Harrison High School Harrison NY 10528 www.harrisoncsd.org April 2019 Volume 23 Issue 3 DECA Succeeds at State Competition Darin Iraj Staff Writer After facing some tough com- sent a record number of 55 petition at the DECA Business Re- students to the Fifty-Ninth gionals in Rockland County this past Annual State Career Con- January, many students of the HHS ference. From the Harrison DECA Business Club triumphed. High School DECA Business Several placed as top compet- Club, five students placed in itors in their events or their written the Top Five in New York projects/papers enabled them to ad- State in their event, while 12 vance to the New York State Com- awards were seized in the petition. Top 10 category in New York The Harrison High School State. The sophomore team DECA Business Club has grown tre- of Olivia Perini and Tyler mendously over the past year under Burden was awarded third the guidance and support of club place and junior Zach Grief co-advisors, Mrs. Deirdre O’Brien placed fifth for the Financial and Mr. Joseph Santo. The students Literacy Promotion plan. Se- prepared diligently all year long for nior student Anishka Sang- the State Competition. It is an edu- havi won fourth place in the cational yet social event that many Professional Selling Event club members look forward to all and senior Olivia Naioti was year long. awarded fourth place in the “The best part of the State Com- Public Relations Project. petition is definitely the bus ride back These five students will from the competition,” said freshman now advance to the Nation- Nicole Herman. “Although compet- al Competition, being held ing against all of the New York State April 27 through May 1 in teams taught me so much about Orlando, Florida. business and different presentation In addition, the DECA skills to use in the future, bonding as Business club members a chapter after competing is definite- were able to capture many ly an experience I will never forget.” awards as the top 10 stu- This year the State Competition dents of New York State in Ready to capture every moment. This year’s Harrison Deca Business Club sent a record 55 students to the New York State Competition, wherein students are asked to take written exams and partake in live action role-play.The was held from March 6-8 in Roch- their events. The junior team event is academic and social, meeting new people and representing our school in several categories of business ester, NY. Harrison High School of Darin Iraj and Jared Schnapp won situations. Courtesy of Mr. Joe Santo in Travel and Tourism Team De- lowing students achieved this pres- ancholic, however, knowing I will be cision Making, juniors Janelle tigious award: senior Matthew Griff succeeded by outstanding members Vasquez and Denisse Hinojo- in Retail Merchandising, junior Darin of the Harrison High School DECA sa won in Finance Operations, Iraj in Travel and Tourism Team De- chapter gives me great happiness. I juniors Julian Glover and Nate cision Making, junior Julia Kindler in am thrilled to say that we have five Applebaum in the category of Integrated Marketing Campaign, and students attending the International Franchise Business Plan, and sophomore Brandon Lum in Busi- Competition who will represent Har- sophomores Peyton Gartner ness Finance. rison High School, Region 3, and and Ally Leighton for their Cre- The DECA Business Club trip to the New York State DECA chapter. ative Marketing Project. These States has become one of the great- I look forward to working with these students are keeping their fin- est highlights of the year, where stu- students to best prepare them for gers crossed, as they may have dents from Harrison come together the National Competition in Orlan- the opportunity to compete in to bond as well as to showcase their do, Florida. Students will apply the the National Conference if for hard work and talents. wealth of knowledge provided by any reason one of the top five DECA President Matthew Griff the business classes at Harrison students from other schools in adds,“The last time competing at High School, and I look forward to their categories drops from the the State Career Conference was seeing them perform at the highest Award winning crew. These 15 students won awards in the State Competition, and competition. bittersweet. The SCC conference level. I look forward to the bright fu- five of them will go on to attend the National Competition in Orlando, Florida. Pictured here are: (Back row, left to right) Julian Glover, Nate Applebaum, Olivia Perini, Tyler The club also had four provided the opportunity to commu- ture of the DECA program as I bid Burden, Aerin Grief, Anishka Sanghavi, Olivia Naioti, Matthew Griff, (Front row, left members that placed within the nicate with like-minded peers in the farewell to this amazing opportunity to right) Denise Hinojosa,Janelle Vasquez, Brandon Lum, Darin Iraj, Jared Schnapp, top 10 in the Multiple Choice business sector. Knowing that my I've been provided with over the past Peyton Gartner Julia Kindler Courtesy of Mr. Joe Santo Exam or Role Play. The fol- time with DECA has ended is mel- four years.” In News... In Arts... Inside... Trump Me and speaks Research Successes.......Page 2 to CPAC My Girl Review Gaming the System..........Page 6 The Kylie Jenner Debate.Page 12 Page 3 Page 10 90-Second Interviews......Page 13 April 2019 2 Husky Herald Students Shine in Science Research Symposium Larissa Iraj Sports Editor On Saturday February 9, 2019, The topics ranged in subjects es like UV light, heat, dish- eight students from the Science Re- such as behavior science, biochem- washers or microwaves, and search Program at Harrison High istry, biology, cell and microbiology, I wondered if people were in- School attended the seventeenth an- environmental science, computer gesting toxic chemicals, even nual Westchester-Rockland Junior science/math, medical science and though products are labeled Science and Humanities Symposium physical science. safe. I wanted to see if baby (JSHS). This prestigious competition The poster presentations for bottles that were labeled ‘safe was held at John Jay High School in Harrison High school were present- for consumption,’ ‘FDA-ap- Cross River, NY. The JSHS attracts ed by sophomore Larissa Iraj, junior proved,’ and ‘BPA-free’ could regional science research students Samantha Bernstein, junior Kapil be considered safe under who have conducted their own au- Modi, junior Sara McSweeney, se- conditions of normal use by thentic research. The students are nior Caitlin Policarpio, and senior exposing them to daily use mi- exclusively selected from their high Georgia Kirakou. crowave stress and analyzing schools to compete. After a tough day of compet- the chemicals that were leach- Over 650 students participat- ing, some of our own Harrison High ing into the contents. ed in the competition, in which the School students stood out above I worked at Manhattan first and second place winners in their peers and earned awards. College to use a complex ma- each speaker category would sub- senior Danielle Bucci won second chine for chemical analysis sequently advance to to the speaker place in the Environmental Scienc- (Fourier Transform Infrared competition in upstate Albany this es Speaker Division. Danielle’s re- Spectroscopy), and an ana- spring for a chance to compete to search has been on Quantification lytic balance to quantify the From a Garbage Patch to State Science Competition. Pictured here are the two big become a delegate to the Nation- and Chemical Analysis of Leachate chemical. I got a mentor, Dr. winners from the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held at John Jay Cross al Junior Science and Humanities from BPA-free Baby Bottles After Ex- John Regan, who is the Head River, junior Joey Robb and senior Danielle Bucci. Danielle’s work developed from an hosted by a branch of the Armed posure to Microwave Stress. of Chemistry at Manhattan interest in toxic chemicals being released from the breakdown of plastics on a garbage patch. She is headed to the State competition as well. Courtesy of Mr. Randy Gunnell Services. The third and fourth place Danielle explains that she College, and he helped me winners will have the opportunity to became interested in this topic, use these machines. I found present their findings in poster form “because I discovered the Great that there was 100% confi- rodi. Junior Water Prize, which is consid- at the upstate JSHS. Pacific Garbage Patch, which is a dence that there was a chemical The Science Research stu- ered the most prestigious award for There were 15 speaker rooms gigantic mass of plastic floating the desorbing out of the bottles. I also dents are now preparing for the next high school science projects that are in which senior year students had ocean (about three times the size found out that the bottles were not competition, WESEF, the Westches- aimed at improving global water cri- 12 minutes to share a Powerpoint of France), and I knew that plastics made out of the material advertised, ter Science and Engineering Fair, on sis. By winning the Stockholm prize I presentation of their topic including were a huge environmental prob- which means false advertising of a Saturday March 16 and some stu- am now qualified to participate in the background information, literature lem because toxic chemicals would product intended for infants. This dents will attend the Tri County Sci- State competition, in which the win- break down from the plastics, as a year, I worked with Ms. ence Fair in the spring. While these ners are guaranteed an all-expense Blunt’s daughter Sar- students prepare for their upcoming paid trip to the national competition.” ah Blunt, who is a PhD science fairs, the first year students Ms.