2008 High School Essay Contest Winners
2008 Topic: Many school districts on Long
island are participating in the Open Space Stewardship Program, a school,
community, and government partnership sponsored by Brookhaven national
Laboratory's Office of Educational Programs. In many places, including
Long Island, there is an on-going tension between those who want to preserve
open space and the need to develop housing and the schools, gas stations,
and the rest of the infrastructure that communities require. What are
your thoughts on how these two positions can co-exist? Can you protect
the environment and open space, and still be able to buy a house when you
become an adult? How does science play a role in deciding how land is
used?
Some areas of thought you may want (but are not required) to consider:
- BNL's work in the environmental sciences
- Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy's
plan to buy open space
- the proposed Nassau Coliseum "Lighthouse"
development
- NOAA's Land Cover
Analysis
- the Open Space Stewardship Program
The
awards ceremony was held on April 17, 2008. Special thanks go to
the judges who volunteered their time to read the 84 essays that were
submitted.
| |
Student |
Essay Title |
School |
Teacher |
| first place |
Mitchell Feinberg |
Open Space: The Final Frontier |
Smithtown High School- East |
Maria Trinkle |
| second place |
Lucas Spangher |
Long Island: A Malthusian Dilemma |
Smithtown High School- East |
Maria Trinkle |
| third place |
Brittney Vallarella |
The Preservation of Open Space on Long Island
Through a Democratic Committee |
Smithtown High School- East |
Maria Trinkle |
| honorable mention |
Justin Shanahan |
A Meshed Solution to Land Uses |
W. T. Clarke High School |
Terry Renna |
| honorable mention |
Harrini Krishnan |
Open Space: Land Worth Saving |
Smithtown High School- West |
Joanne Figueiredo |
| honorable mention |
Michelle Beganskas |
Conservation and Development of Open Land on Long
Island |
East Meadow High School |
Linda Kucala |
| honorable mention |
John Whalen |
Building Green: Solutions For a Growing Long Island |
Smithtown High School- East |
Maria Trinkle |
| honorable mention |
Paige Hempe |
Preserving Open Space on Long Island |
Newfield High School |
Gayle Curry |
| honorable mention |
Daniel L. Forman |
Open Space Planning and Long Island's Future |
Ward Melville High School |
Christopher Murphy |
| honorable mention |
Alessia Faverio |
Is Subsurface the Way to Go? |
Smithtown High School- West |
Olga Crmosija |
| honorable mention |
Victoria Ng |
Getting Green: A Cure for the People and the
Environment |
Newfield High School |
Gayle Curry |
The press release is
here.
Essay Contest contact at Brookhaven:
Ken White
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bldg. 438, P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631)344-7171
(631)344-5832 fax
Last Modified: June 5, 2008
Please forward all questions about this site to:
Sarah Maine
|
