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Students to stage Mean Girls; Somers students haul awards at regional science fair, Charlotte to ISEF
Summary
Drama club previewed April production of Mean Girls and stage crew described intricate set work; Somers students won 11 awards at the Westchester and Putnam Science & Engineering Fair and Charlotte Wookie Olsen qualified for ISEF after winning first in her category at the New York State fair.
Members of the Somers High School drama and stage crew and the student council reported at the March 25 Board of Education meeting on upcoming performances and recent science-fair success.
Drama preview: Antonia Dukakis, president of stage crew, told the board the musical Mean Girls opens in April and that the production is “intricate” and “bigger” than straight plays because of musical staging. Julianne Dueta, president of the musical company and a cast member, said rehearsals were eight of 10 weeks in and described the show as a modern, dramatized interpretation of the movie that “rings true” to the high-school experience. Student officers said crew and cast have advanced building and rehearsals in parallel.
Science fair: Student council president Jimmy Gallivan reported Somers hosted the annual Westchester and Putnam Science & Engineering Fair on March 15 with more than 750 participants; he said 11 Somers students won awards including engineering, geoscience, air force, environmental, math/physics, biological sciences and medicine/health awards. Gallivan said Charlotte Wookie Olsen placed first at the New York State fair with a project on a novel detection method for fuzzy dark matter and qualified for the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Columbus, Ohio, in May.
Other student news: the student council described a March Madness Oreo bracket at lunchtime and class trips; Gallivan also reported he represented New York State at a national student-council advocacy summit in Washington, D.C., and that the council met with Assemblyman Matt Slater to discuss possible changes to school cell-phone policy.
Board members thanked the drama company and congratulated the science-fair winners, and several trustees suggested inviting award-winning students back to a future board meeting for recognition.
