SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Ten South Tahoe High School students have spent the school year as part of the first National History Day Club at the school, spending many hours outside of the school day researching and creating historical projects on a wide variety of topics.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Ten South Tahoe High School students have been part of the first National History Day Club at the school, spending many hours outside of the school day researching and creating historical projects on a wide variety of topics.
Researchers are unearthing the history of the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School. A recent geophysical survey and historical document may be significant finds in the search for the school s cemetery.
‘Exceptional’ Staten Island student honored with Michael J. Petrides award
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Amy Mohamed, a senior at Michael J. Petrides High School, was recently honored with the Michael J. Petrides Student Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science. (Courtesy/Staten Island Borough President s office/Lifetouch National School Studies Inc.) Staten Island Borough President s officeStaten Island Borough President
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The award is named for Michael J. Petrides, a Staten Island educator who died in 1994.
Borough President James Oddo and members of the Petrides family and scholarship committee presented the award to Amy Mohamed.
The annual honor is given to a graduating high school senior who excels in math and science. Lacey DeLucia from Staten Island Technical High School was named first runner-up. Thea Akhrass from St. Joseph Hill Academy High School was named second runner-up.