(JUNE 2022)—Recently, two groups of Amityville Memorial High School students attended the college fair hosted by Kaplan, one of the country’s premier educational services companies, at Citifield. Thirty-three junior students from the high school were accompanied by Brian Suckle, Assistant Principal of Amityville Memorial High School, and members of the high school’s guidance department. Also attending the college fair was Mr. James Seubert’s economics class.
The students met with representatives of Kaplan to learn about college testing and methods of test preparation and then visited with the over 20 colleges and universities that had representation at the event. Following the conclusion of the college fair, students were invited to stay for the Mets game. For many, it was the first major league game they ever attended.
Mr. Seubert’s economic class traveled to Citifield not only to attend the college fair but as a result of their recent unit study focusing on baseball. Mr. Seubert’s students analyzed major league baseball team salaries and compared high, middle, and low team payrolls, and calculated how much money each team was spending per win. They then graphed their findings. The class also analyzed payroll in relation to the prices of tickets, parking, hotdogs, soft drinks, and other various items for sale at major league ballparks. Students made hypotheses about how teams would perform and studied how owners who spend hundreds of millions of dollars on team payroll could still make a profit. On May 4 students saw all their hard work and research in person as they attended the Mets game at Citifield. Students were able to taste a $7.25 hotdog and wash it down with a $6 bottle of water. Students worked on a little history too by visiting the Mets museum and the new and improved Jackie Robinson rotunda. Some students even tried their baseball skills in the fastpitch batting cage. Despite the home team not winning the game, students had a great time.
