"This competition brings
out the best in all of us - students, teachers, administrators learn to work
together to prepare for this event.
The fact that the police are
involved in such a positive manner is a wonderful bridge between law
enforcement and the communities they serve.
Students have to apply all their
knowledge to participate – they need to utilize their math skills, English
skills, and critical reasoning skills.
This competition brings students together
– they worked together brilliantly because they focused on the team,
not themselves.
What an extraordinary life lesson
– it teaches tolerance, patience, and self-reflection.
I believe this competition should be
expanded so more students can participate and develop such necessary life
skills.”
Paul Henning
Clark High School, N.Y.
IT’S NOT JUST FOR FORENSIC SCIENCE CLASSES:
“This is Our Lady of Mercy’s second
time at the competition. We’re an
all-girls Catholic school with no budget for the competition – not even
buses. We transported ourselves.
I am learning as well as my students.
We do not have a forensics class – they are really my Western Civilization
class. They are smart and
motivated and a few of them are in AP Biology.
We are definitely low tech. We
did not have retractable magnetic brush, so we improvised and used refrigerator
magnets!!!
We did not come to win. We came to test
our skills, solve a murder to the best of our ability, and have fun.”
Joan
Gordon
Our Lady of Mercy High School, N.Y.
“One of my students said the Forensics Competition he
participated in was the absolute best field trip he had ever attended in his
high school career”
“It is amazing to see my students, as well as others, working so hard and
having so much fun at the same time”
“Every aspect of a great educational experience is
present in this competition – observation, hands-on lab work, critical
thinking, cooperative learning, oral presentation – it’s all there – they
are applying all their skills learned in one amazing experience”
Angie Cancemi
Jericho UFSD
“The competition was truly amazing and was one of the greatest experiences of
my students high school careers - to say the least – an astounding experience.
THANK YOU!!!
Ericka Verderber
“It was obvious to observers that these students were
totally engaged in the task of solving the crime. The enthusiasm of the 270 students working cooperatively as
teams, critically examining the crime, making hypothesis, gathering clues,
highlights how GREAT this event is”
“Bad Day at Boulder Dash is a lifelong learning
experience for the students that they will remember fondly – thank you, thank
you, thank you!!!”
Margaret Intreglia
West Babylon High School
My students and I were blown away by the attending dignitaries and their
tremendous support – as a teacher, this was one of the BEST days I have spent
with my students out of the classroom – none of us can stop talking about the
entire competition”
Vickie Newell
West Islip High School
“We found the competition both enlightening and constructive in advancing our
skills”
Mary Gallo
Student Coordinator
Valley Stream South Law Club
