Hi all,

With Spring already rolling with the passing of all those Presidential Primaries, the annual Pi Day, and historic Baseball opening days (the last ones for both Yankee and Shea Stadiums), it was about time to say hello to you all.  Before we head into the exciting month of May (and Commencement season for those of you graduating possibly), just wanted to pass along some interesting news in and around the Stuyvesant community. 

Most recently our Stuy96* class finally got a chance to donate about $1000 towards a new printer to Mr. Edward Wong '74 who runs the Program Office.  Nothing like the hey day of Mr. Kramer, Mr. Rodney, or even Ms. Brustein (she's now assistant principal @ Townsend Harris HS (http://www.thhs.qc.edu). Here's some more news that you can chew on, enjoy:

As the weather gets warmer and the daylight gets longer, come and celebrate the change in seasons with your fellow alumni! Join your SHSAA for spring cocktails (beer drinkers welcome too!)

Where: Choice Kitchen and Cocktails
380 Third Avenue bet. 27th & 28th Street
When: Wednesday, April 30th from 6 to 9pm
http://www.shsaa.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&func=details&did=81

Catch up with old friends, learn about upcoming SHSAA events, become an SHSAA member, get involved with future SHSAA planning and reminisce about your days at Stuy!

$4 draft beers
$5 specialty cocktails
$5 specialty martinis

Choice Kitchen and Cocktails also features an exciting
menu with affordable, delicious and unique appetizers!

No reservations are necessary.
Guests of alumni are welcome.

STUYVESANT ALUMNI EVENT IN S. CALIFORNIA

Please save the date for a picnic that is being planned for Stuyvesant High School alumni, friends & relatives on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 at Lake Balboa near Los Angeles. More information as it becomes available can be obtained by registering for the Stuy-West Yahoo Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StuyvesantWest/

DC AREA ALUMNI ALL-CLASS GATHERING/MIXER

Please save the date for a DC area Stuyvesant alumni all-class gathering/mixer, being planned for
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 from 5:30 - 9:00 p.m.
at the Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC.

STUYVESANT ALUMNI BRUNCH AT MAI HOUSE

Please save the date for a brunch for Stuyvesant High School alumni, friends & relatives at the newest
Myriad Group restaurant Mai House, being planned for
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008 in Tribeca, NYC.
As details are finalized they will be posted at http://www.shsaa.org

2) Congratulations to Stuyvesant FIRST Robotics Team 694 on winning the Engineering Inspiration Award.

As a sponsor and mentor, I am pround to mention of their winning earning them a selection to the 2008 International FIRST Competition in late April in Atlanta.
Check them out here where WSJ's Andy Jordan bites his nails as Team 694 at New York's Stuyvesant Hight School takes a shot at winning a robotics:
Part 1: Building a Bot: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1336737864?bclid=1341026943&bctid=1473707223
Part 2: Beat the Clock: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1336737864?bclid=1341026943&bctid=1474198138
Part 3: It's Alive:          http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1336737864?bclid=1341026943&bctid=1475735980
Part 4: The Battle Begins:   http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1336737864?bclid=1341026943&bctid=1477205896

For more information about the tournament, you contact me at wooan@...,
we're always looking for awesome mentors for Lego League and VEX too!
Check out the following the links:

http://www.stuypulse.com
http://www.usfirst.org
http://www.nycnjfirst.org

3) Stuyvesant junior writes sci-fi novel
"Truancy," Isamu Fukui's futuristic offering, has just hit the shelves and is already causing a stir in the sci-fi community. "It's about a student rebellion against the government of a city that rules through education," explains the young author from his Chelsea home. "It's about a fight for student empowerment, a clash of ideas, and the consequences of escalating violence."

Stuyvesant student Isamu Fukui '09 is in a class by himself
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/03/09/2008-03-09_stuyvesant_student_isamu_fukui_is_in_a_c.html

Teen Author Finds Success in Hating High School
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/04/teen-author-fin.html

4) Past teachers news:
Some sad news to report:
English Teacher, Ms. Evans suddenly passes

Some sad news to report. We regret to inform the Stuyvesant community that Ms. Lynne Evans, a beloved English teacher who taught at Stuyvesant for 25 years and was the current UFT representative, died suddenly on Sunday, April 6th.We wish her family and the entire Stuy community our condolences of a special loss.
http://register.stuy.edu/lynne_evans.html
Wake and Funeral arrangements: Tuesday, 4/15
http://register.stuy.edu/FUNERAL_EVANS.pdf

Tribute:
http://register.stuy.edu/lynne_evans.html

Gene Blaufarb, the starting right tackle who went on to coach football at Stuyvesant HS, emailed Forrest last week to tell him he’d recently suffered a minor heart attack and had a stent placed into an artery.
Former DeWitt Clinton football players reunite to toast 1961 season
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/2008/03/18/2008-03-18_former_dewitt_clinton_football_players_r.html?page=0

Danny Jaye is now Principal of the presitigious Bergen County Academies in New Jersey. He claims that its better than Stuy, let's put him to the test...
http://bcts.bergen.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1312&Itemid=1353

5) Stuyvesant High School Students Ace the Intel Competition
Despite getting beaten with # of semifinalists by West Melville HS, 14-11, it was the
first time Stuy had four finalists since you guessed it…Stuy96!
Check out the video and

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=107739@...
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=78003
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/nyregion/31contest.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/k-12/2008/02/01/stuyvesant-high-school-students-ace-the-intel-competition.html

Katherine Banks of Stuyvesant High School is the whiz kid wins 25G prize
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2008/03/12/2008-03-12_stuyvesant_high_school_whiz_kid_wins_25g.html
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01312008/news/regionalnews/teens_discover_the_science_of_success_936317.htm

6) Other Stuy related articles in the news:
Track & Field Coach Erin Taylor recovers following January accident that paralyzes Stuy students. Current Stuy students still submit their trust while transcending the aspect of the sports. She is trying to push herself for the 2008 Summer Olympic trials.
http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=107335@...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/sports/othersports/19coach.html
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01182008/news/regionalnews/ax_looms_for_stuy_driver_853483.htm
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01172008/news/nationalnews/crash_teens_bravery_955844.htm

CUNY succeeds with more students from schools like Stuyvesant
Top CUNY school sees surge of applicants
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2008/03/02/2008-03-02_top_cuny_school_sees_surge_of_applicants.html

Can you believe the cost of the Prom?
The $1,000 prom night: New Yorkers dropping average of $1K on big event
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/03/25/2008-03-25_the_1000_prom_night_new_yorkers_dropping.html

Article on how the NY Times scholarships have changed lives.
For Times Scholars, School Was One of Many Hurdles
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/07/nyregion/07scholars.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=nyregion

Article on how chess has made its effects on students
Even in Tough Times, City School Chess Program Has the Right Moves
http://www2.nysun.com/article/74140

7) Movie released about Stuyvesant Student Union Government elections to coincide interest of Presidential elections
Frontrunners - Director Caroline Suh, Producer Erika Frankel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMhqCjlwMd8
http://www.ifc.com/film/film-news/2008/03/caroline-suh-on-frontrunners.php
http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/15/sxsw-review-frontrunners/

Here’s Looking At You, Kids
Artists discover the Documentation Generation. But can we trust what they see?
http://www.newsweek.com/id/123484

8) Cricket as a PSAL Sport in the world capital of NYC and Stuy!
Move over Yankees? New York students take up...cricket
http://africa.reuters.com/odd/news/usnN10206311.html

School cricket program takes off in New York
http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=8661&ntid=4

9) Miscellaneous Links of interest:
New website about the beautiful artistic and creative blocks that were created at the school we called home
MNEMONCS: A system for remembering
http://www.stuy.edu/stuycube/

Someone had created a collection of past Stuyvesant documents that were uploaded here:
http://www.scribd.com/groups/view/6765-stuyvesant-high-school

AP Chemistry at its best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQG6kFzusTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooOSFKtFGCE
THIS is how WE (AP Chemistry Period 7 & 8) Roll: The Movie

Stuyvesant Calculus parody
2gether: U + Me = Us (Calculus)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OSq-Xxq-q0

Was this what the 5th Floor was meant for?
Aikido - Stuyvesant Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k907H9j2D-8

Easing the Pain of Collecting
Jen Bekman '87
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/garden/28bekman.html?scp=10&sq=stuyvesant+high+school&st=nyt

Oh you too can check out our Stuy96 links below or sign up for the stuy alumni newsletter:
http://www.shsaa.org/index.php?option=com_philaform&Itemid=82&form_id=3

Be Well and keep in touch!
Andy Woo

http://www.stuy96.com
http://profiles.friendster.com/stuy96
http://groups.myspace.com/stuy96
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204689578
*Aren't you curious?