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Concussions force student-athletes and their parents, like Alyssa Garbarino and her father, Al, to weigh the benefits of playing sports against the long-term health risks.
Bellmore-Merrick athletes hit hard by concussions
Alyssa Garbarino’s second concussion came on a frigid Sunday afternoon when she was 17. Under overcast skies, Garbarino, of North Merrick, who was then playing with the East Meadow Soccer Club’s Storm, bruised her way through a sea of bodies. As she battled with her opponent on the Northport Cow Harbor United Soccer Club, she was constantly driven to the ground, her head hitting the hard earth. As fast as she went down, though, she popped back up. As the game wore on, she began to feel dizzy and developed a sharp headache. more
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eante Smith, at left, a Kennedy High School sophomore from Bellmore, tried a simulator that shows students the dangers of driving while intoxicated during the Arrive Alive Tour at Kennedy last Friday.
When DWI dangers loom –– in gym class
There was a lot of public drunkenness in gym class at Kennedy High School in Bellmore last week –– mock drunkenness, that is. more
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Friends Jessica Rosen and Emmie Levy founded Choice Bracelets, a company that produces bracelets with inspiring words geared toward anyone who is experiencing personal struggles.
Teens create charming bracelets for a cause
When sophomore Jessica Rosen walked the John F. Kennedy High School hallways, she heard something peculiar. Something disturbing. Something that sparked a need to take action. And fast. more
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Ryan Cummings, right, a Kennedy High School junior, competed in the hurdles at the annual Cougar Invite last Saturday. The photographer, William Sasson, is a Kennedy junior and member of the track team.
Kennedy High welcomes runners to Cougar Invite
Kennedy High School’s annual Cougar Invite went off without a hitch under sunny skies last Saturday. As it does each year, the track invitational attracted hundreds of runners and spectators, who filled Kennedy’s bleachers and track on April 16. more
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Calhoun High Schools Josh Aberman is organizing the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s first Writers’ Festival, to be held Friday at Calhoun.
Bellmore-Merrick Central District to host first Writers' Festival
Calhoun High School senior Josh Aberman loves poetry, particularly the Beat Generation poetry produced by such luminaries as Allen Ginsberg. So, when Aberman was looking to do a fundraiser for the Economic Policy Institute as a senior project, he thought he might try an event aimed at writers. more
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Five Kennedy High School seniors received Intel Science Talent Search Badges. They are, center, from left, Rachel Steinberg, Evan Rothchild, Rachel Mashal, Corey Epstein and Sarah Moussavi. They were joined by their Advanced Science Research advisers, Barbi Frank, left, and Barbara Franklin.
Five Kennedy seniors earn Intel badges
The Society for Science & The Public has awarded Intel Science Talent Search badges to five –– count ’em, five –– Kennedy High School students. Research Report … more
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Kennedy seniors Sarah Moussavi and Steven Obadiah, front, recently had their science research papers accepted by the Long Island region of the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Joining them in one of Kennedy’s labs were their research advisers, Barbara Franklin, back left, and Barbi Frank.
Two Kennedy seniors headed to Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
Kennedy High School senior Sarah Moussavi, 17, took on one of neuroscience’s most perplexing, and intriguing, questions: How certain are humans in their own decision-making? To reach a … more
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Kennedy High School senior Rachel Mashal, left, learned last week that she is one of 40 finalists in the Intel Science Search. She was joined by her research adviser, Barbi Frank, who will accompany her to Washington, D.C., for the final round of the competition.
'No way!' –– Kennedy High senior is Intel finalist
Kennedy High School senior Rachel Mashal screamed into the phone when the panel of renowned scientists at the Society for Science & the Public called on Jan. 19. “No way!” she hollered. more
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Sarah Moussavi and Rachel Mashal, left and right, are Kennedy High School’s 39th and 40th Intel Science Talent Search semifinalists over the past decade.
Two JFK researchers earn Intel semifinalist accolades
Senior Rachel Mashal, the class of 2016 salutatorian, put fruit flies on a restricted diet to determine whether lower food intake would ward off drug addiction — specifically caffeine addiction — while also extending life. (As it turned out, it did both.) Meanwhile, classmate Sarah Moussavi took on one of neuroscience’s most perplexing, and intriguing, questions: How certain are humans in their own decision-making? To reach a conclusion, she conducted a computer-controlled experiment at the NYU Center for Neural Science. more
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Are you headed to the hottest place in hell?
I’ve been worrying about what part the press plays in today’s climate of fear. Since the Paris attacks I’ve been considering an awful possibility . . . more
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