Halloween Happening 2016

So Halloween this year ended up on a Monday, which sinks. This meant that Happenings was on the Friday of the previous week. If you're new here and don't know what Happenings is, it's my school's little Halloween festival. Each club/honor society gets a booth and of course there's a haunted house. 

With the usual crowd of honor society and club members. Going down the line we had a theremin (it looks like a wooden box with a loop and an antenna), the sound effect gourds, our set of Little Bits, and the remote controlled claw. Of course we had fan favorite high sensor! I mainly worked with the high sensor and claw game. Little kids really like to climb on things. My sources say that the haunted house wasn't all that and needed improvement. The big hit at our booth was probably the height sensor. Some adults wanted to try it and know how it works. it simple really, it measures the high to the ground then when someone steps under it it measures the height to the top of a person's head. it then subtracts the second measurement from the first and boom height. We quickly ran out of prizes from kids playing with the machines. 

~Trinity Sanchez

A full length shot at the table

The gourds with sound effects

Claw game

Full length shot from other end

Some fun with the theremin

The height sensor

Gourds again!

Gourds and our little jack-o-lantern

And don't forget to clean up! (that thing is heavier than it looks!)

Technical Honor Society Induction Ceremony of 2016

On Tuesday, March 15, 19 new members were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. The National Technical Honor Society provides scholarships to encourage the pursuit of higher education, and honors the achievements of students who are interested in technology. We are an organization that promotes creativity within the Commack community and encourages others to express their original ideas in creative ways.

The induction ceremony was started by a speech delivered by our advisor, Mr. Castrogivanni. After he introduced the inductees and explained briefly about the honor society, the four executive board members of the Technical Honor Society made short yet inspiring speeches.

After our president finished speaking, we were able to listen to the guest speaker, Harry Beyel, who graduated Commack High School in 2007. He made a very inspirational talk about technology and explained technology beyond just computers and cellphones. He made us realize that the world of technology has changed since the time he graduated and the present society. He has made the students and the parents more aware of the world of technology and has inspired us.

Below are some pictures from the induction ceremony.

 

~YongSo (Jungsoo)

Museum of Art and Design

The students in IB Design went to the Museum of Art and Design in New York City on December 15, 2015 with our very own favorite teacher, Mr. Castrogivanni. One of the exhibition in the Museum of Art and Design that the students saw was Wendell Castle Remastered. This exhibition displays the digitally crafted works of Wendell Castle, who is a designer, sculptor, and also an educator. Castle revisits his own achievements of the 1960s through a contemporary lens. This shows the vital time when Castle's works came to define the turning point of Castle's career.

 

 

Not only did the students visit the Museum of Art and Design, they also stopped by the pizza place and ate pizza!

The trip to New York City with the IB Design students was successful and fun this year, just like every year. For freshmen and sophomores who wish to attend this annual trip, come join the IB Design class, where the real magic happens.

-Jungsoo