West Islip students recently participated in PSEG Long Island’s “I Am Em-Powered” contest. Students from Mr. DeMaio’s class at Bayview Elementary School and Mrs. Gagliardi and Mr. Loudon’s classes at Udall Road Middle School participated in the program. Groups explored energy conservation and environmental responsibility before creating public service announcements to showcase what they learned. Out of 3,300 participants and 244 PSA submissions, four groups from West Islip advanced to the semifinals at Farmingdale State College. Two groups – including Gwen Dieckmann, Samantha Perone, Laila Southard, Dylan Cardenas Lucero and Jack Pike – were named Top 10 finalists in the PSEG Awards Contest on June 3.

Date Added: 6/20/2025