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All-girls Queens high school unveils medical lab for students
BY SUZANNE MONTEVERDI
smonteverdi@qns.com / @smont76
Young women who attend a College
Point high school now have advanced
medical equipment at their fi ngertips.
St. Agnes Academic High School,
located at 124th Street and 13th
Avenue, unveiled the Maureen Martin
Fritch Health Science Lab on Sept. 27.
Th e space will enhance the school’s
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math (STEM) curriculum and give students
Photos courtesy of St. Agnes Academic High School
Long Island City hotel will host Halloween party with
dozens of musicians, interactive installations and more
BY ANGELA MATUA
amatua@qns.com
Th e Paper Factory Hotel in Long Island
City will partner with several organizations
to host City of Gods Halloween, a
massive party and immersive experience
to celebrate the holiday.
Located at 37-06 36th St., the hotel will
be one of two venues to feature performances
from more than 40 international
artists at nine indoor and outdoor stages,
cabaret performances, a menu prepared
by Lilly Valley restaurant and more.
A warehouse at 37-08 34th St. will also
host performances and the event starts on
Oct. 28 at 9 p.m. and ends the next day at
9 p.m. Partners include Brooklyn venue
House of Yes; Distrikt, a nonprofi t music
collective; record label ZERO; and more.
Event organizers are being secretive
about what attendees can expect and will
not announce the music lineup beforehand.
According to the event page, programming
includes “sacrifi ces and off erings,”
a Dionysus wine bar, “religious
and sacrilegious texts,” “sanctuaries of sin
and soul,” “Kali Ma’s chamber of blood”
and more.
“We welcome all deities, demigods and
demons, gods and goddesses, creatures of
creation and those devoted to hedonism
beyond the human realm,” the event page
read. “Our City at is an endless maze of
temples and altars, shrines and sanctuaries
for your play and pleasure. Pray and
prey upon. Be feared of your wrath and
indulge in the rapture of dance. You are
magic incarnate, the supreme ruler of all.
Th is is your city. We are your worshipers.”
So far, approximately 1,702 people have
bought tickets to the event and the early
bird and fi rst release tickets have already
sold out. Th e second release tickets cost
$80 and only people 21 and older are
allowed to attend.
Photo via Facebook/Paper Factory Hotel
The Paper Factory Hotel will host a Halloween Party
an edge when applying for medical
programs.
Over recent years, the high school
has developed partnerships with local
higher education institutions, including
Rockville Centre’s Molloy College,
to off er students hands-on experiences
and college-level academic courses.
Internships and leadership training is
also off ered to students by NewYork-
Presbyterian/Queens hospital.
Th e overwhelming popularity of these
programs made it clear to St. Agnes’
principal Susan Nicoletti that resources
students enjoyed at other institutions
needed to be brought right to the
school.
“Th ere was such high interest in it
that I could really see the need for it
here,” Nicoletti said. “We found that
there are a number of students at our
school interested in the health fi elds.”
Students can fi nd a number of
resources in the lab, including CPR
training kits, defi brillators, baby scales
and cribs, beds, stretchers, blood pressure
machines, oxygen levels, stethoscopes
and other emergency room
equipment.
“Th e lab has been a dream of mine
for a few years,” Nicoletti said.
Th e new addition to the school was
made possible by Maureen Martin-
Fritch, an alumna who started her
career as a nurse and always had a love
for healthcare. Fritch shared Nicoletti’s
dream, and the plan was set into motion.
Cohen Children’s Medical Center and
Northwell Health also supplied donations
for the lab.
Educators in the school’s STEM program
have developed ways to integrate
lab work into students’ learning experiences.
Nicoletti and administrators are
also in the process of working with New
York State to build new programs into
students’ schedules, providing them
with college credits and certifi cations.
For more information about St
Agnes Academic High School’s STEM
Program or the upcoming Open House
on Oct. 14, call 718-353-6276.
Administrators, students and funding contributors cut the ribbon on the lab.