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By Joanna DelBuono
Brooklyn Daily
Park Slope
Hats off to Mikayla Barnett. The Slope native is in the first graduating class of the Leman Manhattan Preparatory School, and will be heading off to the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall. The Wharton School is one of the tops of its kind in the country. Our pal Mikayla is one smart gal: she is on the honor roll, is actively involved in student government, an attendee of the Model United Nations program, and is on the school’s track team.
This smart, savvy Sloper has big plans for life after high school that include studying business and economics, and discovering how each impacts society and the global food industry.
“I never had the opportunity to travel or explore other cultures before school,” Mikayla, who has also traveled to Jordan and Oxford with her school, told Standing O. “But thanks to Leman, I went to China last year and was really struck by the influence of Western culture there.”
Standing O wishes Mikayla a great future.
BEnsonhurst
Tassels galore
It’s that time of year again where the pages are filled with scholars, honors, and graduates. Here’s a bunch from Bishop Kearney High School:
Billie Wei received the National Achievement Scholarship and is headed off to Yale in September.
The following students are Macaulay Honors recipients — Carmela Ruffo is headed off to Baruch, Katherine Sandormirsky is Hunter-bound, and Alyssa Warych and Alessia Giarracca are both staying in the borough and attending Brooklyn College. For those who don’t know, a Macaulay Honor is the top of the heap for City University schools, and comes with a full-tuition scholarship. Madison Mayol received the Community Scholars Scholarship and will also head uptown to Hunter.
Standing O says, “Congratulations graduates and good luck.”
Bishop Kearney [2202 60th Street at Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst, (718) 236–6363].
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Creepy crawlies? Oh my…
Thanks to the guys at the Wildlife Conservation Society and Fordham University in that other borough, the Bronx, lucky Brooklyn teens will have the opportunity to study the fascinating world of insects. Okay, to some, including Standing O, insects are pretty creepy, but these teens really love ’em. High school students get hands-on research experience in the Teen Research in Urban Ecology and get to study insects and invertebrates at the zoo. Who knew? Standing O thought there were only lions, tigers, and bears.
Guided by zoo staff, students conduct a semester-long study that will evaluate insect diversity between managed gardens and wild woodland sites.
Standing O asks, “Where is the Off?”
Prospect Park Zoo [450 Flatbush Avenue at Washington Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, (718) 399–7339].
Marine Park
Wounds healed
If you have a wound, Beth Israel Medical Center is the place to get it treated. The hospital’s project on “Prevention of Unit-Acquired Skin Tears with Gentle Care: a unit-based No Tears for Skin Tears,” was awarded first place at the American Professional Wound Care Association National Conference in Florida.
The project was a success thanks to the input of Michael Willis, RN, Alexandra Achille, RN, and staff of One North, including PCA Yvonne Allwood and PCA Sophia Kellier.
“The program emphases gentle care,” Nurse Rosemary Fiore told standing O. “Our focus was on prevention and unit-acquired skin tears — we got wonderful results through education and persistence.”
Beth Israel Hospital [3201 Kings Highway between E. 33rd and E. 34th Street in Marine Park, (718) 252-3000].
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