Five Sachem North students created and submitted a video called “A Day in the Life of the Nissequogue River” to the Youth Making Ripples Film Festival contest, sponsored by the Florida Institute of Technology.
Out of 70 submissions, they won the Blue Life Conservation Award, including a scholarship and national recognition as the film festival travels the nation.
| Student | Grade | College | Major |
| John Perez | 12 | Accepted to SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) | Environmental Resource Engineering |
| Rachel Corr | 12 | Accepted to SUNY ESF
|
Paper Engineering |
| John Donohue | 12 | Applied to SUNY ESF
|
Conservation Biology |
| Kaelyn Roche | 12 | Accepted to SUNY ESF
|
Conservation Biology |
| Caitlyn Humann | 10 | Undecided
|
Political Science |
All five students were honored by Sachem’s Board of Education at a board meeting this past week.
The winning video highlighted the work of Sachem North’s AP Environmental Science classes and the Envirothon Team at Sunken Meadow State Park participating in a program called “A Day in the Life of the Nissequogue River”.
It is an annual event where many local school groups, government, and non-profits collect data at different locations on the river to gain an annual snapshot of ecosystem health.
The video shows the students sampling for organisms, water chemistry. and the physical parameters. This data will also be used in the ongoing Sunken Meadow Creek restoration project.
In the video, the students stress the importance of preserving and restoring estuary systems like this worldwide.
Click here to access their video here!