1. Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School:
The Year in Review

2. Points of POBJFK Pride National Merit 1 National Scholarship Winner
13 Commended Students
1 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
Intel Science Talent Search 4 Semi-Finalists
Long Island Regional-FIRST
& Recognition of Science And Technology 1 Award
Long Island Science & Engineering Fair (LISEF) 9 Awards
Long Island Psychology Fair 3 Awards
Long Island String Festival 1 Award
New York State Academic Excellence 12 Awards
New York State Science & Engineering Fair (NYSSEF) 6 Awards
NCAA Athletic Scholarship 1 Award
Siemens Math, Science & Technology Competition 2 Semi-Finalists
Scholar Artists 2 Awards
Various University Scholarships and Awards 460 Awards Offered

3. Distribution of 2012 Graduates

4. The Class of 2012 Special Education students:
- NY State Regents diplomas
52 students
- NY State Advanced Regents distinction
13 students
- NY State Advanced Regents w Honors
2 students

5. Graduation Rates

6. Number of AP Papers Written

7. Points of Pride: Art
A newly revised curriculum for our “Ceramics, Jewelry and Sculpture” course was a huge success with our students.
POB was given priority for a Tilles Center featured exhibit called, “Candyland.”
1 student received an award from the “Huntington Camera Club.”
2 students were identified as Scholar Artists with Excellence in Visual Arts and Music.
2 students received art scholarships through the Brooke Zimmerman Award and the Art Supervisors Association.
Other Art Department awards:
Go Ape Exhibit
PTA Reflections
Cultural Diversity
Holocaust Center
Advanced Visions, LIU
12x12 Exhibit, LIU
ASA All-County Exhibition
LIATA at the Broadway Mall

8. Art

9. Points of Pride: Business
Out of 64 students taking the W!SE Financial Literacy Exam, 6 received a perfect score of 100 and all 64 achieved mastery (greater than 85%).
College Marketing: 86% of students enrolled achieved mastery in the course (greater than 85% final grade).
College Accounting: 54% of students enrolled achieved mastery in the course (greater than 85% final grade).
College Business Law: 79% of students enrolled achieved mastery in the course (greater than 85% final grade).
College Business Administration: 98% of students enrolled achieved mastery in the course (greater than 85 % final grade).
College International Business: 100% of students enrolled achieved mastery in the course (greater than 85% final grade).
DECA: 52 students attended the International competition held in Salt Lake City, Utah in April of placed as finalists in their respective competitions and one team of 3 students placed 3rd overall worldwide.
MOOT Court: POBJFK competed in the Northport Law Day Tournament. One of our teams went on to the final round and came in 2nd place.

10. English

11. English

12. Mathematics

13. Mathematics

14. Mathematics

15. Points of Pride: Music
5 students selected to Long Island String Festival Secondary Music Festival
16 students selected to All State Music
-8 into ensembles and 8 alternates
66 students selected to All County Music
2 ensembles performed at NYSSMA Major Organization Festival:
- JFK String Orchestra, Mr. Glenn Rubin – Level 6 Gold
- JFK Chamber Orchestra, Mr. Glenn Rubin – Level 6 Gold w Distinction
194 POBJFK students performed at NYSSMA Solo Festivals. 87% of the students at Levels 1-4 received an Excellent or Outstanding rating. 95% of the students at Levels 5-6 and All State received a Gold rating.
One Scholar Artist Award of Merit in Music

16. Music

17. Points of Pride: Science
A large number of our students take 4 years of science . For there were 421 seniors registered science course requests for a class of approximately 417. (Note: Some seniors take more than one science class.)
Jordan Pekor was selected to be trained by Texas Instruments this summer at their headquarters in the Nspire product. He has brought back a large resource of materials and hardware for use district-wide.
New Course – Health Related Careers and the relationship established with NSLIJ

18. Science

19. Science

20. Points of Pride: Research
Siemens Math, Science and Technology Competition – 3 semi-finalists
Intel Science Talent Search – 4 semi-finalists
DuPont Challenge Competition - 2nd place student in the Nation and 2nd Place Teacher of the Year, Francine Moustakalis. She was has been asked NSTA and DuPont to co-author a book on writing research based essays. She also helped them revise their website this summer.
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium - 5 LI semi-finalists, 2 LI finalists and 1National Finalist
International Sustainable Energy, Engineering, Environmental Project Fair (ISWEEEP) in Houston, Texas -
3rd place in Environmental Chemistry
Siemens “We Can Change the World Competition” - New York State Finalist Team  
2012 Al Kalfus Math Fair – 3 Finalists  
Simons Summer Fellowship for Research at Stony Brook University – 2 students awarded and attended
NYU-Polytechnic University 2012 Summer Research Program. 9 students accepted and attended
NYIT Engineering Fair – 2nd place finalists
27 students successfully completed a summer of scientific research in University labs and 10 continued behavioral studies. Currently all 37 are working on writing their Intel and Siemens papers.

21. Points of Pride: Social Studies
Intel  STS:
3 Semi-Finalists
New York State Science and Engineering Fair (NYSSEF):
Our students won1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Categories
Long Island Science and Engineering Fair (LISEF):
5 Semi-Finalists
Long Island Psychology Fair:
1st Place in the Cross Cultural Studies Category
1st Place in the Developmental Psychology Category
2nd Place in the Health and Epidemiology Category
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS):
1 Semi-finalist
Long Island Science Congress:
Our students were recognized for Highest Honors, High Honors, Honors and
Senior Division Directors Award
Long Island Brain Bee
4th , 6th and 7th Place Awards

22. Social Studies

23. Social Studies

24. Social Studies

25. Points of Pride: Technology
We are very proud of the increase in enrollment in the technology programs this year resulting in an increase of three instructional sections of technology classes.
POBOTS
Competed in two regional competitions in
NYC at the Javits Center
LI Regional at Hofstra University
One student was awarded the Dean’s List Award and was featured in a nationwide article in the Huffington Post
POBOTS team was featured in a year-long documentary produced by MSG Varsity on the positive impact of FIRST Robotics on students pursuing futures in engineering and technology.
POBOTS received the website award, Team Spirit Award, and were finalists in the LI Regional.

26. Points of Pride: World Languages
11 students recognized as National French
“Top Honors” winners
12 students recognized as National Italian
National Spanish Exam:
- 1 Gold Medal Winner
- 10 Silver Medal Winners
- 21 Bronze Medal Winners
67 Honorable Mention Recognized Students
Italian 2 and 3 students Skyped with students in Sarrono, Italy. Our students practiced conversing in Italian while their students practiced conversing in English.

27. World Languages

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29. World Languages