Baldwin High School students are once again participating in the Second Annual Northwell Health Spark! Challenges - and Baldwin is the only school with students on six teams. The teams include Radiation, Industrial Engineering, Public Health, Eye Bank, Dietary, and Risk Management. The students have already visited the medical center to learn more about their topics. They have examined Cat Scans and

MRIs, reorganized food systems for better efficiency, played a survival game in preventing disease, observed corneal transplants, prepared and plated healthy meals, and analyzed risk to protect corporate assets and reputation. The teams are currently creating poster ads using Photoshop for submission on February 5 and will present at the Career Fair at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on April 6.

Baldwin Students Take on Six Spark! Challenges

Mentoring Matters in Baldwin The Baldwin School District has a long-standing and award-winning

mentoring program that includes the elementary, middle and high schools. There are currently 84 mentors for 130 students at the high school who meet at least one hour a week. They spend time together at the annual Mentoring Breakfast in December and Mentoring Dinner in June. A Peer Mentoring program has also started pairing upperclassmen with incoming ninth graders who

meet in homeroom and take trips together. At Baldwin Middle School there are 74 mentoring pairs who share weekly activities. They attended the Brave Breakfast in November and will discuss colleges and careers in February. Mentoring pairs meet weekly at the elementary level to work on crafts, hold pizza parties, and connect with one another to create a welcoming environment.

Thanks to Special Guests New York State Regent Roger Tilles spoke about his work in Albany to forge pathways to graduation that align with careers and noted,” You already have that in Baldwin.” Cheryl Davidson, Corporate Director of Workforce Readiness at Northwell and co-steward of the Long Island STEM Hub, was presented with an award by Board of Education trustee Mary Jo O’Hagan for guiding Baldwin in establishing career academies at the high school 8 years ago. Sue Guiliani, Director of Jones Beach State Park, was congratulated on her retirement and thanked for the many opportunities for Baldwin woodworking classes to create furniture and structures at the park over the last 17 years.

December 2015

Baldwin students on the Public Health Spark! Challenge Team with s2c coordi-nator Pat Banhazl and Camisha Callis,

Kaitlin Doyle, and Janay Scott from Northwell Health

S2C...Baldwin School District’s School-to-Career Advisory Breakfast

Sue Guiliani, Director of Jones Beach State Park, with tech teachers Scott Peritz and Anthony DeAngelis

A high school mentoring moment

The new state-of-the-art TV studio at Baldwin High School, under direction by News and Broadcasting teacher Vincent Leis, opened this school year with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in December. Students have the opportunity to be more innovative and creative, increase their technical and communication skills, and learn teamwork and responsibility.

Town of Hempstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney was interviewed this fall and was impressed by the students’ interviewing skills. “They really grilled me!,” she said. The studio is the foundation for a “New Media” Career Academy that will begin in September 2016 as part of a larger “Collaboratory” with Molloy College in a unique K-16 entrepreneurial partnership.

New BHS TV Studio Start of Larger Partnership

BHS Promotes New Recycling Program Baldwin High School has started a recycling program with the assistance of members of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club, Life Skills students, the Baldwin Civic Association Youth Council, and Sanitation 2. Tionna Johnson-Meertins explained that the high school students wanted to

do something to improve the community and realized they consume a lot of trash. The initiative is starting with the collection of bottles. Faculty members have volunteered to keep recycling containers in their classrooms, and the Life Skills students are helping to sort the bottles for pick up by Sani 2.

Chamber Poster Contest Winners and Kudos

Ginny Foley from the Baldwin Chamber of Commerce presented certificates from the annual Tree Lighting and Holiday Celebration Poster Contest. First place winner is Brittany Monroy, second place went to Nia Nicole Mack, and third place to Diamonique Allen. The chamber also thanked FBLA President Jacob Peretson and Key Club Co-Presidents Olusade Green and Gabriella Klenger along with the over 50 student volunteers.

Accounting Residency

Several Baldwin High School students were selected for the Career Opportunities in Accounting (COAP) program, sponsored by the New York State Society of CPAs, at Adelphi University last June. This is the 17th year that Baldwin students have participated in this on-campus residency that included career-planning lectures and workshops as well as trips to Fortune 500 companies, the accounting department of the New York Mets, and the Eisenhower Park Golf Course, “where the deals are made,” said student Hallie Melo, who added that she learned all about “the ins, outs, ups and downs” of the accounting profession.

Baldwin High School students lead a tour of the studio for guests during the

ribbon cutting ceremony

Kudos to the FBLA and Key Club presidents for their volunteer efforts

The new Baldwin High School recycling program takes teamwork!

Two Baldwin High School students in the Global Business Academy – Ahriana Chance and Jacob Peretson - were selected to attend the Molloy College Business Boot Camp last summer, where they networked with other high school students, Molloy College students and professors, and business professionals. In addition, the students participated in a stock market

simulation, created PowerPoint presentations, and joined teams in various competitions. Ahriana and her team won first prize for the Best Marketing Plan, and Jacob and his team won first place in the entrepreneurial challenge called “The Lion’s Den: Molloy Shark Tank.” Ahriana said, “the experience was truly life changing,” and she has since been accepted to Molloy in the fall.

Baldwin Students Win at Molloy Camp

Baldwin High School Students are Classroom Heroes

Forty Baldwin High School students in the Global Business Academy were teachers for the day at Meadow School on December 11. They visited classrooms from kindergarten through grade 3 to teach lessons on financial literacy as part of the Junior Achievement High School Heroes program. This included managing a community, making change from dollars, and the importance of voting. .

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Upcoming Events...

February TBA - Molloy College Shadow DayMarch 10-13 - FIRST Robotics CompetitionMarch 11 - High School Heroes at SteeleMarch 16 - Mercy Medical Center Shadow DayMarch 22 - National Grid Tour and SeminarApril 6 - Comptroller ChallengeApril 6 - Spark! Challenge - Cradle of AviationApril 12 - Hofstra University Shadow DayMay TBA - Fed Ex Shadow Day at JFKJune 9 - Mentoring Dinner at BHS

Work-based Learning

Over the last 12 years, Baldwin High School has built a valuable vocational program called the “Work-based Learning Experience” for Life Skills students. The program has grown from one to six businesses that offer employment to Baldwin students: Mercy Medical Center, Home Depot, Baldwin Lanes, Dollar Tree, Applebees, and Walgreens. Student Adam Lusterman proudly described how he works at all the locations over five days each week helping to stock shelves and serve customers. Life Skills students also produce goods and manage the STAR Store at the high school. Additionally, 8:1:1 students have crafted over 200 parkway signs for Jones Beach State Park this school year.

Baldwin High School students are role models to the younger students in the

High School Heroes program

Jacob Peretson and Ahriana Chance take a moment for a photo op at the

Molloy Business Boot Camp

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