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ICYMI: Smithtown HSE Science Research Students Claim Top Honors

Check out this story from earlier in the week on Smithtown Patch.

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L-R: Principal Robert Rose, science research coordinator Maria Zeitlin, Sarah Schubel, Jonathan Chung, Zachary Finger, Jennifer Zhong, Sophia Augier, Nikhil Mehta, Elizabeth Kong, Anushka Tilara, science director Ed Casswell.
L-R: Principal Robert Rose, science research coordinator Maria Zeitlin, Sarah Schubel, Jonathan Chung, Zachary Finger, Jennifer Zhong, Sophia Augier, Nikhil Mehta, Elizabeth Kong, Anushka Tilara, science director Ed Casswell. (Courtesy of Smithtown Central School District)

SMITHTOWN, NY — Maria Zeitlin, science research coordinator at Smithtown High School East, believes in the importance of scientific writing. So she encouraged her science research students to enter the Young Investigators Writing Competition sponsored by Stony Brook University, the school district announced in a news release.

Eight students from High School East placed among the four writing categories: biology (vaccine development), space research, psychology (virtual learning) and environmental science (the effect of plastics).

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