Elementary Students Place First in the Nation for Science & Math
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Commack’s National Science League Teams at Burr Intermediate School and Mandracchia Sawmill Intermediate School achieved highest national ranking across all three grade levels (third-fifth).
National Science League is a component of the Continental Mathematics League, Inc. The multiple choice questions that comprise each contest are based on the students’ understanding of scientific processes. Burr’s fifth grade team was the First Place National winner, coached by Leah Bernstein and George Morrish. Sawmill’s third and fourth grade teams also led the nation in this competition, each team clinching First Place nationally. Their team was coached by Lindsey Persichilli and Jennifer Turner.
National Student Leaders for the 2016 contest, who received perfect scores, included Sawmill third graders Christopher Perri, Kaitlin Foraker, Shivani Muthukumar, and Vanessa Schoenberg. Fourth grade National Student Leaders were Sawmill’s Ava Glick and Jordan Thakral.