Morristown-Beard Students Present at Weather Conference

On January 7th and 8th, five Morristown-Beard School students traveled with Upper School science teacher Jeffrey Yuhas to Austin, Texas to present at the 2018 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting.

Morristown-Beard students Michelle Corcoran ’19, Michael DeSimone ’20, Ethan Kim ’19, Coby Schneider ’19, and Rebecca Tone ’19 delivered oral presentations about their projects at MBS, and participated in numerous other sessions as well.

On Monday, January 8th, Morristown-Beard School junior Rebecca Tone ’19 led a discussion with students from Concord-Carlisle High School about the schools’ ongoing collaboration entitled, “The 242 Mile Connection: How a Raspberry Pi and Stratospheric Exploration Brought Us Together.” Later that afternoon, all of the students presented two posters at the afternoon poster session: “Developing an Educational Program Using Science On a Sphere” and “Expanding the Footprint of Morristown-Beard Weather Services.”

On Sunday, the MBS students were presenters at a weather fair for the local community. Hundreds of children from the Austin area attended the event.

This is the fifth year in a row that Morristown-Beard students presented at the AMS Annual Meeting, which brings together more than 3,500 scientists, educators, students and other professionals. As a member of the American Meteorological Society, Yuhas presents regularly at the AMS Annual Meeting, and makes sure that his students take part in the prestigious conference. He said that attending and presenting at the Annual Meeting is an exciting opportunity for high school students.

“Science is not about being alone in a lab with a textbook; it’s about engaging with other people and exchanging ideas,” said Mr. Yuhas. “The conference is a tremendous networking opportunity and allows the students to see how meteorology brings together people from a lot of different backgrounds and skill sets.”