“It’s about doing things you enjoy,” Lynbrook class of 1995 alum Boris Bershteyn said. “What would you like to do? Who do you really want to be? What kind of people do you want to hang out with?” Throughout...

Kitchen’s exploration of the Chinese language started in high school, as most of his friends spoke Chinese at home. As such, many of his recreational activities and the pop culture he was immersed in...

Chen’s passion for the Japanese language and culture began in college, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Japanese. “Although I enjoy Japanese culture, I haven’t used my knowledge in...

Kirsh’s journey in high school math consisted of Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 classes, and she later continued her education in math at UC Santa Cruz, where she took a few college-level math classes required...

It started with a letter. After drafting a crude 10-page script of E.T., nine-year-old Kurt Kuenne mailed his childhood masterpiece to several literary agencies in Hollywood. To his surprise, one of them...

Slaughter’s love for language arts started in fifth grade when she won an essay writing contest at her school. Slaughter did not enjoy studying novels in high school because she was a slow reader and...

As an Olympic gold medalist, world-record breaker and national champion, Chris Cavanaugh has had a successful career at the highest level of elite swimming.  Born in South Florida, Cavanaugh’s journey...

After 15 years of training, senior Samantha Wu will continue her gymnastics career to the University of Pennsylvania, where she hopes to concentrate in health science or neuroscience. When Wu was 3 years...

“A Novel and Efficient Method of Persistent Homology to Detect and Remove Topological Errors in Triang Mesh Data” Modern algorithms take nearly 20 minutes to find and correct errors in 3D models...

Senior Jodi Au will be attending Northeastern University as a diver and a business major after seven years of diving. Au’s athletic career began with gymnastics but she transitioned into diving because...

With research ranging from astrophysics and biology to machine learning and topology, four Lynbrook seniors were named 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search’s Top 300 Semifinalists.

“Single-cell Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Genetic Drivers of of Fast/Slow Motor Neuron Identity” Motivated by his grandfather's paralysis due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Luke Zhao discovered...