Bay Ridge
On top of the world!
Juniors in the Honors Program at Xaverian High School have a great opportunity to learn about a whole bunch of career opportunities through hands-on, real-world experiences in the Bay Ridge’s school’s Internship Program.
Randy Antoun rose to the occasion, completing a civil engineering internship with Northeast Structural Steel by climbing to the heights of the Verrazano Bridge to examine the suspension cables and beams up close — one of many experiences he took part in.
“I was actually doing real engineering work involving physics and algebraic geometry,” he said in what is all Greek to Standing O!
Randy hopes to be scaling the heights again next summer, but this time with a pay check.
“I’ll be the youngest engineer on their job sites,” he said proudly.
Former graduate Patrick Coen is another success story, currently majoring in engineering at the US Naval Academy. As a junior in the program he had a hands-on experience at Greeman Pederson Engineering, including being mentored by a partner who provided the 411 on the firm, according to proud mom Kathleen.
“Patrick gained exclusive access to a high security project to protect the Brooklyn Bridge from terrorist attacks and toured the construction site at the World Trade Center,” she said. “After each visit, Patrick would talk for days about how interesting it was.”
Standing O sends well-deserved shout-outs to the hard-working pair.
Xavieran High School [7100 Shore Rd. at 71st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 836–7100].
