MAYOR GIULIANI VISITS SCIENCE FAIR AT PUBLIC SCHOOL 193 IN BROOKLYN
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani today visited the 14th annual Science Fair at Brooklyn's P.S. 193, the Gil Hodges Elementary School. Joining the Mayor were P.S. 193 Principal Kathleen Cashin, teachers, students and parents. The Mayor reviewed the exhibits of individual, group and classroom science projects developed by children from pre-kindergarten through the fifth grade.
"I congratulate Public School 193 for sponsoring this Science Fair and fostering intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and academic discipline among the students," said Mayor Giuliani. "From how perfume is created to whether there is life on other planets, these students' findings are a display of how the scientific wonders that will shape the world tomorrow are born today.
"This afternoon, I will meet with Adam Cohen, another bright student who has just won the Westinghouse Scholarship top honor for his scientific achievement. He created an electronic device which can print 50 words within the width of a human hair, a breakthrough that can print at a rate 16 times denser than today's microchips. Inventions like Adam's have the potential to turn around the computerized era we live in, and it all started in a classroom with students just like you," concluded the Mayor.
"What we have seen here this morning demonstrates the tremendous asset of having an educational system where each school is required to demonstrate a record of accomplishment," Mayor Giuliani added. "With the recent signing of landmark state legislation we have started the process of replacing a culture of unaccountability with a culture of performance and accountability in the New York City public school system."
The Science Fair at P.S. 193 was the result of a combined effort among library teachers, who do research through library referencing and on-line services; the Full Option Science System Program which stresses a hands-on approach using scientific methods to develop science projects; and the Science Curriculum Improvement Study Program in which classroom teachers further reinforce science concepts in other areas of education.
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