, and is administered annually by the College Board which awards college
scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $100,000 in individual and team categories.

The 96 regional finalist whiz kids will be called to compete at one of six regional competitions held over three consecutive weekends in November. Regional Finals Start November 6, 2009.

Winners of the regional events are invited to compete at the National Finals at New York University in New York City, December 3 – December 7, 2009. Visit www.siemens-foundation.org on December 7, 2009 at 9:30 am EST to view a live webcast of the National Finalist Award Presentation. You can also log into and follow the Siemens Foundation on Twitter (http://twitter.com/SFoundation) for the latest information and announcements throughout this year’s competition.

Here are the winners from New York State public and private schools (the winners from NYC Private Schools are highlighted):

NEW YORK REGIONAL FINALISTS:

  • Israt Ahmed, Francis Lewis High School, Fresh Meadows
  • Shaunak Bakshi, Manhasset High School, Manhasset
  • Cynthia Chen, The Brearley School, New York
  • Stephanie Chen, Stuyvesant High School, New York
  • Ellis Darby, New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School, New York
  • Ruoyi Jiang, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket
  • Michelle Leonetti, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach
  • Jiayi Lin, New Explorations into Science, Technology and Math High School, New York
  • Peter Massey, Manhasset High School, Manhasset
  • David Park, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  • Joshua Pfeffer, North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, Great Neck
  • Aneesh Sampath, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket
  • Salonee Shah, W. Tresper Clarke High School, Westbury
  • Jason Shieh, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx
  • Kevin Zhao, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket
  • Xiao Zhou, Francis Lewis High School, Fresh Meadows

NEW YORK SEMIFINALISTS:

  • Michael Abatemarco, Garden City High School, Garden City
  • Landon Acriche, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Levent Alpoge, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills
  • Spencer Amer, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Prateek Baghel, Shaker High School, Latham
  • Mubarrat Bhuiyan, Jericho High School, Jericho
  • Eric Brooks, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Kirti Chakote, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Elliot Chang, United Nations International School, New York
  • Julie Chang, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  • Kimberly Chen, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Heights
  • Alan Chiu, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Ashley Choe, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Vikalpa Dammavalam, The Bronx High School of Science, Bronx
  • Nevin Daniel, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket
  • Nisha Desai, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Theodora Efthymiou, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills
  • Thomas Elustondo, Garden City High School, Garden City
  • Hayley Gadol, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills
  • Zachary Gershon, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Stacy Gil, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Reena Glaser, Smithtown High School West, Smithtown
  • Jack Greisman, Stuyvesant High School, New York
  • Sandy Guerrero, Longwood High School, Middle Island
  • Debayan Guha, Horace Mann School, Riverdale
  • Candice Gurbatri, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills
  • Maurice Harari, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Laura Hellmich, Ossining High School, Ossining
  • Matthew Hung, Smithtown High School West, Smithtown
  • Dara Illowsky, Ossining High School, Ossining
  • Manjinder Kandola, Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, Jamaica
  • Anjali Kapur, Mount Sinai High School, Mount Sinai
  • Daniel Katz, John L. Miller Great Neck North High School, Great Neck
  • Kwang Kim, William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, Great Neck
  • Matthew Kim, Commack High School, Commack
  • Benjamin Klyachman, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Alexandra Kravitz, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Yeon Lee, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington
  • Haebin Lim, William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, Great Neck
  • Cara Lin, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket
  • Aviv Lipman, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Katherine Liu, Edgemont Jr./Sr. High School, Scarsdale
  • Ying Yao Louie, Midwood High School at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn
  • Yesha Maniar, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  • Paul Masih Das, Lawrence High School, Cedarhurst
  • Thomas McCune, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills
  • Nikhil Mehandru, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights
  • Matthew Miecnikowski, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills
  • Julia Milch, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Jonathan Nachman, North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, Great Neck
  • Sean Oh, The Wheatley School, Old Westbury
  • Pooja Rambhia, Jericho High School, Jericho
  • Aditya Ramesh, Sachem High School East, Farmingville
  • Jonathan Schor, Brighton High School, Rochester
  • Cristina Sorrento, Locust Valley High School, Locust Valley
  • Charles Starr, William A. Shine Great Neck South High School, Great Neck
  • Lena Street, Hastings High School, Hastings-On-Hudson
  • Merry Sun, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua
  • Brett Teplitz, Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills
  • Edward Vargas, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park
  • Matthew Vitha, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Elan Yochai, George W. Hewlett High School, Hewlett
  • Xinrui Zhang, Monroe-Woodbury High School, Central Valley

Congratulations to all the winners!


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New Mandarin Chinese Immersion School to Open in Manhattan

by NYC Private Schools on August 2, 2009

In 2005, New York Magazine reported on the trend of Chinese being added to the curricula of some of New York’s private schools. This trend has continued to the point that parents now expect Chinese to be one of the basic languages offered in their child’s private school curriculum. The new question for administrators at NY private schools is, “how early does Chinese instruction start?”

The Chinese language pilot program at St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s was so succesful in 2005 that they have continued to offer Chinese for students, starting at age 3. Most New York private schools start Chinese language instruction much later though and here are a few of the programs: Horace Mann, Chapin, St. Ann’s, Brearley, Calhoun, Collegiate, and Dalton.

For those of you looking for a more comprehensive Chinese language program, Bilingual Buds, the Mandarin Chinese immersion preschool and primary school based in N.J., will open a Manhattan location at 180 Riverside Blvd., at 68th Street, in the fall of 2009.

Sharon Huang, founder and director of Bilingual Buds, thinks that parents who recognize the value of language acquisition via the immersion methodology will embrace the school, as will parents who are conscious of the growing importance of Mandarin Chinese in our global society.

“Education experts believe that the critical language learning window is from birth to 10 years of age,”” she says. ““During this period, the immersion method is an ideal way for children to acquire a new language while they are also learning to think abstractly and creatively.””

According to Huang, New York City offers a pool of prospective students who either a) have parents who believe that learning Chinese will give their children a competitive advantage in the 21st century; b) come from families where one or both parents is of Chinese heritage; or c) were adopted from China and whose parents want them to gain exposure to Chinese language and culture.

“”Our program is unique in that children can attend school daily, providing them with the intensity of exposure to become successfully bilingual even when most children come from non-Mandarin-speaking households,”” says Huang.

The school will offer a variety of classes this Fall: Mommy and Me (kids ages 1–-3), preschool (kids ages 2½–-5), and an after-school program (4 days/week for kids ages 5–-10). Eventually, the school will add multi-age kindergarten/1st grade and 2nd/3rd grade classes.

Bilingual Buds has been featured on CNN, CBS News, The New York Times, the Star-Ledger, and New Jersey’’s NJN television network.

Upcoming Events:
NY Kids Club and Bilingual Buds bring you a special afternoon of Chinese story time & art or cooking
Wednesday, August 5 from 3:15-5:15 at NY Kids Club at 68th and Amsterdam.
RSVP to Liza at 212-721-4100. Free.

Open Houses:
Saturday August 8th & September 12th
9am to 11am and 1pm to 3pm
Bilingual Buds
180 Riverside Blvd at 68th Street.


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Specialized Sports in NYC Private Schools

June 7, 2009

photo credit: Raphael Goetter
Sports programs in NYC Private Schools are not regulated to the soccer, basketball, baseball and football teams that most schools actively have in their programs. Oftentimes you will find specialized sports programs such as Gymnastics in Private Schools athletic offerings.
Wikipedia describes the Gymnastics sport as:
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance [...]

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NYC Private Horace Mann Closes Amind Flu Concerns

May 23, 2009

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CrainsNewYork.com recently reported on a NYC Private School, Horace Mann, closing due to the H1N1 virus.
(AP) – Another private school in New York City says it will close because of worries about swine flu.
The Horace Mann School said in an e-mail to parents that it will close at the end of [...]

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NYC Private School Admissions and Ambassador Program at Horace Mann

January 29, 2009

The admissions requirements to NYC Private schools can vary from school to school, but the for the most part the basic benchmarks are the same. Test results from private school admissions testing such as the ISEE or the SSAT for older applicants are generally standard.
In furthering our in-depth discussion about the Horace [...]

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NYC Private School Highlight on Horace Mann

January 28, 2009

NYC private schools are each unique in their philosophies and academia. Every week we will highlight and learn about a different school in order to give our readers a more in-depth feel for the cultural, academic and diverse atmospheres that each school provides.
The Horace Mann School is an elite NYC private school. It is [...]

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