Groups / locations for May 21st

Second Annual English 11AP Education Symposium

Niskayuna High School Media Center and Little Theater

May 21, 2018

Coffee and symposium material pick up:      7:40 – 7:50

Opening remarks:                                           7:50 – 8:00

Session 1:                                                        8:00 – 9:00

Session 2:                                                        9:25 – 10:25

Tentative Schedule

Session 1

Student Stress and Anxiety:                           Panel presentation / Media Center

New Curriculum Ideas:                                   Panel presentation / Media Center

ADHD in Middle School:                               Roundtable discussion/ MC Conference Room

School Safety:                                                 Panel presentation / Little Theater

Session 2

Student Stress and Anxiety:                           Panel presentation /Media Center

New Curriculum Ideas:                                   Panel presentation / Media Center

Parental Involvement:                                    Roundtable discussion / MC Conference Room

School Start Time:                                          Panel presentation / Media Center

Gender and Harassment:                               Round table discussion / Little Theater

Concurrent Poster Presentations during Sessions 1 and 2

Additional presentations:

·      School Start Time:      Board of Education meeting, May 22^nd

·      School Culture:            Student Forum meeting, TBA

Session 1 Presentations

Student Stress and Anxiety   

Reference Class Area                                       

Kaily Hernandez                     Mental health accommodations and academic performance

Julia Laurilliard                       Making homework more efficient                                        

Chase Behar                            Homework practices to minimize stress                          

Sam Sanborn                           The effect of homework on achievement at all levels     

Cecelia Haarer                         The effect of standardized testing on student stress and anxiety

Physical Education in Niskayuna            

Chrome book Classroom

Dan Palmer                             Recess in Niskayuna’s elementary schools          

Lisa Dong                               New physical education classes for HS students  

Matt Chao                               Improving physical education at all levels

New Curriculum Ideas                            

Media Center Classroom                           

Caitlin Williams           Reinstating school field trips                                   

Tess McGrinder          Developing a Current Events class

Jane Reffelt                 Integrating student backgrounds into curriculum

                                                                                                       

ADHD / Middle School Strategies                

Media Center conference room

Ben O’Connell             

Aaron Kernick              

Marty Dolan                                                   

Session 2 Presentations

Student Stress and Anxiety                     

Reference Class Area                                        

Sydni Towe                             Standardized testing and disengagement                       

Hibbah Iqbal                            Support for students with mental health issues                   

Johanna Stevenson                  Homework and stress                                         

Allie Duguid                           Reforming elementary school homework system

Kayva Nair                              Excessive homework and stress        

Parental Involvement and Student Stress                           

Media Center conference room

Charlotte Hay                          How to minimize parental pressure                                 

Vaishu Kanakamadala             Parental pressure and student stress

Sarah Nappi                            Conflicting home and school life issues

Hannah Aronowitz                  How a lack of parent involvement can cause stress in students      

New Curriculum Ideas          

Media Center Classroom                                   

Kaitlin Gerstler                       The Middle School reading program                        

Ayla Celik                               Reinstating foreign language at the elementary level

Jordan McCann                       Teacher collaboration at the middle level          

Cara Duffy                              Teacher collaboration   

School Start Time     

Chrome book Classroom                                                            

Sarah Anderson                      Early school start times cause student disengagement       

Laura Sitterly                           School start times and student health       

Kristine Lim                            School start time                                                              

Dan Macko                             How to move school start times back                                   

Presentations in the Little Theater (lower D hall)

Facilitated by Mr. Malizia

                                                                   

Session 1

School Safety

Sydney Blodgett                      Improving plans of action

Danielle Dunne            Revamping school security

Medha Bulumulla                    Improving entryways in and out of the building                   

Isabella Riviezzo          Securing entryways:  improving visitor policy procedures

Alex Burgess                          Improving school safety without disrupting the daily lives of students

Session 2

Gender / Harassment                       

Noah Best                   The administrative response to discrimination and  harassment     

Malini Correa              How do schools respond to sexual harassment /assault in schools

Nicole Overton            Anti-bullying programs in elementary and middle school         

Alexa Lashway           Gender bias:  student/student and student/teacher            

Emily Baker                Sexual harassment education

Avanti Khare               Sexual harassment in middle and high schools:  health curriculum    

           

Concurrent Poster Presentations

The ARC area in the Media Center

Julia Doriski	Student mobility
Hannah Hastings	Poverty
Ifrah Mohammed	Poverty
Brian Shim	Curbing student drug use
James Kemp	School start time
Saumya Mehta	School transportation safety
Thomas Cuvillier	Modernizing the school’s infrastructure to improve achievement
Caroline Farina	The benefits of a student lounge
Malena D’Amato	Gender equity
Jimmy Joyce	Increasing AP course participation
Keenan Duggal	There should be enrollment criteria for AP classes at NHS
Kristina Koes	Is technology a factor in student stress?
Ross Engelmyer	The effect of homework on student health and well being
Rishika Chavali	Competition and stress
Chris Yang	School start time and health
Rasya Bollapragada	How to schedule with a later start time

ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS

School Culture                                    

Student Forum presentation (late May?)

Maddie Harland                      How to change student/student and student/teacher interactions

Chloe Agostino                       Steps to creating a more positive school environment        

Grace Smith                            Changing student relationships to improve the school community 

Zoe Mies                                 Changing student attitudes toward school and school activities     

Hannah Bachert                       School violence:  how to make kids feel safe in school                                

School Start Time                              

Board of Education meeting (May 22)

Charlotte Kokernak                 Benefits of later school start time

Ceci Cain                                 School start time and academic achievement

Tyler Bobbitt                           Effects of sleep deprivation on academics and health