Schreiber Students Receive National Recognition for Social Science Research

Three students at Paul D. Schreiber High School recently received national recognition for their achievements in social science research.

Congratulations to:

• Madeline Lane
• Dexter Jarach
• Peter Kirgi

Madeline Lane received an honorable mention in the American Foreign Service Association’s National High School Essay Contest, which accepted more than 450 submissions from throughout the country. Her essay progressed through three levels of adjudication.

Lane and Jarachwere selected to advance to the second round of the JFK Profiles in Courage essay contest, sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Their essays were among only 175 essays out of 1,913 national submissions to advance to the second round of judging.

Kirgis was recognized for his article on socialism in France, which was recently published in the Concord Review.

“Congratulations to the students and teachers on their fine work,” Social Studies Department Chairperson Lawrence Schultz said. “They make the Schreiber school community proud, and the social studies department is honored and grateful for their contributions.”

Photo courtesy of the Port Washington Union Free School District: (l-r) Schreiber assistant principal David Miller, superintendent of schools Dr. Kathleen Mooney, social science teacher Elizabeth Dragos, students Madeline Lane and Dexter Jarach, social science teacher Petro Macrigiane, social studies Chairperson Lawrence Schultz and Schreiber principal Ira Pernick. Peter Kirgis is not pictured.