Bayside High School Science Teacher Named Among NYC's Best

BAYSIDE, QUEENS — A Bayside High School teacher was among a group of New York City public school teachers dubbed the city's greatest for science and math.

The Fund of the City of New York named Bayside High School physics teacher Robin Norwich one of seven winners citywide in its 11th Annual Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics, the nonprofit announced.

“All are brilliant teachers, colleagues, and school leaders who have changed the trajectory of their students' lives," said Fund President Mary McCormick."New York is a better place because of their passion for teaching."

Each winner received $5,000, plus an additional $2,500 for their school.

Norwich majored in physics during college, but it took her 18 years working in the private sector before she finally realized her dream of becoming a physics teacher, according to a press release.

In her third year at Bayside High School, where she teaches regents physics and AP physics, she was voted Teacher of the Year.

"I want you to know, each of you, that you all matter," she told students in her acceptance speech that year. "That is, unless you multiply yourselves by the speed of light, then you are all energy. For those of you in my classes who don't get the joke, come see me."