Friday, September 23, 2022
Vol. 82, No. 38
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16 SHS seniors named Natl. Merit Semifinalists
Syosset High School Assistant Principal Christopher Ruffini and Principal Dr. Giovanni Durante congratulate the District’s National Merit Semifinalists. Photo courtesy of Syosset Central School District. Syosset HS has announces that 16 Syosset High School students have been named Semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The students qualified for this distinction by scoring among the highest in the state on the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Congratulations to seniors Shi Fang Chen, Imran K.
Gangat, Sabrina Guo, Alan Q. Huang, Vatsal Kalola, Stella B. Kim, Mako Kobayashi, Maggie Liu, Maximus H. Lu, Colin Rosen, Jaydin T. Sharma, Vivek C. Turakhia, Alex L. Wang, Jonathan S. Wong, Abigail Wu, and Yiyu Zhang. They are among the approximately 16,000 high school students nationwide who were named Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), repre-
senting less than one percent of all U.S. high school seniors. Syosset High School Principal Dr. Giovanni Durante congratulated the students saying, “We are so proud of our National Merit Semifinalists for all of their accomplishments, both in their classrooms and in the Syosset community.” The semifinalists have qualified to compete for See page 10
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Keeping oysters in Oyster Bay
Town of Oyster Bay officials and members of the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee joined together to celebrate another successful oyster gardening program. In what is becoming an annual demonstration of another healthy and productive summer, officials from the Town of Oyster Bay, Village of Laurel Hollow and Village of Oyster Bay Cove joined with environmental groups and residents representing 150+ oyster gardens from the North Shore Oyster Gardening Program to clean and measure one final time before placing them in the nearby spawner sanctuary. Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said, “The Town of Oyster Bay is proud to work with our residents to keep the oyster in Oyster Bay, making sure our favorite shellfish is not just part of our storied history but a vital part of the Town’s future. The Town of Oyster’s own shellfish hatchery is adding to this effort by producing millions of clams and oysters annually to further protect and strengthen our waterways.” Engaging hundreds of residents in environmental stewardship and seeding 200,000 oysters is only part of the story. As a direct result of the North Shore Oyster Gardening program’s efforts in the just the past year the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee, which sponsors this effort, has: • Facilitated Long Island Sound Study funded research to monitor the spawner sanctuary and identify locations for additional sanctuaries in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor, • Pinpointed and is addressing sources of pollution in Cold Spring Harbor, and; • Inspired Hempstead Harbor to the west and the Huntington/ Northport complex to the east to develop similar community oyster gardening programs. Town of Oyster Bay Councilwoman Michele Johnson said, “The Town of Oyster’s new shell recycling program will provide another opportunity for local restaurants and residents to support the local environment. The recycled shell material will be used to enhance the aquaculture efforts like the North Shore Oyster Gardening program and prepare suitable bay bottom for natural recruitment of oysters while reducing waste going to our landfills.” Mayor of Laurel Hollow Daniel DeVita said, “The Village of Laurel Hollow is proud to have been a part of this program from the beginning. These oysters will immediately enhance the bottom habitat for other marine organisms and continue filtering the water. In a year or so they could be filtering up to 50 gallons of water each or millions of See page 10
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