West Babylon Senior High School has announced the top two students in the Class of 2025. William Horowitz has been named the valedictorian and Magdalena Obrycki is the salutatorian. 

An AP Scholar with Distinction, William is a member of the Science Olympiad team, Math Club, Environmental Club, LEO Club, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society, Elementary Science Olympiad and SADD. Outside of school, he is a piano student and performer at Momentum School of Music. He is also a junior volunteer at Good Samaritan Hospital. William participated in the summer Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory program as well as the Columbia University Summer Immersion Program. He will be attending the University of Virginia in the fall to study biology.

During her time at the high school, Magdalena has been a member of the Science Olympiad team, Mock Trial, Student Council, Student Association and National Art Honor Society. She was the recipient of the Long Island Al Kalfus Math Fair Honorable Mention award and the American Chemical Society Award in Outstanding Scholastic Achievement in High School Chemistry. As part of her community service efforts, Magdalena has volunteered her time in the West Babylon Public Library, the Elementary Science Olympiad, Babylon Community Church, the Book Fairies, Safe Halloween, West Babylon Senior Awards Night and West Babylon Student Government. She will be attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study mathematics in the fall. 

Approximately 100 West Babylon Senior High School students and Class of 2024 graduates have been recognized by the College Board as AP Scholars. Every year, the AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP exams.

AP Scholar recognition is granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams. AP Scholar with Honor is granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. AP Scholar with Distinction is presented to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Congratulations to the following AP Scholars: Kaden LaVecchia; Nandini Ramesh; Natalie Tiedemann; David Aguilar; Greg Almonacid; Charlotte Bilicki; Mansimaar Birk; Philip Dolega; Gabriel Hernandez; Isabella Ingoglia; Lindsey Kutchens; Andrew Mandelbaum; Matthew Murray; Daniella Nocera; Nicole Olszewski; Nicole Rex; Jacob Schulman; Taylor Watta; Joshua Bacomo; Sara Blloshmi; Anna Bricker; Alex Cantos; Lyanne Clark; Makeila Colas; George Cooke; Angelo Costanza; Chloe DeAngelis; Mackenzie DeRosa; Sarah Dolan; Edwin Estevez; Arianna Garing; Kayla Haas; Liam Henshaw; Izebelle Hillebrand; Lauren Kutchens; Jonathan Lynch; Hailey Matos; Tim McNish; Katelyn Moar; Vamsi Parikh; Anthony Rex; Sean Russell; Tyler Russell; Ella Simonson; Grace Sjoholm; Cenahi Smith; Joelle Spainer; and Kaitlyn Zambrana.

Congratulations to the following AP Scholars with Distinction: Christopher Alexiadis; Claire Higgins; William Horowitz; Leo Jin; Shayna Juimo-Kamga; Magdalena Obrycki; Grace Rotolo; Olivia Stuart; Cole Bricker; Alexander Burkhardt; Conor Davis; Ian Franklin; Alma Gaxiola; John Gorczynski; Justin Jastrzebski; Lauren Limongelli; Andrew Madalone; Kenneth Miller; Dylan Mulieri; Zuzanna Obrycki; Julia Ossmann; Jeremias Paniagua; Dylan Rivera; and Rosalin Watras.
Congratulations to the following AP Scholars with Honor: Joel Colas; Julian Cruz; Erin Fider; Melanie Jastrzebski; Anthony Mastrangelo; Dheera Misra; Maria Moreno Lopez; Saad Syed; Matthew Gennings; Leo Lin; John Carlo; Matthew Cella; Camila Garcia; Logan Iversen; Bryan Jin; Nhu Nguyen; and Isabel Rosales.

Date Added: 5/12/2025

On April 30, 20 student athletes from West Babylon Senior High School put pen to paper as they committed to playing their respective sports at the college level.

The West Babylon community is proud of the student athletes and wishes them great success as they move on to higher education. Congratulations to the following: Daisy Adams (cross-country and track), SUNY Geneseo; Daniella Nocera (softball), Union College; Abby Serigano (softball); Eastern University; Alex Villada (lacrosse), University of Bridgeport; Eva Sherman (cheerleading), Western Kentucky University; Jake Madalone (lacrosse), SUNY Plattsburgh; Logan Verissimo (soccer), SUNY Plattsburgh; Jaiden Chung (sprint football), Molloy University; Owen Znachowski (swimming), Iona University; Alex Allen (football), Pace University; Ja’Nasia Johnson (track and field), Molloy University; Scott Shepherd (wrestling), Rhode Island College; Elijah Outlaw (football), Southern Connecticut State University; Justin Baldwin (football), Kean University; Kendrick Mohan (football), Wilkes University; Sha-Brece Fuller (football), Wilkes University; Jah’rece Matthews (football), Franklin Pierce University; Chris Banegas (basketball), St. John’s University; Josiah Price (track and field), Lincoln University; and Anthony Gerbasio (baseball), Farmingdale State College.

Click here to view the West Babylon Student Athletes Commit to College Athletics slideshow.

Date Added: 5/9/2025

On April 23, West Babylon Senior High School students participated in the annual Long Island Regional Envirothon. This competition brings together schools from Nassau and Suffolk counties to test their knowledge in the topics of wildlife, soil, aquatics, forestry and a current events issue.

Accompanied by Mrs. Durbin, Ms. Tichy and Ms. Kirby, West Babylon’s three teams demonstrated their understanding about our local ecosystems as well as presenting their solution to a deforestation and reforestation issue currently impacting New York State.

Congratulations to the teams for taking part in this competition that helps promote environmental stewardship and the following participants: David Aguilar, Christopher Alexiadis, Greg Almonacid, Mansimaar Birk, Aminah Booker, Fernandez Amiram, Jimmy Cameau, Philip Dolega, Ashley Gil, Jennise Gomez, William Horowitz, Leo Jin, Kaylah Jones-Griffith, Alura Liles and Olivia Stuart.

Click here to view the West Babylon Students Compete at Envirothon slideshow.

Date Added: 5/7/2025

Juniors and seniors in Mrs. Reilly-Johnson’s college accounting classes explored Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business, where they visited classrooms, met faculty, current students and alumni and got a glimpse into the life of an accounting student at Hofstra. The trip provided valuable insights into higher education and career pathways in accounting, leaving students inspired for their future endeavors.

Date Added: 4/28/2025