H-ton Seniors Win Women in Science Society Awards

Science has been an academic discipline that has informed and intrigued Huntington High School students since the earliest days of classroom education in the community.

Ever since 48 leading citizens joined together in 1793 and pledged the funds needed to erect a school building devoted to providing the young people of the community with a “classical” high school education, Huntington has been on the cutting edge of classroom instruction and has been sending its graduates to the top colleges and universities in the country and into every possible career field.

Two-hundred thirty-one years later, Huntington High School students continue to challenge themselves and they are still pursuing answers to some of the most difficult and mind-numbing questions posed by a variety of scientific fields.

Twenty members of Huntington’s Class of 2024 captured the St. John’s University Women in Science Society Award for their exceptional record of study. The teenagers were presented with certificates during a ceremony in the high school auditorium.

This year’s awards were presented to Kaylee Adams (University at Albany), Kathryn Barba (SUNY Geneseo), Kayleigh Bender (Hofstra University), Rylee Davis (Carleton College), Lily Froggatt Bale (University of Connecticut), Charlotte Gordon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Cristel Hernandez Reyes (LIU Post), Valerie Jarama (St. John’s University), Jada Joseph (University of Maryland College Park), Samantha Koepele (SUNY Geneseo), Megan Lewis (SUNY New Paltz), Shaina Linker (Purdue University), Mary Marinello (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Jannel Marroquin (Providence College), Samantha McGloin (University of Delaware), Neurdia Osias (Lackawanna College), Olivia Polinsky (University of Georgia), Daniel Seren-Contreras (Suffolk Community College), Hannah Song (University of Connecticut) and Mari Velasquez Maldonado (undecided).

Huntington UFSD officials and teachers are already planning for a new year of science study. Science research program participants are expected to engage in internships in the community, including the Cold Spring Harbor Lab and Stony Brook University along with a long list of other opportunities to expand their intellectual horizons.