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Sacred Heart Academy Researchers Dominate 2024 Long Island Youth Summit

For the third time in four years, Sacred Heart Academy students earned more awards than any other school in Nassau or Suffolk at this year's Long Island Youth Summit - held on April 12 at St. Joseph's college in Patchogue, NY.
 
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The following seniors won "Best in Category" for their original research:
 
Jacqueline Bodycomb '24 (Renewable Energy)
Susanna Denny '24 (Climate Change)
Ava Guglielmo '24 (Diversity)
Lillian Musso '24 (Teen Mental Health)
 
Below is a list of all the SHA invitees, and the workshops they attended
 
Diversity: Ava Guglielmo '24 
Climate Change: Susanna Denny '24 & Jacqueline Quinn '24
Teen Mental Health: Lillian Musso '24, Erica Revill '25
Renewable Energy: Jacqueline Bodycomb '24
Science & Ethics: Katherine Mazaroski '26
 
The purpose of the Summit is to engage teens to help solve local and regional social, economic, and environmental problems. The Summit seeks to foster the research, creative, and social skills of high school students by allowing them to work collaboratively with leaders in business, government, and non-profit sectors.  The Summit brings together talented students of diverse backgrounds from dozens of school districts across Long Island; the opportunity to work together in collaborative, solution-oriented teams can be priceless.
 
Students are invited to attend, and awards are given based on original research submitted to panels of judges composed of academic, business, and healthcare experts. Over three hundred students applied to attend the 2024 Youth Summit; 125 were invited, including seven Sacred Heart Academy students.
 
 
FUN FACTS:
- The girls won four of the 10 groups.
- Sacred Heart Academy has now won more major awards (13) at the Long Island Youth Summit than any other school over the past four years.
 

Dr. Stephen Sullivan, Ph.D.
Science Research
Dr. Stephen Sullivan, Ph.D.