Sacred Heart Academy researchers earned more awards than any other school at the 2021 Long Island Youth Summit - sponsored by Northwell Health, St. Joseph’s College & Vision Long Island.
Cayla Midy '22 walked away with the Young Researcher award and two tickets to anywhere in the continental United States, donated by Southwest Airlines, for the Summit’s best sophomore or junior research paper. Cayla's topic was Diversity.
The following girls won "Best in Category" for their original research:
Erin Cooper '12 (Diversity)
Mary Menger '12 (Climate Change)
Carmela Musso '12 (Teen Mental Health)
Below is a list of the girls, and the workshops they attended.
Diversity: Erin Cooper '21 & Cayla Midy '22
Climate Change: Sophia Fitzpatrick '21, Angelina Kramer '21 & Mary Menger '21
Teen Mental Health: Tori Famularo '22, Carmela Musso '21, Genevieve Satzinger '21 & Kaylin Spinelli '22
Science & Ethics: Elizabeth Musso '22
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 comprised of academic, business, and healthcare experts. Over three hundred students applied to attend the 2021 Youth Summit; 150 were invited, including ten Sacred Heart Academy students.