Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes” sings the cast of the Broadway musical Rent in the song “Seasons of Love” while asking the question, “How do you measure a year?”the length of a common year being 525,600 minutes.
How do you measure the length of an education from kindergarten through 12th grade? Two thousand three hundred forty days or 13 years multiplied by 180, the minimum number of school days required in New York State. That’s the approximate number of days (2,340) that Amelia Dosio attended school in the Newburgh Enlarged City School District. And for attending school that many days, Dosio received the rare “Perfect Attendance Award” at Newburgh Free Academy’s graduation in June.
“I attended New Windsor School from kindergarten to 6th grade,” said Dosio, “South Junior High School from 7th to 9th, and Newburgh Free Academy from 10th to 12th. Every year, every day, was a great learning experience for me. I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” she said.
Dosio didn’t waste any time while attending school all those days. She was a member of the South Junior High School Concert Band and the Newburgh Free Academy Marching Band and was involved this past year in the Guys and Dolls Pit Band. She was a member of the National Honor Society and the New York State Science Honor Society, the NFA Astronomy Club, the NFA Interact Club, and ASCEND (After School Center for Exploration and New Discovery). She did peer tutoring in math, judged science projects at the GAMS/Heritage Science Night & Expo, and volunteered at the Hudson Valley Food Bank, in the Newburgh Free Library Summer Reading Program, on the Political Committee for the Town of New Windsor, and in the St. Francis Summer Religious Education Program. And to top off this extraordinary performance, during her junior year Dosio applied for and received the prestigious Rensselaer Medal from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, a merit scholarship award worth $15,000 each year for the four years she will attend RPI.
The Rensselaer Medal is awarded to promising secondary school juniors who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science.
Dosio plans to major in Biochemistry/Biophysics. “I’m really looking forward to the next part of my life at RPI,” said Dosio. “I feel I have a tremendous advantage from the education I received in the Newburgh School District. I’m sure that this experience will make the next experience that much better,” she said. Two thousand three hundred forty days, it turns out, is excellent preparation for the first day of the rest of your life.
How do you measure the length of an education from kindergarten through 12th grade? Two thousand three hundred forty days or 13 years multiplied by 180, the minimum number of school days required in New York State. That’s the approximate number of days (2,340) that Amelia Dosio attended school in the Newburgh Enlarged City School District. And for attending school that many days, Dosio received the rare “Perfect Attendance Award” at Newburgh Free Academy’s graduation in June.
“I attended New Windsor School from kindergarten to 6th grade,” said Dosio, “South Junior High School from 7th to 9th, and Newburgh Free Academy from 10th to 12th. Every year, every day, was a great learning experience for me. I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” she said.
Dosio didn’t waste any time while attending school all those days. She was a member of the South Junior High School Concert Band and the Newburgh Free Academy Marching Band and was involved this past year in the Guys and Dolls Pit Band. She was a member of the National Honor Society and the New York State Science Honor Society, the NFA Astronomy Club, the NFA Interact Club, and ASCEND (After School Center for Exploration and New Discovery). She did peer tutoring in math, judged science projects at the GAMS/Heritage Science Night & Expo, and volunteered at the Hudson Valley Food Bank, in the Newburgh Free Library Summer Reading Program, on the Political Committee for the Town of New Windsor, and in the St. Francis Summer Religious Education Program. And to top off this extraordinary performance, during her junior year Dosio applied for and received the prestigious Rensselaer Medal from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, a merit scholarship award worth $15,000 each year for the four years she will attend RPI.
The Rensselaer Medal is awarded to promising secondary school juniors who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science.
Dosio plans to major in Biochemistry/Biophysics. “I’m really looking forward to the next part of my life at RPI,” said Dosio. “I feel I have a tremendous advantage from the education I received in the Newburgh School District. I’m sure that this experience will make the next experience that much better,” she said. Two thousand three hundred forty days, it turns out, is excellent preparation for the first day of the rest of your life.
