Today, the Freeport High School Press released Volume 80-No. 1 of the Freeport High School Flashings Newsletter.

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We congratulate the FHS Press and look forward to their continued growth and publications.

Freeport School District has taken the opportunity to work with the Long Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited to give Freeport High School students a unique, hands-on learning experience.

The “Trout in the Classroom” program is an ongoing education program that promotes student understanding of cold water resources through the challenging task of raising trout in the classroom from their earliest stages to adulthood. The three hundred eggs that are being raised are known as brook trout and were supplied from the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery. Part of the curriculum will be the maintenance of the water supply necessary for healthy trout. The class is learning how to keep the water conditions at the perfect temperature, very clean, and swiftly moving.

 Freeport Magnet High School Authentic Research and Project Impact

Students enrolled in the Authentic Science Research classes at Freeport High School have begun research studies related to Project Impact. They are conducting research on a college and graduate school level. The ultimate goal of these projects is to reduce the potential damage to the Freeport community due to flooding caused by natural hazards. The results of their studies would help facilitate Freeport’s plans for natural disaster damage prevention and reduction. Use of the Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to create and manage data would be an essential component of these studies.

Mr. Jay Tanski, a coastal geologist with Sea Grant (a joint program between Cornell University and Stony Brook SUNY) has offered his expertise to assist students and their teachers in research related to Project Impact. One project of great practical and scientific interest related to coastal processes, erosion and flooding, deals with the impact of increasing sea level caused by global warming on coastal ecosystems and habitats. The question of whether the dredging of Jones Inlet affects tidal hydraulics and water level fluctuations in the bay environment is the topic of another project. The development of a low coast method to quantify the extent and magnitude of flooding associated with storm events in the village and correlating it with the tidal gauge located in Hudson Bay will be explored. The effect and control inlets have on the hydrodynamic processes in the bay and their influence on biological activity is also being studied.

Other research will involve a variety of original and unique research projects involving the environmental, biological, ecological and chemical impact of natural disaster damage and changes in tidal water flow. Studies correlating tide heights and army core dredging, the life cycle of clams and other marine life, and stress on bridges will be made. A weather station may be set up and data collected. There are many other possibilities for additional research topics.

Students will give presentations of their findings to their class, Freeport High School, the school district, and at regional and statewide symposia including the Long Island Science Congress competition. Further research will utilize DIALOG research service databases. Their presentations will incorporate visual presentation techniques (e.g. Microsoft Power Point). During their senior year, students will apply to enter their projects in the National Intel Science Competition. Geographic Information System (GIS) technology would assist these endeavors and benefit the community of Freeport.

Our hope is to create an audio-visual history of the 20th Century as seen and told by Freeport’s senior citizens. To achieve this goal students began in October by developing the interview schedule and rehearsing the questions.

By second semester we decided to expand the project by adding still digital photographs of our senior citizens and putting them on the Internet (the digital camera was purchased with a generous grant from Newsday). The photographs are accompanied by a brief commentary about the interview. In the near future we are looking forward to adding digital movie clips in addition to the still photographs. The total number of interviews completed this year is thirty-nine. It is our hope that we will be able to continue over the summer. Currently, we are also in the process of editing the completed interviews. We would like to create one short (10-15 minute) tape, which will be a collection of the most interesting moments to date. When completed, we will duplicate the tape and offer copies to our senior citizens as a thank you for participating.

Grades 9 to 12

50 S. Brookside Avenue

Freeport, NY 11520

Tel: 516-867-5300