Awards and News

CONGRATS to our 2025 wesef WINNERS!

SPECIAL AWARDS: Arne Schneidenbach, Amanda Griffin, Isabella Tanzi, Oliver Beck-Ley, Abby Meinel, Sophie Nahmias

PLACED AWARDS: Olivia Eckert, 4th Place; Alex Montano-Miller, Nadia Creiner, & Zach Cohen, 2nd Place

CONGRATS SOMERS 2o24 WINNERS!

3rd Place: Nadia Creiner, Computer Science; Caleb Hollander, Biochemistry; Max Bly, Mathematics; Sophie Nahmias, Animal Science; Rebecca Kolb, Behavioral; Meg Uday, Medicine & Health

2nd Place: Abby Meinel, Behavioral; Natalie Mazzuca, Behavioral

1st Place: Oliver Beck-Ley, Environmental; Nora Dooley, Medicine & Health

CONGRATS to our 2024 wesef WINNERS!

SPECIAL AWARDS: Amanda Griffin, Avery Heilman, Madeleine Stone, Dani Mazlish, Eleanor Oden, Ava Shuster, Leah Scharf

PLACED AWARDS: Greg Ronel, 4th Place; Alex Montano-Miller, 3rd Place; Avery Heilman, 3rd Place

Congrats 2024 wr-jshs winners!

Eleanor Oden - 5th Place Regional, Cell & Molecular Bio

Chase Metzger - 1st Place Local, Behavioral

Michael Mazurek - 3rd Place Local, Medicine & Health

CONGRATS SOMERS 2o23 WINNERS!

Julia Catanese, Behavioral Science, 3rd place

Jared Landau, Medicine & Health, 3rd place

Max Rubinstein, Microbiology, 3rd place

Zach Cohen, Physics, 3rd place

Alex Montano-Miller, Behavioral Science, 2nd place

Maddie Stone, Cell & Molecular Biology, 2nd place

Jasper Sizer, Environmental Science, 2nd place

Cara Drapala, Medicine & Health, 2nd place

Ava Shuster, Microbiology, 2nd place

CONGRATS to our 2023 NYSSEF WINNERS!

Jacob Feldman - Physical Science - 2nd Place

Stephanie Long - Planetary Sciences - 3rd Place

Adam Reig - Behavioral Science - Honorable Mention

CONGRATS to our 2023 wesef WINNERS!

great work at 2023 upstate jshs, TEAM FLHS!

Jacob Feldman - 3rd Place, Physical and Computational Science

Kemari McClary and Rachel Akinla - Competitors in Behavioral Science and Environmental Science, respectively!

CONGRATS!

WR-JSHS COMPETITION WINNERS 2023

Jacob Feldman - Physical Science - 1st Place Regional Speaker

Kemari McClary - Behavioral Science - 1st Place Regional Speaker

Rachel Akinla - Earth and Environmental Sciences - 4th Place Regional Poster

Stephanie Long - Planetary Sciences - 2nd Place Local Competition

GOOD LUCK TO RACHEL, JACOB, and KEMARI at Upstate JSHS on March 8th and 19th, 2022!

COngrats jacob feldman on your 2023 top 300 regeneron win!

...for your project entitled The Geometry and Reactivity of a Novel Zirconium-Centered Coordination Complex Supported by a bis-PN Ligand Framework, involved catalysis, which is the scientific process that uses chemical substances known as catalysts to increase the rate of reactions.

Congrats to our SR Class of 2022!

Good luck in your new adventures!

SOmers Science Fair!

June 4, 2022

CONGRATULATIONS!

So proud of all our participants and especially our winners!

Way to go Sidney Sicignano!

for winning FIRST PLACE in the

2022 Greenlight Final Competition.

CONGRATS!

Junior Stephanie Long and Senior Alexandra Griffin placed 2nd in their categories at the Tri County Science and Engineering Fair in April 2022!

Thank you, FLHS Science Research Judges, for volunteering at the 2022 West Patent Elementary School Science Fair! You made some young scientists very happy!

CONGRATS TO OUR 2022 WESEF WINNERS!

TOP, L to R: Society of In Vitro Biology Award - Jacob Nahmias; Stockholm Junior Water Prize - Jasmine Sizer; Solutions for a Sustainable World Award and 4th Place (biochemistry) - Campbell Magee; BASF Expanding Knowledge in Science Award - Ryan Geiger; Innovations in Biological Sciences Award - Eugenia Kaltsas; Excellence in Medical Research Award - Sianna Biem; Carl Zeiss Microscopy Award - Lyla Loria; Ricoh Sustainable Development Award: Harrison Dow

BOTTOM, L to R: 3rd Place - Rachel Akinla (environmental science); NOAA Taking the Pulse of the Planet - Riley Hester; David M. Holmes WESEF Engineering Award, Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Engineers Award, and 4th Place (engineering) - Alexandra Griffin; Momentive Women in Science Award - Alexxandra Hoffmann; Carl Zeiss Microscopy Award - Sofia Pansini; 3rd Place (physics/astronomy) - Isa Braun

JSHS FINALIST!

Senior Alex Griffin competed in the Upstate JSHS speaker competition on 3.9.22 and placed FIRST in her category. She is a state finalist and will be going to New Mexico on April 20th to compete in the National JSHS! She also competed in the finalist round of the Upstate JSHS speaker competition on 3.10.22 and placed SECOND overall! This is an amazing accomplishment!

REGENERON INTERN!

Sophomore Jasmine Moustakas was hand-picked by Puneet Anand, a Regeneron Biochemist, to take part in the Regeneron High School Internship Program this summer! She will be working side-by-side with him on a research project focused on antibody conjugates (i.e. therapeutic drugs) and how they can be used to treat cancer.