Check out QHSSYC Swim team captain Brian McKenna on NY1 (link below), honoring him as the Scholar Athlete of the Week.  We are all proud of you!!!

http://www.ny1.com/content/sports/scholarathlete/155389/brian-mckenna--swim-captain-takes-mark-on-promising-career

If you are a current high school junior and are interested in an internship opportunity in the area of Social Science at Columbia University, the ISERP HS summer internship program will be hosting an open house on February 15th.

Please report to your homeroom class at 8:40am on January 31st. A list of homeroom classes will be posted in the school.

On behalf of the QHSS community, we congratulate Saryah Ransom on her acceptance into the NYU High School Fellows Program at the NYU School of Medicine. Saryah will receive FREE SAT prep, college prep, and shadow a NYU physician.

Click on the link below to learn about this great summer opportunity at Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital.

Congratulations to Jeremy Balrup, Julian Davis, Sidra Ahmad, and Stephen Tyson on your acceptance into the Pencil Fellows Program!

Current sophomores and juniors, check your emails regarding two summer science opportunities at Rockefeller University and with NASA. Deadlines are quickly approaching!

Please see the link below regarding the financial aid (FAFSA)hotline. tiny.cc/ru3n0

Are you interested in conducting science research over the summer at MIT? Please read the announcement for details. The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) co-sponsors of the Research Science Institute (RSI) are looking for talented 11th Grade STEM Students! Apply to the (RSI) program to be held on the MIT campus June 24 to August 4, 2012. Students will have an opportunity to conduct research in amazing labs! Juniors, see the links below. www.cee.org for RSI application materials, and more information about the program. Application must be received by January 6, 2012. http://www.cee.org/research-science-institute http://www.cee.org/events/rsi-application-now-open

Parents please read the following letter that was recently distributed to all students. (Click on "read more")

Congratulations to Mrs. Baksh's Advanced Science Research students, Wajiha Kazmi and Janki Tailor. Both students are collaborating with Dr. Elizabeth Alter of York College on the DNA barcoding of the Ictalurid Catfish species in New York City. The QHSS community congratulates you on your research project!