Rocco Laurie Cheerleading
The Rocco Laurie Cheerleaders, 
coached by Ms. Lori Veit and Ms. Kim Mrowka, are two time Battle at The Capitol National Champions for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.  They compete against other Junior High Schools from Maine to Florida every year and have been champions since 1997 when they began competing.
     The team also proudly represents IS 72 at
District 31 events such as the Columbus Day Parade and the Memorial Day Parade. They are also supportive and active in community activities. 
They raise money every year at the Cheerleaders United - Light the Night for Lymphoma and Leukemia foundation and the March of Dimes.
 

I.S.72 raised over $3,100

for Pennies for Patients.

Excellent Job, I.S.72!

March 2008
Rocco Laurie Lego Robotics Team
Rocco Laurie Lego Robotics were 2nd place overall winners for the team work category in the New York State competition.  They also placed 5th in Robot Performance out of a field of 80 teams.  They are looking forward to their March 1st installation at the Tibetan Museum on Staten Island, New York.

March 2009
Rocco Laurie Lego Robotics Team
Exciting News! Our Lego Robotics Team is competing in this year's lego robotic challenge, Climate Connections.  The team started right in their own backyard exploring the Freshkills Landfill.  They decided that they were going to investigate methane gas.  The greenhouse gases became their focus. The research team chose China as an alternate location with similar issues surrounding the greenhouse gases.  Information on the subject was limited through the internet so the team developed a survey and sent it out to Americans who had traveled abroad. Survey participants included emmy award winning sports producer, Steve Hollander, who spent two months in Beijing at the 2008 Olympics.  Through first person accounts as well as photos, the team amassed quite a bit of information. Back at home the team hosted Mark Bigelow of the Staten Island Compost Project and they completed Composting 101.  They also began an in-school compost project based on all the information Mr. Bigelow provided.  The team traveled to the JCC in Staten Island, The Berkinow Center, to help celebrate Tu B'Shvat, Israeli Earth Day, to kick off the early childhood center's composting project.  They brought along Mall-E, (Methane Abstraction Load Lifter Earth Day), their prototype robot .  Her hypothetical goal is to collect methane and transform it into practical fuel for home and auto after she travels through one's backyard. 
Mall-E celebrated the Chinese New Year with the Staten Island Chinese School who also participated in their surveys.  Mall- E will be escorting the team to the Jacob Javits Center and hopefully making an appearance at Snug Harbor Cultural Center at this year's Earth Day Celebration.  Mall-E is available for public service activities.
The team, both technical, and research will be attending the Statewide Championships at the Jacob Javits Center on March 7th, 2009. Come out and support your favorite robot!
http://normsrobotics.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-72-lego-robotics-team-press-release.html#links