Huntington Trio Loves What Science Offers
January 7, 2025
Science is a popular subject area at Huntington High School. It appeals to students for a variety of reasons, including many that are personal. Count sophomores Leila O’Toole and Sena Knopf and junior Naomi Lyons among those who love what science has to offer.
All three teenagers were inducted in Huntington’s chapter of the National Science Honor Society this past fall. They’ve all excelled in their classes. Ms. Lyons is vice president of the high school’s Science Olympiad program.
Ms. Knopf hopes to further her expertise in science and branch off into new fields of information. She would like to grow Huntington’s scientific community and “make it the best it can be through contributing ideas.
The sophomore said she “loves being able to learn about the way things in our world work through science. It’s interesting to learn the science and reason behind everyday things. “Science helps us to understand and come up with solutions for so many problems” and Ms. Knopf believes “it is important that we take advantage of that.”
Ms. O’Toole is interested in potential careers as a doctor or lawyer. She intends on continuing to work hard “and attend a great college in order to achieve my goals.”
The teenager said that what she loves most about science is that “everything makes sense and has a point. With other subjects, it’s either long and drawn out or just not worth my time. Science, however, makes sense and has valid reasoning behind the theories and/or facts. It also just clicks with me.” Ms. O’Toole feels that it all comes together with science and she can clearly understand it.
Ms. Lyons is still another exceptional young woman. She is working to became an overall “well educated student with a great foundation of scientific knowledge.”
One of the top science students at Huntington High School, Ms. Lyons is a powerhouse with the Science Olympiad program. She especially enjoys how science and STEM “explain why things work the way they do,” she said. “It’s very interesting to learn about the wide variety of sciences.”
