Gothamist mentioned my high school
Granted, I graduated from high school over 25 years ago, but I was happy to see in Gothamist that Ward Melville still seems to be a decent school. (Ward Melville has a wikipedia topic.)
It’s that time of year again - when the semi-finalists are the Intel Science Talent Search are announced! The NY Times says that NY State “dominated” the list, with 140 students coming from the Empire State - and there are only 300 semi-finalists total. While Long Island’s Ward Melville High had 12 semi-finalists …
Ward Melville also does well in lacrosse. Members of the lacrosse team (and sometimes the entire team) provided many youthful fantasies for me. Lacrosse players have amazing legs (and big sticks). The team has a championship record going back to 1970. This Ward Melville alum went on to play lacrosse professionally.
The school is named for Ward Melville. I once hooked up with his grandson (like 25 years ago). After doing the deed, I was going through his address book (he left it out; in those days people had actual address books, not Blackberries and Palm Pilots), and I saw an entry for “Ward Melville.” I was like, “why do you have my high school’s phone number in your address book?” He said “that’s my grandfather.”