Highlights From the Spring Carnival on Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

Bronx Science students set down their textbooks and had a relaxing time at the student-run Spring Carnival!

Bea Sireci, Staff Reporter • July 6, 2025

A student serves his peer some cotton candy that he made from the machine.

On May 28th, 2025, the last blossoms on the trees had fluttered onto the pavement of the courtyard and been replaced with thriving green leaves. When the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh period bell rang, students with free periods or lunch periods flooded into their beautifully transformed courtyard. Scattered around were quirky activities and delectable snacks – all for free!

After endless exams, Bronx Science students celebrated their hard work, licking popsicles and visiting the balloon artist for swords and animals during the annual Spring Carnival. Some teachers even tossed on their sunglasses and sported relaxed clothes. The S.O. Cabinet organized various carnivalesque activities: a cotton candy machine, an inflatable toxic meltdown, a bouncy castle, a balloonist station, beading crafts, ice cream, popcorn, and most importantly, the teacher dunk tank. Students competed to throw a ball into a target, which would cause the teacher to be dunked. These brave teachers were Mr. Kubiak, Mr. Nasser, Ms. Schmidt, Mr. Ziegler, Mr. Piccarella, Mr. Sheiber, and Ms. Bales.

Students from S.O. Cabinet and members of the NHS spent their free periods working hard restocking popcorn machines, making cotton candy, organizing games, taking photos, scanning IDs, and more. As Angi Musat ’26 said, “Everything seemed super organized, and I liked that they had a system for giving out ice cream.”

Laughter and joyful music danced through the warm air, and that blissful feeling of the end of the year started to come out. The Spring Carnival left students with all the energy they need to finish the year strong and have an amazing summer!

About the Contributors

Bea Sireci, Staff Reporter

Bea Sireci is a Spotlight Editor for ‘The Science Survey.’ She enjoys journalistic writing because it captures unseen aspects of familiar topics. Being a journalist allows Bea to meet new people and learn about their incredible lives and accomplishments. She loves photography for its ability to be interpreted in many different ways, so that everyone can develop their own perceptions. Out of school, Bea loves spending time going on adventures outdoors, such as backpacking. She enjoys being with friends and family, and spending time alone, where she loves sewing, knitting, cooking, and playing the tenor saxophone. In ten years, Bea sees herself in one too many places. Perhaps she will be living out west in the mountains, working as a traveling journalist, or even being an astronaut. For now, she is excited to keep exploring the world through the lens of a journalist.

Gigi Liu, Staff Reporter

Gigi Liu is a Student Life Section Editor and a Graphic Designer for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook, as well as a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’. She finds journalism to be an interesting field, as she enjoys reading from different perspectives on a topic, learning new things as her eyes move across the page. Gigi also admires the amount of effort and details that authors put into their works. She believes that photography is vital to the world, as it allows for a certain moment to be captured or evoke certain opinions or emotions in the viewer. After a long day of school work, Gigi enjoys drawing on her iPad and reading thriller books. Currently, Gigi’s favorite movie is Fight Club, and her favorite book is The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix. She enjoys entertainment that has a mystery to it and keeps her on edge. In the future, Gigi hopes to become a nutritionist or a pharmacist. She wishes to better the health of the people in the world so they are able to experience the world in the best condition they can be. Along with this, Gigi wants to also pursue a career in digital art, as she wants to express herself to the world.

Kathryn Wu, Staff Reporter

Kathryn Wu is a Graphic Designer and Copy Chief for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook. She is also a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey.’ Kathryn finds journalistic writing to be very expressive and enjoys how she can learn a lot about many different types of people through each of their unique stories. In addition to writing, Kathryn finds journalistic photography to be an amazing medium that captures stories visually. Kathryn is known to be very artsy and creative. Outside of school, you can find her spending most of her free time watching K-dramas, learning K-pop choreography, and singing karaoke with friends. Kathryn’s plans for the future aren’t set in stone and she is currently unsure of a specific career path. However, she would love to have a future career in a business or artistic field whether that is architecture, digital marketing, or some sort of graphic design.

Bridget Galwey, Staff Reporter

Bridget Galwey is an Editor-in-Chief and a Chief Graphic Designer for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook. She is also a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’ newspaper. Bridget has always loved reading and telling stories. She believes that journalism is a great way to inform people of ideas in a creative and compelling way. She has a passion for photography that tells a story. Bridget has a deep appreciation for the impact that photography has on the world of journalism. She loves the challenge of looking for a photo that will make a statement. Bridget loves to read dystopian fiction, taking walks in Central Park, and enjoys going to museums with her friends. Bridget would love to pursue graphic design in the future. She wants to go into the field of marketing and improve her photography skills.

Yardena Franklin, Staff Reporter

Yardena Franklin is a Chief Graphic Designer and Editor-in-Chief for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook, as well as a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’ newspaper. She enjoys journalistic writing as a method to inform people about important subjects, and to share ideas for which she is passionate, all in a constructive, engaging way. She appreciates the art of taking photographs because they force her to think in a different manner, framing the picture in such a way that it tells a story and captures the exact moment in time. It is a precise art that requires much forethought, in order to plan how the photograph will turn out. In doing so, it requires much perspective shifting and flexibility, the challenge of which she enjoys. Yardena loves acting, singing, and directing. She hopes to become an engineer, but she plans to continue to pursue writing in some form, either through journalism or as a novelist, in the future.

Ennio Wong, Staff Reporter

Ennio Wong is a Graphic Designer and an Athletics Section Editor for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook. In addition, he is a Staff Reporter on ‘The Science Survey.’ In journalistic writing, Ennio finds that he enjoys a sense of relatability between him and the author. Ennio likes to find and understand meaning in journalistic photography, and he would like to pursue photography as a hobby. He is interested in a STEM career in the future, but likes to branch out, practicing martial arts and getting better at cooking. In the future, Ennio would like to write about things about which he is passionate, an example of which would be robotics. He is looking to become an electrical/mechanical engineer, currently building computers, simple machines, and repairing electronic devices in his spare time.

Danny Lin, Staff Reporter

Danny Lin is the Student Director of Internet Technology, a Chief Graphic Designer, and a Groups Section Editor for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook. He is also a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’ newspaper. He finds the straightforwardness of journalistic writing to be one of its most appealing features because of how effective it is at enabling writers to efficiently present their information. Danny loves the immense details that journalistic photography can present, and the different meanings that can be extracted from such photographs. Outside of journalism, he enjoys robotics, coding, music, and watching movies and T.V. shows. Danny plans on studying computer science in college, with career interests in research or software engineering.

Kathy Le, Staff Reporter

Kathy Le is an Editor-in-Chief and Chief Graphic Designer for ‘The Observatory’ yearbook, where she enjoys experimenting with playful, approachable language on well-decorated spreads. She greatly appreciates the creative freedoms in exploring original ideas, writing, photography, interviews, and design in a group of talented students in order to produce a book that her peers can forever cherish. Meanwhile, as a Staff Reporter for ‘The Science Survey’ newspaper, she prefers extensive research for engaging and thoughtful long-form journalism. She greatly admires journalists who can use literary techniques to evoke vivid imagery and emotion while documenting objectivity. In her free time, Kathy can be found drawing or reading fiction, activities that she wishes to keep as hobbies while pursuing a future in psychology.