Impact of Financial Aid 2022
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Our financial aid program brings bright and creative students from all five boroughs to Poly. These students excel in academics, athletics, and the arts, impacting and enriching our school beyond measure. Robust financial aid, and the excellence we seek, go hand in hand. The achievements of these talented, ingenious, and hardworking students bring distinction to Poly today and impacts the world beyond.
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With your support, we are able to help students achieve their dreams. Enjoy these stories about the impact financial aid has made in the lives of four Class of 2022 students in their own words. Thanks to Anne, Gio, Jasmine, and Ryantony for sharing their journey at Poly with us. Watch the full show. Return to Poly in Bloom home.
ANNE VASQUEZ ’22
Anne has traveled from Washington Heights to Dyker Heights nearly every day during her four years at Poly. As a self-secure and curious learner, she has taken advantage of every opportunity that has come her way, from academics to the debate club to theater. With a passion for social justice and collaboration, Anne found a group of like-minded students at Poly, with whom she was able to share experiences and perspectives. She currently attends Bowdoin College.
GIO COLASANTE ’22
Gio is a standout in both the classroom and on the baseball field, an expert at balancing his academics and athletics. Despite losing time on the field during COVID, he grew and matured as a student and athlete. As captain of Poly’s baseball team, he guided his teammates and fellow students through some challenging and uncertain times. In addition to his successes on the field, Poly has given Gio the chance to explore his love of writing and photography, allowing for quiet moments of reflection and focus in a hectic world. He won the Scull Paque in recognition of his excellence in scholarship and athletics. Gio continues his education at Harvard University.
UPDATE (June 4, 2024) – Harvard ’26
Gio is majoring in Economics at Harvard. Although he missed the 2024 baseball season due to injury, as a freshman in 2023 he started in 29 games for the Crimson baseball team, recording 14 runs and a .260 batting average.
JASMINE KAUR ’22
With an unending thirst for knowledge, Jasmine has taken on STEM-heavy course loads during her six years at Poly. Inspired and challenged by her teachers, she even added an independent study on artificial intelligence to her resume of advanced computer science and math classes. During her time at Poly, Jasmine has excelled in debate and Model UN, giving her the confidence and poise she will need to share her expertise and vision of AI with the world. Jasmine now attends Johns Hopkins University.
RYANTONY EXUMA ’22
As student body president for the 2021-22 school year, Ryantony Exuma ‘22 could be seen everywhere on campus. During his time at Poly, he grew tremendously as a leader both in and out of the classroom. Inspired by his history classes and the diversity of the student body he helped oversee, Ryantony learned that the mark of a true leader is to listen to, understand, and amplify the voices of those around him. He continues his academic journey at Dartmouth College.
UPDATE (June 4, 2024) – Dartmouth College ’26
Ryantony has built upon his experience as student body President and leader of Umoja Males (Poly’s Upper School affinity group for Black male-identifying students) in college. In April 2023, he was named a First-Year Fellow at The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth College, which led him to a stint as a Government Relations Intern at the YMCA of the USA that summer. Ryantony, who is majoring in PPE, reflected on his experience in Montreal as part of the Rockefeller Global Leadership Program 2023-24.
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